New ODST Build

[MineCon12]

First post here! I've had a foam odst armor set(the red and white armor pic) for about a year now and finally decided to upgrade nearly everything to be 3d printed using moesizzlac's odst files on thingiverse. Still have a couple of upgrades I want to make to the chest so it sits lower and the shoulders plates so they sit higher but all in good time. Any tips or comments would be greatly appreciated!

 

[SgtSaint]

Any tips or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Read, read, read. If you look at the bottom of this page you'll see that the site automatically grabbed some suggested similar threads.
If you use the search you can probably find 50 more good 3d printed ODST build threads. I'll throw in a link to mine but there are so many more and if you pick up only 1 cool tip from each build then you're 50 cool tips ahead before you print your first part.

SgtSaint ODST build (AU regiment)

Planning So I decided to go ahead and build an ODST cosplay. In hind sight I know now I should have done it before my Spartan - just because the loose tolerances, visible straps, military surplus pouches and 21st century military inspired look make it a better choice before the more exacting...

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Half a day spent reading the journeys of others that came before you, picking up their tips, seeing their mistakes, is so much better than being a week into actual work and materials then going "oh fudge, I didn't think of that".

 

[sir howard]

our gear almost matches colors!! twins lol

 

[SgtSaint]

> Any tips or comments would be greatly appreciated!

You did ask for tips and comments so please don't be mad.
Umm... Aren't you going to sand and clean up the prints before you paint them? This doesn't look 'weathered' or 'battle experienced'. It looks 'I didn't try to clean it up'.

The important thing is that you are happy. Maybe this is just a once-a-year wear so for 6 hours a year its good enough and you're happy. If so, that's cool.

Just one guy's opinion and it's worth exactly what you paid for it: If I'm going to invest 40 hours and get what I consider 'so-so' I might as well invest 60 hours and get 'oh yeah!'

 

[MineCon12]

> Any tips or comments would be greatly appreciated!

You did ask for tips and comments so please don't be mad.
Umm... Aren't you going to sand and clean up the prints before you paint them? This doesn't look 'weathered' or 'battle experienced'. It looks 'I didn't try to clean it up'.
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The important thing is that you are happy. Maybe this is just a once-a-year wear so for 6 hours a year its good enough and you're happy. If so, that's cool.

Just one guy's opinion and it's worth exactly what you paid for it: If I'm going to invest 40 hours and get what I consider 'so-so' I might as well invest 60 hours and get 'oh yeah!'
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That is the plan, The chest piece was rushed, literally finished printing it last Wednesday, and had a con that I was attending and bringing the armor too last friday. I just didnt have enough time to let bondo dry and hit it with multiple passes with the orbital sander. Defiantly something I'll work on.

 

[TheMasterChef]

Looks really good. I would recommend adding a mic and speaker to you helmet if you're looking for a cool upgrade.