Rakshasa + DMR Build — FF7 Vincent Themed!

[gazihsah]

Thought I'd finally sit down and write up a thread for what I wanted to put together for late-April: a Rakshasa build themed around Vincent Valentine, from Final Fantasy 7, smooshed together! Somehow. I've sketched up a few initial ideas for what I had in mind, and for what I want it to generally look like.

I was originally thinking of just going with his traditional cloak design since I've already made that in the past , but figured it could potentially look out of place if I didn't redesign something to fit the overall look of the armor better.

The full build will (hopefully) be:

• Rakshasa core (by Aguilar Workshop)
• Trailblazer helmet (by Aguilar Workshop)
• DMR (by OddWorks) [went with the DMR due to it being a personal fave, though, might make something smaller down the road that'll be easier to travel with]
• A red cloak that's reminiscent of the sniper veils that Jun wears (likely going to be 2 different textiles to match Vincent's silhouette, while still feeling military-esque)
• Likely make some soft pouches (gotta have pockets in a cosplay.)

I'm using my Bambu A1 printer, and used PolyLite CosPLA (ver. B) filament for the DMR, but ran out of my 5kg roll shortly after, swapping to Overture PLA+ after finding that for a decent price.

So, what's done so far?

I've printed out the DMR in full! There's still pieces I need to glue together, and seams I'll be filling with epoxy resin, and I'll need to do more passes of filler primer + spot putty before I get going with the paint.

I'm still printing the last 2 pieces of the helmet, but I'm going to fiberglass reinforce the seams of the top bucket together ( the top bucket was too big to fit on the print bed if I hadn't slice it into smaller, printable pieces).

Aaaaand the other major milestones I still gotta hit are:

• Size the Rakshasa pieces in Armorsmith to fit...
• ...Print and sand prep those pieces off
• Reinforce the pieces with fiberglass resin at the seams
• Paint All The Things™
• Make a visor (not sure if I'll either vaccum form it, or use a flat plastic sheet, or just buy it)
• Wire up fans and audio for the helmet
• Maybe add lighting for the armor where appropriate (depending on whether I con crunch too close to the sun)
• Find patterns for molle pouches, and sew them
  

 

[N8TEBB]

Yooo this is such a dope idea!

 

[gazihsah]

It's been a month! Somehow! Super busy with other stuff, but almost got everything printed!
I'm waiting on a pair of gloves to come in, test fitting the hands, and then the forearms and shoulders around how those all fit together.

I was able to throw on everything from the thighs down except the knee pads; waiting on elastic bands to come in before I can secure everything else.

The shin guards don't sit quite right in the photo, but they should sit fine once they're secured with elastic bands as planned.

I also thought about going with a different pair of boots (since the yellow stitching kinda stands out), but I figure since the armor here will be gold anyways, it should be fine anywho.

Otherwise, I'm stuck sanding for probably the next month - I did a rough, 80grit pass of *almost* everything. I picked up an electric foot sander (sounded weird to me too lol), and that's drastically sped up the process since that came in last week. Still gonna do a pass of 120grit, followed by 180 grit, before I finally hit everything with some coats of filler primer, followed by 400grit and 600grit.

 

[YTunz]

Dude I remember playing through Dirge of Cerberus back on the PS2! Looks like your making good progress, and I can't wait to see how it turns out!!!

 

[gazihsah]

Dude I remember playing through Dirge of Cerberus back on the PS2! Looks like your making good progress, and I can't wait to see how it turns out!!!

Thanks!! It's getting there! I wanna paint what I have printed right now sooo bad, but I know if I break up my painting, certain panels might turn out differently from each other, soooo, patience it is lol

 

[YTunz]

Thanks!! It's getting there! I wanna paint what I have printed right now sooo bad, but I know if I break up my painting, certain panels might turn out differently from each other, soooo, patience it is lol

How are you going about painting it? Rattlecan, airbrush, or regular brush?

 

[gazihsah]

How are you going about painting it? Rattlecan, airbrush, or regular brush?

The vast majority's going to be rattlecanned, but I'll be doing the gold armor/plates likely with a layer of brass pigment powder, then sealed with rattlecan clear coat, and then rub n buff over top that.

I've done it before for my actual Vincent cosplay (the gold looks more saturated in most light), but it's easy to go too heavy with it. Since I’m not sure how it’ll look with the rest of the armour, I might try something more normal, so I'll probably test with some failed prints Soon™