Recent content by dishabille

MAJOR UPDATE!! Okay so I had to take some time off due to graduating college but Im back at it. I was able to get the shield in with some epoxy putty from home depot, it has a 25 min work life and hardens over night(thank you lady at hobby lobby for telling me to go to home depot). I was also...

Its looking really good as is, no need to mess with anything. To get the hand plate centered, wear the glove and just lay it on top of your closed fist. Then glue it in place, and thats it! Oh and welcome!

Go to your local motorcycle shop and ask if they have any scratched pieces laying around that theyd be willing to give you. I went in with the intention to spend some money and I told the parts guy what I was doing and he just gave me two shields for FREE. It pays to ask!

Nice to another bigger guy on here. Everyone Ive seen whos done a full armor build has been around 5' 8". Ready to see what else you can put together.

Update! No pics though. Ive spent some time on the helmet in between finals and speeches and whatnot. I had to remove a ton of the existing mask underneath to get the shield to fit properly but after about two hours and a lot of sanding I got it to fit decently. I will be doing a two layered...

its literally a spray rubber coating so as long as you coat everything evenly and thoroughly you should be just fine.

The level of detail youre going into is amazing! Are you considering molding these pieces after you finish?

if you want to skip the constant cutting, a local sign shop should be able to print and cut your stencil out for relatively cheap. not sure on pricing really but shouldnt be too much. and its all looking really awesome! keep up the good work!

Just WOW! The paint job looks amazing! Are you going to put in battle damage, or just leave it looking new?

Update! After much deliberation and sweating I decided to pull the old goggle look and throw in the "new" shields I got. Taking the goggles out was a ginormous pain in my ass and ended up breaking some of the styrofoam but I think it might be for the best since I have to cut into that area...

hey stat this is looking hella-cool! more people need to get into the undersuit game like you, liltyrant, and roxyroo. it take an already badass armor and jumps the awesome factor 10 fold. Keep us updated, looking real good.

small update but kick ass nonetheless! I called my local motorcycle dealership today to look into getting a couple chrome mirror finished shields(which is apparently the correct name for eye protection, who knew) and they said they had a ton in stock and since I wasn't sure what I was looking...

welcome! keep us updated on your progress!

Update So i was bored today and went and bought some foamies to play around and see what kind of detailing I could add to the helmet. I went to the a fabric store first and found some with sticky backs and holy crap they are awesome! If you haven't tried these they make detailing so much...

keep track of your measurements in a excel file and then start scaling down by 10%. you dont have to pep the whole thing maybe just the face mask and have someone take your pic and see how that works. if still too big go down another 10%. also have you checked the stickies? "help: for...