Fuzzydicerule
New Member
I just joined today, but ive had the idea of building a suit in my head for quite a while, ealier i tried making the legendary helmet fit... no dice. hopefully soon (an upcoming weekend, or nearest >2 day brake from school) im gonna try something i havent seen (in a glance through the first few pages)
im going to try and print out some pepakura peices, transfer them to metal, cut them out, and attempt to make a decent piece using 18 or 20 gauge steel
my hope is to make it feel a little more real, granted, i dont think i could carry 1000 lbs, ill stick to the light stuff, but i think you catch my drift
just wondering what you all thought of the idea (p.s. im doing this because i dont know anything about fiberglass, and i work with metal sometimes, know how to weld and make it look nice) my hope is to use a thick enough steel so that it wont warp, but thin enough that it wont weigh as much as the real thing.
P.S.S. im gonna do a couple first, get the sizing right.
im going to try and print out some pepakura peices, transfer them to metal, cut them out, and attempt to make a decent piece using 18 or 20 gauge steel
my hope is to make it feel a little more real, granted, i dont think i could carry 1000 lbs, ill stick to the light stuff, but i think you catch my drift
just wondering what you all thought of the idea (p.s. im doing this because i dont know anything about fiberglass, and i work with metal sometimes, know how to weld and make it look nice) my hope is to use a thick enough steel so that it wont warp, but thin enough that it wont weigh as much as the real thing.
P.S.S. im gonna do a couple first, get the sizing right.