colinmon22
Active Member
Merry Christmas all!
So I'm finally getting around to building some armor - something thats been on my to do list for years now. I'm going for a MkVI (because there are never too many of those \sarcasm), but it will be slightly modded. I have some ambitious plans that I'll get to later in this post. First up though, I finished the helmet pep tonight. Theres some warpage in the front, but that can be fixed (I hope) When I apply resin using some props as shown below. But enough chit-chat, heres some pics:
Looks good from this angle.
wah-wah
Proof of concept of a support strut that will fix warping while I resin it. Other suggestions welcome.
Here it is on me for reference. It might be a tad bit big, but I'll wait and see how it looks with the rest of the armor to decide if I should redo it or not.
I noticed that I never see much detail like this in the pep builds. The file I used had templates for details, so I made a few layers and glued them on to the visor. Not sure If I'll kick myself for this later or not, but I hope it will lead to less work during the bondo stage.
I also notice that the neck details are often ignored on most MkVI builds. Since I couldn't find any good reference pics, I decided to take some artistic license on the details. Also, the warpage in the back isn't nearly as bad as it looks in this picture.
Note: custom neck details also double as awesome mustaches.
Now for my ambitious plan: Helmet electronics.
I plan on having the standard LEDs and fan inside, but I figure that even without the fan, everything's probably a pretty muffled and hard to hear, so why not help improve that? I want to try putting microphones in the crevice near each ear, pictured here:
and have them wired to some headphones that are secured inside. I also figured that my voice will probably be muffled as well, so why not have a microphone toggle-able but a push switch near my chin, that is wired to speakers in the front vents (pictured below)?
And as if thats not going to be challenging enough, I want to modify the left forearm to house my smartphone, and have the headphones in the helmet also wired to the headphone jack. I figure I could have some sort of switch that toggles between the external mics and my phone. No pics for reference on this one, sorry. Anyways, I hope to have this thing done by Comic-Con. I figure 7 months isn't too little time. I'm sure I'll have questions along the way, and hopefully I'll be able to give the first updates soon!
Tutorial on how to anger your housemates coming next month when I begin on the next piece (probably chest or thighs). In the meantime, have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
*Edited for profanity.
So I'm finally getting around to building some armor - something thats been on my to do list for years now. I'm going for a MkVI (because there are never too many of those \sarcasm), but it will be slightly modded. I have some ambitious plans that I'll get to later in this post. First up though, I finished the helmet pep tonight. Theres some warpage in the front, but that can be fixed (I hope) When I apply resin using some props as shown below. But enough chit-chat, heres some pics:
Looks good from this angle.
wah-wah
Proof of concept of a support strut that will fix warping while I resin it. Other suggestions welcome.
Here it is on me for reference. It might be a tad bit big, but I'll wait and see how it looks with the rest of the armor to decide if I should redo it or not.
I noticed that I never see much detail like this in the pep builds. The file I used had templates for details, so I made a few layers and glued them on to the visor. Not sure If I'll kick myself for this later or not, but I hope it will lead to less work during the bondo stage.
I also notice that the neck details are often ignored on most MkVI builds. Since I couldn't find any good reference pics, I decided to take some artistic license on the details. Also, the warpage in the back isn't nearly as bad as it looks in this picture.
Note: custom neck details also double as awesome mustaches.
Now for my ambitious plan: Helmet electronics.
I plan on having the standard LEDs and fan inside, but I figure that even without the fan, everything's probably a pretty muffled and hard to hear, so why not help improve that? I want to try putting microphones in the crevice near each ear, pictured here:
and have them wired to some headphones that are secured inside. I also figured that my voice will probably be muffled as well, so why not have a microphone toggle-able but a push switch near my chin, that is wired to speakers in the front vents (pictured below)?
And as if thats not going to be challenging enough, I want to modify the left forearm to house my smartphone, and have the headphones in the helmet also wired to the headphone jack. I figure I could have some sort of switch that toggles between the external mics and my phone. No pics for reference on this one, sorry. Anyways, I hope to have this thing done by Comic-Con. I figure 7 months isn't too little time. I'm sure I'll have questions along the way, and hopefully I'll be able to give the first updates soon!
Tutorial on how to anger your housemates coming next month when I begin on the next piece (probably chest or thighs). In the meantime, have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
*Edited for profanity.