Recent content by Bruteforce56

Alright, thanks yall. much appreciated on the prompt responses! I'll resize it by adding a little bit less than an inch to the length.

I can't tell if they look too small or if that's the way they're suppose to be. I compared to other suits and LongShot-X has huge hand plates where as phillydon21 are somewhat smaller. I sized this one using HaloGoddess' tutorial thread. It measures 3". Does it look right to you or should I...

Very impressive. How did u get the detailed lines and screws on the side? dremel?

Alright, thanks guys! As soon as someone on my dorm hall gives me a ride to Wal-Mart so I can resupply on glue and late night snacks, I can get started on this puppy lol.

Anyone please?

Thanks, I estimate that I've put in about 170 hours so far into this helmet, so I hope it comes out good lol. And I was interning at a small manufacturer called Velocity Aircraft in Sebastian, FL. They build kit planes. Here's their website fyi: http://www.velocityaircraft.com/airplane-faq.html

Yeah, I know its been a while since I last updated. I got this far the past few weeks. Unfortunately I will not finish it until December now that I am at college. But that means I am now prepping to pep the whole suit, starting with the chest.

I plan on building Flying Squirrel's HD MK VI Chest and thus made Supertaco's tester. I'm pushing 6' 2" and set the test chest to a height of 435mm. Seems about right on length but there's a huge gap between my back and the back plate. Is that normal? and does this test build look about right?

A carbon fiber suit would be a freakin nightmare. A buddy of mine makes motorcycle tire huggers and he absolutely hates to make carbon fiber ones. Sure, they look gorgeous, but they take 3-4 times longer to perfect because of the pin holes in the clear coat.

Third part of filler and sanding. So far, I've sanded around 13-14 hours total. Tomorrow it gets a fresh layer of primer and then I start working on all the little flaws such as pin holes.

A sparring suit is rather ridiculous. You're limiting your movement and it wouldn't be able to take much hitting before damaging it. A suit for airsoft isn't really practical either. But I think it is possible. Rather than using cloth, use fiberglass mat and epoxy resin and not polyurethane...

Thanks yall, I really appreciate the encouragement. Today I didn't get to much; I spent about 4 hours sanding but wasn't able to get to applying more microballoon epoxy to the rest of the helmet. I plan to do that tomorrow!

My introduction to pepping was last Oct. I started off small with the M6D pistol and then completed the ODST Rookie helmet. After that, I was comfortable with pepping and was confident about making a pretty darn perfect MkVI helmet. I completed pepping it in about 60 hours. During winter...

I am good friends with a person who builds custom aircrafts and he has the ability and connections for me to send my Mark VI fiberglass helmet to a custom metal shop where they can take my helmet, make sand molds, and create solid titanium or aluminum casts. He figured that after costs and the...

I just started Pepakura back in November and these are my projects. My first ever pep was the Magnum followed by the Rookie helmet. I then did the SMG, which isn't that great due to a crappy design, and now just got finished with the Mark VI Helmet. I have only pepped so far but plan to harden...