Recent content by Flaminshotgun

So probably around $500. Which is definitely expensive, but if I were a rich man I'd definitely do it that way XD Just for the ease of not having to do much beyond painting.

Ah so you get a thin case with the 3D print then harden it separately. That makes sense.

32 pounds to make a whole suit? Or 32 pounds to make one piece?

Could you be more specific on how you do it then? I’ve never been shown a 3D printed suit that wasn’t brittle and weak. What filament do you use? About how much did it cost you in total?

Yeah I know I just wanted to know if DefineLuck had some method around the fragility of the usual 3D printed armor.

Ah, no wonder it looks so perfect. I was under the impression that 3D printing made the armor pretty thin and fragile. Not to mention expensive XD

So have you built any of your suit or is it all cast?

Yeah I know that casts are the way to go. It just feels like cheating. Like I would feel bad wearing it if I didn't make it myself. I will probably still buy a cast helmet some day though. My painting and weathering skills are very basic. As you see here I did several coats of a dark grey, and...

And here are all of the new pieces all fitted and formed. The legs and codpiece are new, and I added an ab plate. It's a little too high in this picture, the torso kind of hides it. Unsurprisingly I'm still unsatisfied XD . I'd like to remake the helmet out of foam some day, make it a bit...

And you are suggesting I put a panel of foam on the underside?

Hmm, a very interesting idea. I might very well try that. When you say "gap in the side" do you mean this line here?

I tossed around that idea myself. But could really come up with a flap that would go back to laying down after being lifted several times to unbuckle the chest plate. I also could think of a shape I could make that wouldn't seem out of place. But I guess any shape would do if someone wasn't...

So I managed to successfully connect my torso using backpack clips, nylon straps, hot glue, and epoxy. So thanks for all the advice! However, I had to cut these holes in the chest plate in order to reach the clips, and I think it looks kinda bad. So I wondered if anyone had tips for covering up...

Little update. I finished the thighs, shins, and codpiece. It'll be a couple days before I get the chance to button them up and fit them to my undersuit. But as soon as that's done I'll take another picture of the whole suit.

So I recently remade my thighs, shins, and codpiece out of foam. Previously they were made out of fiberglass. On my first build I did shading after I put on a layer of enamel. I did what I saw in a couple videos where you take really watered down black paint, put it in all of the crevices where...