H3 Marine has officially started

[DRChefboyRD]

I decided the H3 Marine will be a great Sunday outfit for cons after getting crushed in my ODST Friday and Saturday.

So, this will be my Marine progress thread until it's done.

First order of business- a full one piece print of the Marine Helmet, with no odea of scale, so i don't even know if it will fit, what could possibly go wrong with this 24 hour print?

 

[SpartanSweed]

Marine GANG//GANG

Very excited to see how it turns out!

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Had to re-print the helmet 7% bigger, and all of the leg armor will be completely printed tonight while I'm at work. Tomorrow the helmet will be done and painted.

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Rough paintjob is complete.
For those that were interested at Mega, if you see this post. I use Vaseline and dirt mixed together, then placed as my masking for chips. I find toothpaste and liquid latex ends up being too smooth along the edges.

Detailing/weathering will be tomorrow amd ill post completed helmet pictures, probablyon Monday.
All i have left to print are the shoulders and chest/abdominal armor

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Helmet still needs detailing, and i just finished printing the last piece of raw print. Next update will have everything with its base layer of paint and rough weathering.

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Everything printed and laid out.
I should be further along. But I keep working on side projects on accident

 

[Parzival]

That's awesome! Were you able to fit the 7% bigger helmet on the bambu build area in one piece too?

 

[MNKr]

Welcome to Marine GANG//GANG

 

[DRChefboyRD]

That's awesome! Were you able to fit the 7% bigger helmet on the bambu build area in one piece too?

I had to cut just a bit off the back. Minimal effort required for blending that spot

 

[DRChefboyRD]

A couple more progress pictures of the Hicks inspired Halo Marine

 

[Bob the Giant]

Looks solid! The paint chipping look so well thought out.

Excited to see how this one turns out!

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Restarting with the release of the Galactic Armory files. Helmet was just released, and they'll be releasing the armor in the future

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Used Bondo Spot Putty for the first time, and i love it. Way more user friendly than Bondo two part mix

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Titanium is on, and tomorrow I should be 90% finished

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Oh man, I didn't realize i didn't upload my mostly final helmet pics here. Im going to wait for additional weathering until the full armor is done.