Reach Torso Build round 3!

TurboCharizard

RXO and BCO

Canadian Regiment

405th Regiment Officer

Delta

Community Staff

Stream Team

Member DIN

S068

• Oct 24, 2016

• #21

The build is looking fantastic!

PinnacleCosplay said:

I used some googly eyes for those buttons, but right now I just feel like my armor is staring at me.

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Googly eyes are honestly the way to go with buttons but I hid mine and spray painted them first in my builds. Just don't jump around too much or you hear them googling sometimes

 

Private Jenkins

Jr Member

Midwest Regiment

• Oct 25, 2016

• #22

TurboCharizard said:

The build is looking fantastic!



Googly eyes are honestly the way to go with buttons but I hid mine and spray painted them first in my builds. Just don't jump around too much or you hear them googling sometimes

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:lol i thought i was the only one who noticed, and this made me laugh out loud at work... seriously 4 people came over to see what was so damn funny!

 

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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Oct 25, 2016

• #23

Corweena said:

For some reason I reason I love seeing Reach builds in foam. Just something about the chest piece that always looks amazing. May have to do that next after I finish my Mk.VII build.

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Thank you! I love the Reach builds in foam as well, it's so satisfying for some reason!


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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Oct 25, 2016

• #24

TurboCharizard said:

The build is looking fantastic!



Googly eyes are honestly the way to go with buttons but I hid mine and spray painted them first in my builds. Just don't jump around too much or you hear them googling sometimes

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Thank you! I have them on my fuel rod cannon and whenever I move it around you can totally hear them, it always cracks me up!


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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Oct 25, 2016

• #25

Private Jenkins said:

:lol i thought i was the only one who noticed, and this made me laugh out loud at work... seriously 4 people came over to see what was so damn funny!

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Googly eyes are always hilarious [emoji1303]


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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Oct 25, 2016

• #26

Started plasti dip and painting tonight!

This is 3 nice thick coats of plasti dip. I love the black, it always makes me want to rethink my paint scheme when I dip it in black.

And here we have one coat of pearl white acrylic paint. I'm using an airbrush and thinning it down with some water and slowly building up my layers.

And this is after the second coat.

I'll probably do about 2 or 3 more depending on how it looks. After paint it's on to weathering.


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Dirtdives2424

Division Scheduler and Keeper of Con Lists

Colonial Regiment

Member DIN

S2424

• Oct 26, 2016

• #27

Nicely done. Clean smooth lines and detailing is excellent. Great job.

 

Private Jenkins

Jr Member

Midwest Regiment

• Oct 26, 2016

• #28

PinnacleCosplay said:

Googly eyes are always hilarious [emoji1303]


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its even funnier when all the engineers here at work have defaced the cartoonish posters we have all over this place with googly eyes because they fit exactly the same size as the posters eyes...

 

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TPceebee

New Member

• Oct 26, 2016

• #29

Looking good!

 

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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Oct 31, 2016

• #30

TPceebee said:

Looking good!

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Thank you!


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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Oct 31, 2016

• #31

Alright! Chest is done and I took it to Stan Lees LA Comic Con over the weekend so this post will have a lot of pictures!

This was after 4 coats of plasti dip

My first spray of the pearl white acrylic. I mixed pearl white and a regular white and did lots of light layers to build up opacity. I prefer airbrushing acrylics over spray painting, I find that the acrylics flex a lot more than spray paint and I prefer the overall look.

This was after 5 coats of the pearl and white mixture.

I hand painted the contrast colors and weathering

Cabinet liner for the arm seals and neck seal. It's just cut and superglued in.

And my dumb mug modeling the finished piece!

Now for some con shots!!

The con was a blast! There were so many people that it was a bit overwhelming at times, but I met a lot of awesome people and had a great time!


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Dirtdives2424

Division Scheduler and Keeper of Con Lists

Colonial Regiment

Member DIN

S2424

• Oct 31, 2016

• #32

"Dumb mug"? Nah.....your a beauty and your suit is FANTASTIC. Great job. The paint work is amazing, I wish I knew how to air brush like that. I wish I knew how to air brush period.......

 

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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Oct 31, 2016

• #33

Dirtdives said:

"Dumb mug"? Nah.....your a beauty and your suit is FANTASTIC. Great job. The paint work is amazing, I wish I knew how to air brush like that. I wish I knew how to air brush period.......

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Aww [emoji5] thanks!

And I had no idea how to airbrush, just played around with it and got comfortable. I have the quick change airbrush kit from Harbor Freight and a pancake compressor for it. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I definitely suggest it if you are looking into painting options that aren't spray cans or hand painting.


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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Nov 2, 2016

• #34

As promised, I added the lights into the new chest. This was super easy as I just took the lights from the previous chest, made some holes and strapped the batteries in. I made little cut outs for the switches on either side and you can't really tell they are there unless you look for it.

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KIsmay

New Member

Canadian Regiment

• Nov 2, 2016

• #35

Ooh, pretty lights! And a good clean build all around!

 

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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Nov 4, 2016

• #36

KIsmay said:

Ooh, pretty lights! And a good clean build all around!

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Thank you!


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Sierra 3105

Member

• Nov 5, 2016

• #37

I really like this Build. Not easy painting white armor ether, as it doest hide the seams very well and can high light mistakes, but well done, you have done a great job.

 

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PinnacleCosplay

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Nov 5, 2016

• #38

Sierra 3105 said:

I really like this Build. Not easy painting white armor ether, as it doest hide the seams very well and can high light mistakes, but well done, you have done a great job.

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Thank you so much! Yeah white is definitely not very forgiving but I think I did alright! My next armor will be darker colors,but the white sure does stand out in a crowd.


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