He4thbar's Fallout 3 t-45d BOS outcast power armor(COMPLETED)

[TurboCharizard]

Well while I wait for foam.. you guys can see my next challenge. The prop.
Gonna make the Gatling Laser from fallout 4 (final.judgment) probably gonna try and convert a 3d file to foam
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This is gonna be one big prop.
Probably use PVC for the core and foam for most of the rest. Maybe sintra if I need it.

I'm glad the peer pressure worked!

 

[he4thbar]

Well I have fully dissected the laser Gatling into multiple easier models. Now I have to unfold them as needed before taking it to foam. Here is a sneak peek.

 

[PaiganBoi]

That's a lot of bits.

 

[he4thbar]

That's a lot of bits.

Just a bit. I have to unfold it, so most of it should be consolidated. and then I will make my adjustments for what I will actually cut out with foam.

 

[Dire]

I want progress pics! Its been a month!

 

[RandomRanger]

PROGRESS PICS! PROGRESS PICS! PROGRESS PICS!

 

[he4thbar]

I am the big failure zachturner009 I went on vacation a few weeks ago and then camping. And I've been skateboarding more.
I'm hoping to fill all my seams before next weekend so I can start the physical weathering. I just haaattteeeee filling seams so much on these giant projects

 

[RandomRanger]

But.... but... vacation just means MORE time for building

 

[Sean Anwalt]

But.... but... vacation just means MORE time for building

Not if you do it right, it doesn't.

 

[he4thbar]

All seams filled finally. Might have a touch up here or there to do but at this point I don't care anymore.
Now I'm onto physical weathering! This power armor is reused a lot and it's the wasteland so it's gonna take a beating. My idea is a lot of shrapnel and small arms fire.
The picture shows weathered vs not.

 

[RandomRanger]

It looks great! You're so close to finishing!

 

[MrJamin]

Looking good he4thbar - I still love all the googly eyes :-D

 

[he4thbar]

thank you! apparently MrJamin I need to add a whole row of them to each side of the back of my chest armor.. oh joy.

 

[RandomRanger]

Weathering that suit is gonna be so much fun, I'm jealous haha

 

[FloodHunter]

This is such a great build! I love it!


Also this is going to be weird but am I the only one who see horses heads in these shin pieces...

 

[he4thbar]

Boots are complete. Mobility is perfect. Pics!

 

[he4thbar]

Sean Anwalt what quality of Behr paint did you use for your airbrush? Marquee or ultra?

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Sheeeooooot, that was more than a year ago...

I'm pretty sure it was ultra. Unfortunately I do not still have the paint cans. I think. Hang on a second...

HA totally got one left. Here it is:

It took more than I thought it would, and under a time constraint I borrowed a full on paint sprayer from Home Depot.

Hope that helps!


EDIT: I am 100% confident the other colors (at least one of them) said ultra.

 

[RandomRanger]

Yeah, I'd say you'll probably need about a quart. I used just over a quart on my spartan.

 

[he4thbar]

Smol update. I've been working on Weathering dings and scratches on my armor.
But I also decided to add some treads to my boots. I'm pretty happy with it.

I also decided to rebuild my chest piece handle bar. I needed it to be stronger. So I used a wire coat hanger, and half foam dowels and closed the foam dowels around the outside of the hanger. I can lift my whole chest piece with it now