Atriox

[Draxes]

4 weeks into doing an exploratory attempt on seeing if I could model and print a working Atriox Costume. Even a year ago this would have been impossible to even attempt. But so far so good. All the pieces are very roomy so while akward, should be a comfortable fit if I do it right. But boy will this be a BIG outfit. I am having to design out the hands to have extension grips built into the forearms. The ONLY shortcut I am taking in making this outfit is I am not going to attempt 100% scale. The guy is 8' 6" tall. The best I can do is 7 feet tall, so I am scaling him down a bit. As long as I am bigger than 99.9% of the general population, I'll be super happy.

Just trying to figure out how I will see out of it. I am thinking I can model a hidden viewing area at the neck under the beard.

This will also be the first costume I am going to attempt to print entirely in TPU. That way I can keep the weight down to a minimum, maybe 2-3 walls minimum, and the infill 0-4%. The only difficulty is that TPU is impossible to sand, supports don't really work that well, AND piecing together TPU is a nightmare. I have some experience with TPU and have had amazing results but I'll need to learn a bunch more. Luckily I won't have to go with the super soft TPU and can just go with 95A Shore and still get the extreme durability TPU is known for. I think I'll just have to lean into battle damage quality versus prestine smoothness of my past costumes.

I am also pretty excited that I modeled his awesome weapon, Chainbreaker. That mace is EPIC! I am just figuring out what kind of electronics and lights I'll fit into it and to see if I can keep the weight down to a minimum. I REALLY don't want to be lugging around a 10lb mace while wearing a heavy bulky costume.

I read and watched all of Saber process on them building a Brute. That looked immensely hard and flipping heavy. I think that is why I am going to avoid going that large. I am a big guy but that is waaaay to big and I would probably kill myself falling down stairs or falling on my back.

Wish me luck. I am hoping to be done well before Halofest. I am also working on a custom 343 Guilty Spark prop that talks and moves. It is so unbelievably cool. I am just about to start printing that. I'll create another post for that shortly and update this when I finalize the model.

OHHHH, and if anyone knows of anyone who has ever done this project before...or a project like this like Saber please let me know.

 

[SgtSaint]

The only difficulty is that TPU is impossible to sand,

Why would you say/think that? I do it with inner thigh parts etc. These were sanded to remove the layer lines, then spray 'FlexSeal' because I wanted that texture but otherwise it could have just stayed sanded smooth.

 

[Draxes]

That makes me excited to try and sand it. I have only printed in TPU 85 and softer for undersuits and that stuff was impervious to anything I tried. FlexSeal worked pretty good though. I will be FlexSealing and Primering the crap out of it. But I am excited at the prospect of being able to sand a little to remove anything too large like leftovers from the supports.

BTW, I am glad you are still making great things SgtSaint. You still have the best post processing methodology/setup to date of anyone I know on the internet who makes 3D printed costumes. You rock! And I am super jealous of your large print bed capacity.