Snipermann02
New Member
Hello, so I have been a LONG time lurker of the 405th Forums as a guest. Recently though I have decided to actually make an account and finally participate in the community 
I started years ago (Around 2016) with an AdrewDFT Foam armor build, I won't go into too much detail since that's not what this post is about, but here's an image of the last iteration I did of it (I still have it to this day lol)
Over the last year/year and a half, I have decided to redo my ODST armor to be even better and to the standards of quality I have now. I began with the Helmet and that took me nearly a year to complete since it was my first 3D printed project I ever did. Like I actually assembled the printer and immediately began working on it LOL. This was probably bad in hindsight since I had a lot of issues down the road that I should have learned about first, but oh well here we are.
The Helmet is a Romeo-style Helmet with the O/I (Ocular Integration) piece on the top. Romeo isn't my favorite ODST, but his helmet is by far the coolest in my book. I have always loved the Halo snipers and have always loved sniping in general so this seemed like an easy pick.
^^^ This is the progress I have made so far on the rest of the Armor pieces. All files, including the helmet (Except for the O/I attachment) are from AguilarWorkshop, his files are awesome and are more than worth the price he sells them for.
You can see some issues with the prints in some photos and that is due to a clog I had that I was too impatient to clean until just a couple of days ago when printing became impossible LOL. However, all the pieces are still looking good.
I use a kinda weird technique for smoothing my prints, and that's with Wall Spackle. I used UV resin for my Helmet, but after weighing the cost and effort I decided that to do an ENTIRE armor set like that would be way too much. I then had the bright idea to use some cheap wall filler spackle stuff and it works great. It's super easy to apply, dries extremely fast, and is extremely easy to sand as well. Although it does take multiple go-overs since there do tend to be divots from the spackle on the first layer or two after sanding. The only real worry I have is with water getting on it, but I plan on using some sort of water-resistant spray on it so that should be no issue.
I plan on posting updates as I progress through the building process. I am currently printing the pieces for the second shoulder and also working on an armor carrier to go under the chest plate and stuff. Next, I will be printing the belt pieces and then working on the larger and more difficult pieces (Forearms, Thighs, and shins).
(Also, I hope this is the right forum section to post this under, I'm 99% sure it is lol)
I started years ago (Around 2016) with an AdrewDFT Foam armor build, I won't go into too much detail since that's not what this post is about, but here's an image of the last iteration I did of it (I still have it to this day lol)
Over the last year/year and a half, I have decided to redo my ODST armor to be even better and to the standards of quality I have now. I began with the Helmet and that took me nearly a year to complete since it was my first 3D printed project I ever did. Like I actually assembled the printer and immediately began working on it LOL. This was probably bad in hindsight since I had a lot of issues down the road that I should have learned about first, but oh well here we are.
The Helmet is a Romeo-style Helmet with the O/I (Ocular Integration) piece on the top. Romeo isn't my favorite ODST, but his helmet is by far the coolest in my book. I have always loved the Halo snipers and have always loved sniping in general so this seemed like an easy pick.
^^^ This is the progress I have made so far on the rest of the Armor pieces. All files, including the helmet (Except for the O/I attachment) are from AguilarWorkshop, his files are awesome and are more than worth the price he sells them for.
You can see some issues with the prints in some photos and that is due to a clog I had that I was too impatient to clean until just a couple of days ago when printing became impossible LOL. However, all the pieces are still looking good.
I use a kinda weird technique for smoothing my prints, and that's with Wall Spackle. I used UV resin for my Helmet, but after weighing the cost and effort I decided that to do an ENTIRE armor set like that would be way too much. I then had the bright idea to use some cheap wall filler spackle stuff and it works great. It's super easy to apply, dries extremely fast, and is extremely easy to sand as well. Although it does take multiple go-overs since there do tend to be divots from the spackle on the first layer or two after sanding. The only real worry I have is with water getting on it, but I plan on using some sort of water-resistant spray on it so that should be no issue.
I plan on posting updates as I progress through the building process. I am currently printing the pieces for the second shoulder and also working on an armor carrier to go under the chest plate and stuff. Next, I will be printing the belt pieces and then working on the larger and more difficult pieces (Forearms, Thighs, and shins).
(Also, I hope this is the right forum section to post this under, I'm 99% sure it is lol)
