Interest Thread: Pacific Regiment Armor Party

[Lukavago]

Duke is gonna go on vacation one day, and come back to 50 threads in the Regiment sub forum.

 

[PerniciousDuke]

As long as they were on topic that would be awesome.

 

[Lukavago]

we would never post random things on the forums! Us? Never! We're all such well behaved individuals who would never start a bunch of post like "Duke is on vacation, everyone post random photos of his feet"

 

[TurboCharizard]

I vote
1. ISR
2. Anubis
...but secretly Firefall is love.

 

[PerniciousDuke]

Looks like Turbo is getting 3 votes. It's also a good chance he's going to be the one to model it for us!

PS: if you want to change your vote at anytime, just make a new post.

 

[SubXzeroXhero]

As long as they were on topic that would be awesome.

So would a tier list of cheeses be considered on or off topic?

also It's not in the pole yet but I vote cat ears.

 

[PerniciousDuke]

also It's not in the pole yet but I vote cat ears.

All votes include cat ears.

 

[Rock Lobbster]

anuuuuuubis

 

[HotPockets]

Wow! I got bogged down in work, and when I came back the thread had a bunch of replies, that is great! I want to try to make sure I address some of the questions and suggestions.

1) I've made bucks before, but I don't have a vacuum former, that may be a bit outside my area of expertise. It does sound like we have some members who have those skills, so that is awesome

2) I'm open to another location for casting. The whole idea here is to have a fun community day, meet folks, and learn some skills. We may also be able to use a more central "Maker Space" Looking online both Seattle and Tacoma have Maker Spaces and community Centers

3) I'm open to making this as interactive as possible. Once we close voting, and decide on a helmet, I'll throw it on the printer we have two options for printing:

a. SLA Resin - I can print the helmet in 2 parts and use a large format resin printer. Pros: Less finishinshing and greater details are retained. Cons: It's messy, and there is a longer time from print to mold as the Isopropyl used in cleaning/curing the resin inhibits platinum based silicon, the work around is to use a tin based Silicone or wait and use the Platinum

b: FDM/Plastic Printing: I can likely get the helmet done in one shot. Pros: One piece and about 1/4 the cost of resin printing Cons: So much sanding and prep work

4) The fun does not have to start with casting, if folks want to help finish the mold or have a small molding session, we can go through how to make a mold for the helmet
a: Idea: I can talk to the folks at RAM and see if they are open to hosting a Molding Workshop. They have one scheduled for July and another in October, but I think it is something they run as a class and there is a fee

5) Time frame is a bit fuzzy right now. I know some folks wanted to aim for ECCC. We can set that as a goal, but I need to balance some other things like prepping for a move, selling my current home, and making sure my wife does not divorce me for making molds in the kitchen (AGAIN)

6) If we are going to list cheeses I have one rule "If it does not smell like feet, I will not eat" Stinky Cheese FTW!

This is OUR community, and OUR Regiment, I'm just throwing out ideas, but I want to make sure we are as inclusive and welcoming as possible. Please share your thoughts, ideas, comments and concerns.

--HotPockets

 

[pipninja]

I would love to participate in a earlier build for the mold making process. That's something I really want to learn how to do

 

[SubXzeroXhero]

don't know if its worth pointing out but there is also nothing that says it has to be one day for all of them. It could be cool to have multiple community days for the build for the various stages of the build. Example: one day for processing, another for making a mold, another for casting, paint party. Just a good excuse to bring people together.

 

[Lukavago]

Monthly Maker Meetings

 

[PerniciousDuke]

So far the Timeline is having TurboCharizard 3d model a helmet for us in early July. Then giving HotPockets a month to work on the master. This puts us still on track to possibly do it as ECCC Friday, but we're also looking at other options too.

This gives us a a few more days to vote on helmets. If you want to change your vote or you only gave one and want to add one let me know here.

 

[mblackwell1002]

Super interested in participating in this project/party.

HotPockets, Ive got a fresh gallon unit of mold star 30 that’s just sitting in my basement that i can toss in to the party if it helps. I’m willing to help in other ways, too. Just lmk.

And my vote is Anubis

 

[PerniciousDuke]

Looks like Anubis it is! TurboCharizard do you know when you'd be able to start on it?

Also, schedule update. Some of us have just been confirmed to host a panel at ECCC Friday around 5pm. So that may conflict.

 

[TurboCharizard]

I'm starting up the reference image hunt and I'll start digging into it over the next few days. Luckily I've already modelled most of the attachments already with the Cavallino under my belt.

Bless armour coatings with high contrast between panels

 

[Rock Lobbster]

reappears from the shadows
Did someone say ANUBIS??
Looks like that Mkvii build that Turbos been bugging me to do might actually happen...

 

[pipninja]

I'm starting up the reference image hunt and I'll start digging into it over the next few days. Luckily I've already modelled most of the attachments already with the Cavallino under my belt.
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Bless armour coatings with high contrast between panels

Are you planning on modeling all the attachments for Anubis?

 

[TurboCharizard]

Are you planning on modeling all the attachments for Anubis?

I already have four of them from my Cavallino kit so it's more about proper position and scale for those.

 

[pipninja]

I already have four of them from my Cavallino kit so it's more about proper position and scale for those.

I was more specifically asking for the one that goes up and over the helmet like headphones that's unique to Anubis