Masterchief H4 Gen2 Markvi - Build Thread

[HVACON]

I feel like I’m going to jinx myself here but we are almost done with the sanding.
It’s been. An absolutely arm buffing nightmare
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Looking Awesome......and just think how much bigger your muscles are from all the sanding!!

 

[Carethfanura]

I feel like I’m going to jinx myself here but we are almost done with the sanding.
It’s been. An absolutely arm buffing nightmare
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Those look awesome! So smooth and have a nice shine to them as well.

 

[MissBoof]

We are currently around 70% painted
We used mountain pro spray paint in metallic blue for the armor. And just good old krylon metallic gray for the grenades so far. No clear coat yet, but that is next once I get the final pieces sanded and painted

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Here is an update

 

[Rock Lobbster]

Going to need to rebuild the arm sections after all those sanding gainz!

 

[MissBoof]

Shoes are almost constructed!
Just need a couple more 3/8 inch parachute clips. Back to the hobby store I go

 

[MissBoof]

Progress update.
7 days til con.
Fml

 

[MissBoof]

Leds and soundboard are fully functional inside the armor!
I will do a better overview, but here is a quick woo hoo!

 

[MissBoof]

TOMORROW IS CON
cat ears are not done, will be done for emerald city comic con. If I can figure out how to make the automated visor sit in the helmet right, the circuit is already done for that just need to install. Otherwise we made it.
Pics to come

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Woo, hope you have a great con and I look forward to some pictures!

 

[MissBoof]

WE DID IT

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Wooo, glad you could get it done last minute!

 

[405caveman]

I am very glad that you have finished your suit, it is a super original construction, very good work

 

[MissBoof]

The electronics that get triggered by the magnetic switches were poo. I WAYYYY overestimated how much arm movement I would have in this thing. So I am currently ripping parts of the electronics out and moving the triggers down to the thighs or very bottom of the chest armor.

I am competing in emerald city comic cons cosplay content in two weeks with Meowster. Lessssgo

 

[MissBoof]

a real quick drop of the circuit that controls the LEDS and the sound board.
I have an additional amplifier and speak on the way - as the sound is a bit quiet in larger bustling rooms.

 

[MissBoof]

here is the full circuit - I also wired in the leds for the helmet flashlight to keep it all to one power supply. easy peasy lemon squeezy.
I attempted to also wire in the cooling fans to this circuit, but it interrupted the microphone something terrible - so those are separate circuits and powersupplies and work great.

 

[KatakoShozo]

Looks great, awesome to see you got it done before the con!

 

[N8TEBB]

here is the full circuit - I also wired in the leds for the helmet flashlight to keep it all to one power supply. easy peasy lemon squeezy.
I attempted to also wire in the cooling fans to this circuit, but it interrupted the microphone something terrible - so those are separate circuits and powersupplies and work great.

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Mmmmmmmm Circuit diagrams

 

[MissBoof]

V2 of the chest circuit - I wasn't sure it was possible, but this mf works!
I added an additional audio amplifier and 2 more 4ohm speakers - had to break out another power supply but we have a mini lithium battery that is like 2 sq. inches, so it is super tiny. Also figured out that if you solder the + pin to ground on the soundboard, that is supposed to auto max that boards volume (it always boots at 50%).
Behold. an update.

 

[KatakoShozo]

V2 of the chest circuit - I wasn't sure it was possible, but this mf works!
I added an additional audio amplifier and 2 more 4ohm speakers - had to break out another power supply but we have a mini lithium battery that is like 2 sq. inches, so it is super tiny. Also figured out that if you solder the + pin to ground on the soundboard, that is supposed to auto max that boards volume (it always boots at 50%).
Behold. an update.

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The beautiful circuits

 

[MissBoof]

I legit don’t know what I’m going to do with my life after this weekend. This build has been all I’ve done for over a year here’s all the wired armor pieces and the working code, leds, and soundboard with the killionaire effect!