Recent content by Wiz MC

I have a wide format printer so for larger pieces I used 11 x 17 inch paper. with smaller paper it will span the piece across two pages and you have to splice them back together.

Thigh/Legs The thighs are pretty simple. I didn't make the full wrap around leaving the inside open for comfort and mobility, I'm hoping sometime in the future to make foam leg wraps that look like the layered inner thigh pieces. The straps inside are elastic and attach to the belt...

Belt Been busy working on some other projects, playing with silicon mold making and some other stuff. Here is the belt and straps to hold up the thigh pieces, I ended up splitting the belt up to make it less constricting and adjustable for whoever is wearing it. I cut strips of...

If you are close to my size I posted the scale sizes and PEP files I used in http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/34711-Mark-VI-build-with-scale-sizes

Fiberglass cloth or mat is plenty strong for armor work, like others have said, if you need it stronger use more layers. The cloth is easier to lay down on curves and ridges but the mat is stronger due to it's thickness and interlocking strands. On my armor pieces I found that mat in areas or...

This sounds like it would be great for people in places where they need to keep the smell down. I'll have to grab some and play with it.

Subbed. I'm really interested to see the mobility of the suit and how you solve any range of movement issues. Looking awesome so far.

Thanks! Feel free to use anything you see, main reason I'm posting this stuff is to add to the idea pool and make it easier for first timers.

Nice, it's looking good so far. And yes rondo is kind of brittle which you can do one layer of fiberglass cloth to take care of that but unless it's going to be knocked around a bunch I wouldn't worry about it too much, the layer of paper with resin usually keeps it from splitting apart, the...

Shins The shins are pretty simple although the scale size I used is barely large enough to squeeze past size 14 feet. I put foam around the top which fit snug on my calves and were more than enough to keep the shins in place even when running around. There are also some foam pieces at...

Helmet I was running out of time by the time I got to the helmet so there are a few flaws that could have been avoided but it still turned out good enough for Halloween. I found for a PEP that's enclosed like the helmet instead of using the supports I make it hollow and put one coat of...

Thanks! Pretty much the only place armor gets in the way of movement is the chest. I can't cross my arms very far and had to have somebody help me attach the shoulders to the Velcro straps, which I'm going to change in an update to clips because the Velcro would pop off if I moved my arms around...

Just a quick update, got most of the armor done for the Halloween party and I'll finish posting build pics once I get caught up on work and stuff. Here is a shot of most of it done.

Thanks! I really wanted to post just to get the scaling measurements out there, it is a pain when you're first starting out trying to get the sizes right, this way people have a baseline to start with. The duct-tape dummy is a huge time saver, I helps when you are trying to fit armor pieces or...

Chest The chest I ended up doing in three pieces splitting the front, back and abb plate apart. The front is connected to the back with clips on the top and Velcro on the bottom, there are also two rubber nubs on the top that line the front and back pieces to keep it from shifting...