Your armor looks to be coming along nicely! I'm still somewhere between learning to use blender and trying to take the ripped game models and turn them into useable armor files, and waiting for other members of the community to do the same thing. I'd definitely still be interested in seeing your flat fold templates if you're willing to share them!
Thanks! Blender is awful to use; I use a version of it called B4Artists which I recommend over the main version - it's sort of friendlier...sort of. What I tend to do is bring the game model into Blender, then I pull it apart and simplify it A LOT. I start by converting triangles to quads, that makes it easier to see forms. Anywhere I can ruthlessly get away with streamlining shapes, merging vertices and so on, I do. Even if it means some deviations from the game model, which you can't really see unless you put them side by side and examine them closely (the jaw attachments are a good example). I do this in a way that works for how I personally like to use foam. Complex pieces will be built with card instead then reinforced - things like the jaw bits, the thing at the back of the skull, etc). For the helmet, I've remodelled the visor area quite a bit so it's properly flat, that way I can use window film without any difficulties. I've attached my unfold for half the Lechuza, sized at 320mm deep, and the OBJ so you can put it in Pepakura and see the actual shapes before the unfold. I'll attach some other parts too, my files are a mess so I'm not sure if these are finals I used. If you use them you may have to adjust the size for yourself when printing.
Pouches are always a good addition. Snacks, phone, first aid supplies, wall chargers...
Wow. I'm speechless. This looks absolutely fantastic! Everything about your build is incredibly impressive! I cannot wait to see the final product!!
Thanks! I've finished equipment to hang on the thighs -all that's left is the gilet and helmet.
ODCA unfold time?
I think this is going to look great, even without the core-accurate helmet. It's like you said, Rakshasa is about working with what you have available to you, and you certainly could have chosen a worse candidate to match with the core than a CQB bucket which imo looks right at home with the 'SPI-like' armor. Besides, in three or four years when Infinite finally has full cross-core, this won't look even the smallest bit out of place!
Link your thread here when you start it. This is likely my last foam build, I’ll be considering 3D print in future. More environmentally friendly and not so devastating when you make multiple mistakes.I think this is going to look great, even without the core-accurate helmet. It's like you said, Rakshasa is about working with what you have available to you, and you certainly could have chosen a worse candidate to match with the core than a CQB bucket which imo looks right at home with the 'SPI-like' armor. Besides, in three or four years when Infinite finally has full cross-core, this won't look even the smallest bit out of place!
I'm also dropping an update though; between the files for a Commando Rifle and someone finally coming up with the Hieu Dinh armor stls, I'm on the way to beginning my own build. Now I just really need to get my printer to work so I can at least make the weapons here at home.
Holy crap, someone's made the STLs? I just finished printing a super low-poly game ripped shoulder for a cross-core set, so sad. Where'd you find them?I think this is going to look great, even without the core-accurate helmet. It's like you said, Rakshasa is about working with what you have available to you, and you certainly could have chosen a worse candidate to match with the core than a CQB bucket which imo looks right at home with the 'SPI-like' armor. Besides, in three or four years when Infinite finally has full cross-core, this won't look even the smallest bit out of place!
I'm also dropping an update though; between the files for a Commando Rifle and someone finally coming up with the Hieu Dinh armor stls, I'm on the way to beginning my own build. Now I just really need to get my printer to work so I can at least make the weapons here at home.
I'm probably grabbing them from AndromedaPrint3D on Etsy; the files are ripped, cleaned up and detailed/solidified as necessary. I still don't really know how to use blender, so for $40 I can get basically everything I'll need besides the chest attachment. I could keep trying blender or shake my hand at foam for a while, but 3D printing is something I more or less understand.
Hey your Rakshasa looks amazing so far! And I wouldn't worry about CQB helmet as 343i is working on cross-core so all helmets most likely will be part of that too in the future... when they finally release CQB.
The CQB helmet will fit right in!
I made a body cast with tape, and transferred that shape to fabric. It fit well. I glued foam padding sections to it, but didn't plan it well. It was ok. When I tried glueing fabric over that, I realised I need something with 4-way stretch to tuck down between the padded sections. It was all becoming too expensive and frustrating. I then thought I could make it in 2mm foam. I did the main pattern on 2mm, then added the padded sections in 2mm, then overlaid 2mm foam which I heated as I glued it so it tucked between the padding. The effect worked, but it was like wearing a breastplate of 6mm armour - completely inflexible, so again a failure I should have foreseen. I've given up for now. I might try a simple fabric vest at some stage, just to give that colour separation effect from the undersuit. It doesn't feel like Rakshasa without the gilet/vest...
