Annanymous
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Ok! so ive been on break for a while. But here is 3/4 of a pepped boot. IDK wether or not to continue because they seems a little bit small... anyway. Take a look and tell me what you think about the scale please!
My Mark VI "Sister" Build WIP
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Annanymous
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Also I did a little work to cut the cod piece down so it wasnt so long in the front. heres how it turned out, it looks kinda sloppy in the pic but not as bad in person. (I cut a little bit out of the middle and created new flaps/creases to glue the two pieces back together)
Annanymous
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Annnnd heres the modifications I made to my chest piece. I cut the sides (just look at the pic lol.) I think that the cuts and re-gluing that I did are virtually unnoticeable so I'm pretty happy about that. I still thing the chest piece is wide in the front though, we'll see.
Fudz073
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Just caught wind of this thread. Very impressive. It really makes me want to finish my current build so I can start the mk Vi. But I see your working on your chest piece (which in my experience is the most dreadful piece all around...). If it helps, I added hinges onto my mk V chest half way up around the collar, or where the front chest plate connects to the back-pack piece. It helps keep the whole chest apparatus inline with itself when wearing or taking it off. I'm not sure what method you were going for to connect the two pieces (unless you can simply squirm into it without separation!) but I feel hinges work better than some of the nylon strapping methods I've seen so far. Again, if it helps
Anywho, awesome build and yet another mk VI project making me antsy to start my own. Keep up the great work!
Anywho, awesome build and yet another mk VI project making me antsy to start my own. Keep up the great work!
You know, the chest piece looks great; your cutting job definitely improved the fit. As for too wide, I'm leaning towards maybe not...? The chest piece is so central, you really gotta compare it to the rest of your armour to be sure if it's the right size or not. I thought my chest piece was perfect, but now it looks too small compared to the helmet. Or it's vice versa. Point is, maybe make the helmet and then determine from there if your chest piece needs re-pepping...?
The boots do...look kinda a bit small. It's so hard to tell without the rest of the armour to compare it to, eh? Try staring at a Mk VI picture for a long time and burn it into your brain. I did that! No side effects, either --*SCREAMS*--...er, sorry.
The boots do...look kinda a bit small. It's so hard to tell without the rest of the armour to compare it to, eh? Try staring at a Mk VI picture for a long time and burn it into your brain. I did that! No side effects, either --*SCREAMS*--...er, sorry.
Annanymous
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Thankyou, I'm not sure how I am goingto be connecting the chest piece together, at the moment I just try it on because I'm able to wriggle my way into it because I left one side unglued. I'm 70% sure that I will be cutting it at the "hinge" areas at the top (where most people cut it,) and then on the bottom of the side where I made adjustments. - Then I'll mount buckles to the inside to be able to snap it on in two pieces. My only worry about this method is that I'm not to sure about at what stage i should do it (cut it before resining? after resining? mount buckles before fiberglassing? etc.) and my other concern is that the areas where I make the cut will show very easily.
Your hinge method sounds good, but I'm not really to sure how to do that lol. (I'm not very handy with those kind of tools I guess, I'd assume that you would just buy a hinge from a hardware store and glue gun / screw it in after the fiberglassing stage?)
You know what, you are right. It is totally all about comparison to other pieces and im goingto stop worrying about the chest piece until I finish the rest. I just dont want my suit to look overly bulky like I've seen so many others looking, but completing the upper half of the suit could totally bring it all together. And yeeeah im gonna redo the boots, thats why I post when i'm half way done lol. I dont know how much i'm goingto scale them up by, but I think when it comes to the boots, going bigger then you think they need to be is usually better.
Annanymous
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haha well its mainly because I started the thread right when I started my build (so I have a lot of posts as I progress.) Another thing is that I post waaaay to much, like, everytime I pep a small piece i document / post it lol.
Annanymous
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thankya, cant wait to get more done.
Annanymous
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Heres the new shoe that I'm doing. Its scaled a whole lot larger and is reeeeeeally big. I'm gonna complete it, but I might not end up using it, or I'll mix n match the one I did the other day with this one. Also theres my cat.
Annanymous
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OK. So i half pepped the new boots, and its mighty large, but IDk.Anyway I attempted to try everything on with what I'd pepped so far and this is how it looks.
I was planning on re-pepping the calve and might re-pep the boot to a smaller size, it looks really big on the rest of the suit in my opinion.
PS!! Please tell me if you think anything looks out of proportion
I was planning on re-pepping the calve and might re-pep the boot to a smaller size, it looks really big on the rest of the suit in my opinion.
PS!! Please tell me if you think anything looks out of proportion
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ArktosPendragon
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I love this build, I just haven't had time to post until now. I'm really liking the progress.
On the proportions, you're right about the boot, it's a tad large. However, the rest of the armor pieces seem like a good size. The shin could stand to be reduced by maybe 10%, but it looks fine as it is now.
On the proportions, you're right about the boot, it's a tad large. However, the rest of the armor pieces seem like a good size. The shin could stand to be reduced by maybe 10%, but it looks fine as it is now.
Annanymous
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Thankyou I appreciate the support
. Yeah the boot is def big, I've tried 2 scales for it and one was too small. I think that with boots, suits look better when theyre big but I think mine is noticeably big. I'm glad that you think that the rest is in proportion, although everyone has been telling me that the shin needs to be bigger ( I was goingto remake it using halogoddess's female mk 6 shin model) I was told that it wasn't long enough, which I agree with. Thankyou for the feedback!
ArktosPendragon
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Thankyou I appreciate the support
Thankyou for the feedback!
The shins could be a little longer, but I was worried about the width going out of whack. Also, if you check out Longshot's build, his shins seem a little short, but because he added a spacer and kept them proportionate to his body/rest of the armor, they look fantastic. If you can use Halogoddess's file to make the shin longer without being too wide, then go for it
Annanymous
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thats what I heard too and everyone said it would work, "measure heel to toe and put that in as width on pep. viewer" but it seriously did not work! ( For me at least) I ended up looking at a piece that I knew was the bottom of the toe part on the Pep. viewer and seeing its size-relation to the piece of paper it would be printed out on / the size of my foot. From there I was able to guess just about how big it would have to be.
Unfortunately I decided to go larger than I thought I would need on the new boot which ended up being a little to big. Thankyou for your input
Yeah thats what I was worried about to and thats why I think that going with halogoddess's female shin would allow for a longer length without making the calve super huge. I will make sure to re-look at longshot's build and see if I could use a spacer as well, thankyou
Annanymous
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more pics of the boot 3/4 pepped with a normal sneaker underneath
doesnt look as bad in these pics but I think fully suited up it looks pretty big still
doesnt look as bad in these pics but I think fully suited up it looks pretty big still
lol that's ok, we like to see pics xD
well done on the build, you have almost everything pepped =D keep up the fantastic work =D
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