Life Updates: I got a puppy. She has not been conductive to printing or projects...
Project Updates:
Shoulders were printed successfully along with some of the clips over the weekend. Printer was down Saturday during my attempt to print the lower back pieces.... I was disappointed...I became too ambitious in getting everything done in 1 print after I sliced it... but I realized it wouldnt work anyways. I bought armor smith and have begun sizing everything accordingly. This wasnt fun measuring myself...
I look ridiculous in my armorsmith model. I did add some tolerance to prevent skintight armor pieces...
Current pieces I have printed (-Chest piece and helmet) Notice the SMG has fallen apart since being assembled....
Equipment updates:
- Clamps (Spring/F)
- 2 part Epoxy
- EVA Foam
Why EVA Foam; because I am going to be making this ODST out of foam starting with the boots first. I will try and go for the Halo 3 ODST. I never did a foam build before. After a few months of thinking, and multiple print failures,
foam just makes a little more sense for me in terms of storage (flexible) and movement. I have a long break from work coming up (YAY Planned shutdown!) to work on this. My plan isto attack it from the ground up starting with the boots to learn more about cutting techniques, etc before I move to the more visual sections. I plan to try and have it done for c2e2. If not, for halloween.
I will probably still 3d print sections as I need them to save time on the build since they will be quickly produced. I will probably print the HALO ODT Landfall whenever I have printer time available or if I somehow acquire a larger 3d printer to help me avoid the struggles of attaching PLA to itself.. (Praying the epoxy works!). Otherwise, this will be a low priority project.
The ship is done BTW and is fully modular. I just need to paint it but will be letting my players do it because I am done with it for the time being...
Mostly finished ship minus a few pieces....
Upper and lower deck layers (with scrap bits laying around)
Example of modular format by adding a forecastle
Boats plus minis to show scale.
To conclude a long post:
Got puppy, life is good. Boat is done, its a big boat.
This week's goals:
- Complete scaling for foam sections in armor smith
- Identify sections for 3d printing
- Confirm scale for existing printed sections.
- Start the construction of boots
- Continue lifting/running
Please let me know if you have any useful tips or advice for a first build! I will start posting more pictures as I remember to take them xD
