BlueSol
Active Member
Hey guys I'm new to the 405th and armor building, started my custom Reach S-III build about a week ago. I'm doing it with pepakura and will upload pics tomorrow. Trying to start early so I can have it done for a con in April. Any comments or suggestions will be nice.
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Armor:
CQC helmet(still can't find a pep file for this one, let me know if you have one!
Patrol chest
Operator Shoulders
Rest of it all standard Noble 6 armor.
Going to try and add a data pad to the arm if i have time and also the little light for the armor ability.
UPDATE 12-01-10
Started doing some pepakura, just some practice pieces to start learing, and i think it's working. I really can't fiberglass anything because it's winter in MN and I don't have a garage or an area to let it cure, so I'm just practicing some pieces that I'll be doing for the final build which I would like to look very good.
I've done two shoulder pieces, both of which are missing some small pieces that i would rather get similar looking pieces at a hardware store because they're damn hard to fold and fit nicely.
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UPDATE 1-10-11
Finished pepping the vest. There's some pieces that on it that I didn't pep because I'm going to use real materials.
I also got the datapad attachment pepped, wow was that easy compared to the vest. I printed out my datapad design on a transparency, but it didn't turn out quite the way I liked so I'm going to hold off on printing off another batch until I get the LEDs underneath all set up.
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Things are going to be getting completed faster now as I found an indoor place to fiberglass everything(it's been single digit temperatures here in MN for a while now). I'm currently designing a 3d model to pep of the armor power pack:
but I'm new to the whole 3D modeling thing so it's taking a little time to learn.
I'm hoping to have the rest of the suit pepped soon.
UPDATE 2/2/11:
Got about half the suit pepped, and have half of those pieces fiberglassed! I'm going to be started the sanding/bondo process tomorrow along with pepping the other arm and leg pieces. I've decided to wait on Ruze's CQC helmet to be perfected instead of building my own, as 3ds is not easy! I've made a basic copy of the armor power unit, but it's not quite an exact match to be put into pepakura yet.
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Armor:
CQC helmet(still can't find a pep file for this one, let me know if you have one!
Patrol chest
Operator Shoulders
Rest of it all standard Noble 6 armor.
Going to try and add a data pad to the arm if i have time and also the little light for the armor ability.
UPDATE 12-01-10
Started doing some pepakura, just some practice pieces to start learing, and i think it's working. I really can't fiberglass anything because it's winter in MN and I don't have a garage or an area to let it cure, so I'm just practicing some pieces that I'll be doing for the final build which I would like to look very good.
I've done two shoulder pieces, both of which are missing some small pieces that i would rather get similar looking pieces at a hardware store because they're damn hard to fold and fit nicely.
UPDATE 1-10-11
Finished pepping the vest. There's some pieces that on it that I didn't pep because I'm going to use real materials.
I also got the datapad attachment pepped, wow was that easy compared to the vest. I printed out my datapad design on a transparency, but it didn't turn out quite the way I liked so I'm going to hold off on printing off another batch until I get the LEDs underneath all set up.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Things are going to be getting completed faster now as I found an indoor place to fiberglass everything(it's been single digit temperatures here in MN for a while now). I'm currently designing a 3d model to pep of the armor power pack:
but I'm new to the whole 3D modeling thing so it's taking a little time to learn.
I'm hoping to have the rest of the suit pepped soon.
UPDATE 2/2/11:
Got about half the suit pepped, and have half of those pieces fiberglassed! I'm going to be started the sanding/bondo process tomorrow along with pepping the other arm and leg pieces. I've decided to wait on Ruze's CQC helmet to be perfected instead of building my own, as 3ds is not easy! I've made a basic copy of the armor power unit, but it's not quite an exact match to be put into pepakura yet.