Grenadier Spartan III

[tahu505]

That's more a question for AugmentedHuman013 but generally the rule of thumb to follow is if it appears in references it should be there for Deployment for the completeness check.

I think the knife disappears in the reach cutscenes so there are instances of it not there. If I need it I can always just redo it scaled down.

 

[tahu505]

Decided to give the knife placement another go and I found a good spot I like. Just moved it forward a bit further out than in game, but to where I get less collision. Doesn't mean no collision but it's very minimal now to where it still feels good!

 

[marinesniper]

Decided to give the knife placement another go and I found a good spot I like. Just moved it forward a bit further out than in game, but to where I get less collision. Doesn't mean no collision but it's very minimal now to where it still feels good!

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I think it is really starting to come together i just love the look of the armor

 

[tahu505]

Panted the shotgun shells today with chrome gold then painted the red by hand. Also got them glued on. Now all the chest attachments are done!

 

[tahu505]

In the past I've made props with pepakura and 3D prints. I've tried foam before but it didn't go as well as I hoped. Time to change that and dive back in!

Tomorrow is the Extra Life stream so I'm going to try making my boots on stream! I didn't have time to get a heat gun or contact cement so I will just be cutting out patterns and foam, but that is a start and still progress towards having boots! The only parts of the templates I cut out so far were these bottom edge pieces to make sure I got my scaling right. Idk if I'll use these shoes exactly or get new ones, but I really like Asics and for the most part their shoe styles are around the same shape and I know they fit me well.

The wind was also calm enough today for me to finish the gold on my tacpad. If I'm awake for the crafting through the night segment of the stream I could work on the hand painted details and wrist attachment. I figured this would be better to work on tired than cutting foam with a sharp blade.

 

[Spartan513]

Panted the shotgun shells today with chrome gold then painted the red by hand. Also got them glued on. Now all the chest attachments are done!
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Wow this looks good! I may have missed it in the thread but what visor are you looking at using?

 

[tahu505]

Wow this looks good! I may have missed it in the thread but what visor are you looking at using?

I have a vacuum formed one that I made, I just haven't dyed it yet

 

[tahu505]

I got all the templates cut out on stream and organized them.

 

[tahu505]

Tacpad painted

 

[Spartan513]

Tacpad painted
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That looks clean! If I missed it above sorry but will that fit your phone in it?

 

[tahu505]

That looks clean! If I missed it above sorry but will that fit your phone in it?

Thx! My phone is too big, but I have a couple ideas for other things I can do with it

 

[Spartan513]

Thx! My phone is too big, but I have a couple ideas for other things I can do with it

Super cool either way. Makes me want to print one that fits my cell phone… could play music from your wrist and do like an AC/DC Ironman entrance into a room lol

 

[tahu505]

Some updates on the tacpad. I swapped the M4 Philips screws forM4 hex screws. I felt the hex screws were less likely to strip and they fit in better with the armor.

Got velcro and initially it had too much adhesion where it was hard to remove, so I cut out this middle section.

Here's how it looks on my wrist!

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Some updates on the tacpad. I swapped the M4 Philips screws forM4 hex screws. I felt the hex screws were less likely to strip and they fit in better with the armor.
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Got velcro and initially it had too much adhesion where it was hard to remove, so I cut out this middle section.
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Here's how it looks on my wrist!
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I like the Velcro idea! Have you done a test to see how well it holds if you swing your arm or bump into something?

 

[tahu505]

I like the Velcro idea! Have you done a test to see how well it holds if you swing your arm or bump into something?

I haven't bumped it into anything yet but I have swung my arm around and even after removing the center part of the velcro, it still takes a decent amount of effort to pull the tacpad off the wrist.

 

[Spartan513]

Some updates on the tacpad. I swapped the M4 Philips screws forM4 hex screws. I felt the hex screws were less likely to strip and they fit in better with the armor.
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Got velcro and initially it had too much adhesion where it was hard to remove, so I cut out this middle section.
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Here's how it looks on my wrist!
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You have convinced me that I need to print one that fits my phone.. so cool man!

 

[tahu505]

I started cutting out some of the foam for the boots the other day.

I remembered since I have new exacto knife blades, I could cut out the good visor.

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

I started cutting out some of the foam for the boots the other day.
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I remembered since I have new exacto knife blades, I could cut out the good visor.
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Oooooooh look at that fancy visor!

 

[SigmaProps]

This suit is absolutely awesome so far, love the use of velcro on the Tac Pad, and the fact you’re doing a build with printing and foam! Gonna watch this with interest, I always love to see completed Reach builds!

 

[KingBadger13]

I always give respect when it’s due. I can not for the life of me achieve that level of detail with a pep file. That helmet looks super clean. Keep up the good work!