M6D Pepakura Build - WIP

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Trotter25

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• Nov 28, 2013

• #1

Hey everyone at 405

After a lot of research on the noob forums and reading countless FAQ's I've finally summed up the determination to build myself a set of MJOLNIR Mark VII armour. First though I thought to myself, that I should get some experience with the materials I'll be using. So behold, my M6D Pistol

If people want the construction pictures, I have a bunch of them just not going to include them to keep my first post clean.

 

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edwardjlw

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• Nov 29, 2013

• #2

Looking good! It seems like you handled all the finer details very well, I don't know if I'd have the patience to pep a weapon, but you seem to have done well!

 

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CasualCosplayer

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European Regiment

• Nov 29, 2013

• #3

This is really good! Even I don´t have the patience to pep a gun xD


Pat-

 

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Trotter25

New Member

• Nov 30, 2013

• #4

Thanks, means a lot to me. All up (cutting, folding and gluing) took under 20 hours to pep.

I've started work on peping an Assualt Rifle from Reach, when I get some tangible results, I'll post them.

 

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Trotter25

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• Nov 30, 2013

• #5

Cheers man, I really do appreciate it.

 

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Trotter25

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• Dec 8, 2013

• #6

Little update for the few people checking this out

Gave the pistol two generous layers of resin, along with trimming down the length of the clip to the handle edge.

 

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EVAkura

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Southern Regiment

• Dec 8, 2013

• #7

Looking really good! Just curious, what is your next step after the resin? Are you going to rondo the inside?

 

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Trotter25

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• Dec 9, 2013

• #8

EVAkura said:

Looking really good! Just curious, what is your next step after the resin? Are you going to rondo the inside?

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I went to Bunnings Warehouse (australia) and bought myself some expanding foam, and I am going to test on some offcuts of cardstock to see how the expanding foam reacts to the cardstock, if that fails, I'll attempt Rondo'ing the inside.

 

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Trotter25

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• Dec 14, 2013

• #9

Progress has been slow at the moment, got stuck into Fallout:NV with a mate. Anywho, back to what this thread is all about. Trialed the expanding foam and it seemed to work fine on it, so the next day put the expanding foam in the pistol, all went well, until I checked on it a few hours after I put it in. There is an ever so slight bulge on the side, which is disappointing, but to me nothing I can't attempt to fix.

(I am aware of the foam bulging out in this photo, I plan on bondo-ing it to create a smooth, seamless surface.)

If anyone has any tips on how best to apply Rondo, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

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EVAkura

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Southern Regiment

• Dec 14, 2013

• #10

The bulging was what I was afraid of. It is really hard to say what is the "just right" amount to inject to not cause the bulging effect, or vise versa, huge gaps where not enough was put in. Also, now you only have one direction to go. Out. I guess if it were me (mainly because this is an awesome piece you have made), I would take the hard path from here, and start with a thin layer of Bondo to get everything level and where it should be, also rounding out the pepped peaks and valleys that you don't want visible. then I would attempt a very thin layer of tightly woven fiberglass applied with resin. I would make sure that each piece was precut and would avoid applying it where there is fine detail. I say this because just Bondo has a high possibility of breaking off if the weapon is exposed to some form of impact (dropping), whereas very thin woven fiberglass would strengthen the exterior without adding much thickness. Just be prepared for a lot of sanding and filing. Just my two cents.

 

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Trotter25

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• Dec 15, 2013

• #11

EVAkura said:

The bulging was what I was afraid of. It is really hard to say what is the "just right" amount to inject to not cause the bulging effect, or vise versa, huge gaps where not enough was put in. Also, now you only have one direction to go. Out. I guess if it were me (mainly because this is an awesome piece you have made), I would take the hard path from here, and start with a thin layer of Bondo to get everything level and where it should be, also rounding out the pepped peaks and valleys that you don't want visible. then I would attempt a very thin layer of tightly woven fiberglass applied with resin. I would make sure that each piece was precut and would avoid applying it where there is fine detail. I say this because just Bondo has a high possibility of breaking off if the weapon is exposed to some form of impact (dropping), whereas very thin woven fiberglass would strengthen the exterior without adding much thickness. Just be prepared for a lot of sanding and filing. Just my two cents.

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Thanks for all the great information, I plan on taking this to a convention too, so i need to keep in mind that it may fall. Overall though, I am not overly concerned on anything breaking, I'll also make another thread with my Reach AR that I made.

 

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GusContagious

New Member

• Dec 16, 2013

• #12

I'm really liking this gun. I think the first weapon I want after I finish my suit is this gun. You should also check out Justinian 117's weapon builds if you haven't yet. Keep up the good work.

 

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Trotter25

New Member

• Jan 2, 2014

• #13

UPDATE: Just to let you all know, I'm currently building the Mark VII helmet, and when I get something concrete I'll start a page for my WIP build, until then I am devoting all the time I get into the helmet, and I'll see what happens with the weapons.

(I will complete the weapons, just a matter of time.)

 

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UNSC Grunt

New Member

• Jul 22, 2014

• #14

Looking good Trotter.

Im planning on Pep making the M6H from the H4 database to build up my skills before tackling something as drastic as a full armour set.
Any tips for a newbie ? Did you have to scale the M6 at all, or did you just leave it as it is?

thanks.