Recent content by Mobius1ac

So I must apologize for my lack of posting recently. Been really busy at work, taking on new promotions and responsibilities as well as getting ready to leave the country for awhile. Have not had the time or energy to work on this. I don't know if I'm going to make any progress on the build over...

So this is how I've been attaching the armor to the harness. This nylon strap is just super glued to the bottom of the piece, and a buckle is added to the top, giving me two adjustment points per piece. Later, I will cover the bottom with a thick mix of Rondo to make it more permanent Later...

Quick update: Due to a promotion at work and a change of work stations, my progress has been fairly slow on the armor. The shins have had their main structure finished, and some of the remaining paper is being patched over now. They should be able to be mounted to the harness by Sunday. I have...

So I found out that you can buy just the straps of a backpack. I built (most of) the harness that is going to be supporting all the armor pieces. The plan is to have straps come off the shoulders and belt ending in buckles that will clip into each piece supporting the weight while foam is used...

One other thing... I dont know what it is, but this blue dye seems to prevent the resin from curing properly. The "blue" thigh piece is STILL wet enough that my hands are sticking to it and have blue patches after handling it, and that was done back in early December (5 months ago). As much as...

So I accidentally crushed one of the shins by putting too much Rondo on at once. I have had to resort to refolding the entire thing from scratch. In other news, I have begun experimenting with a new technique to prevent crushing and speed up the process of applying Rondo, but at the expense of...

Hello Again! I just want to assure everyone that I have not abandoned this project. Its been cold here and I dont have anywhere that I want to be smelling like bondo inside to work, so things have been going slowly. On the other side of things, I have bought a 3d printer and am currently...

So over the Thanksgiving week, I intended to get the full gel layer done on the thighs. I wound up just sealing them. Today, I got them gelled and ready for rondoing. Believe it or not, the right one is actually blue... I wanted to just put a drop of the dye in the resin, but then the lid blew...

I did wind up finishing the left thigh this week. I printed out the waist piece as well, and have started folding it. I will likely start hardening the thighs this weekend.

Well, my perfectionism got the best of me again... Here is take three of the forearm "buckle" piece. I've decided to take a whole new approach to this. I picked up some new casting resin and am actually hardening parts as I go along and gluing them together as a larger assembly. The hope is to...

So I spent some time diving into Armorsmith and arranged the left thigh piece. I printed directly from the Armorsmith pattern generator and it is quite different from the Pep program. Not sure if I like it just yet, I think I can adjust the line thickness to make them thinner, (Edit: you can!)...

I mean, it's not unpleasant. But it does have a pretty strong smell to it; you should definitely wear a mask or respirator while working with it though.

So I just realized I never mentioned that I bought the visor back in like July. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it when I first got it, but it's a run of the mill metallic-gold motorcycle visor that I got on Amazon for like $35. It has been taped (on both sides) with blue painters...

Finally got around to finishing out the boot redux. Interestingly, the blue one, despite the gel layer being put on 2 months ago, is still very tacky. The red one is fine, but my hands are blue from sticking to the other one. Not sure what happened with it. I also separated the top from the...

I've started mixing larger batches of Rondo so I can use the excess to start other pieces. This is the first pour into the Grieve. This piece had some disformities from being on display with the Cuisse (Thigh) sitting on top of it. Despite weighing only a few ounces, it crushed the Grieve...