1st Build Re: Clutch's Reach ODST Build

[CosplayInClutch]

More progress has been made, yesterday was a fight against the heat wave we had. Working 12 hours in my garage on this and drenched in sweat, toward the end of the day I didn't feel like I made much progress. But oh boy once I got that coat of filler primer on that all melted away and felt proud.

I didnt quite get all i wanted done yesterday but i got enough done. I have finally finished coating all the armor in UV Resin, i just have to go through and sand my shoulders, thighs, and 1 gauntlet with 220 grit and I'll be good to go to finish getting everything that first coat.

From there its just hitting some hot spots with glazing spot putty and sanding up to 320 grit to start painting.

Still have a lot of work to do but im getting there.

 

[tahu505]

More progress has been made, yesterday was a fight against the heat wave we had. Working 12 hours in my garage on this and drenched in sweat, toward the end of the day I didn't feel like I made much progress. But oh boy once I got that coat of filler primer on that all melted away and felt proud.

I didnt quite get all i wanted done yesterday but i got enough done. I have finally finished coating all the armor in UV Resin, i just have to go through and sand my shoulders, thighs, and 1 gauntlet with 220 grit and I'll be good to go to finish getting everything that first coat.

From there its just hitting some hot spots with glazing spot putty and sanding up to 320 grit to start painting.

Still have a lot of work to do but im getting there.
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I've been hearing more and more people use UV resin for finishing 3d prints. Do you coat the UV resin on the raw print or doing a few passes of sanding first? It came out great!

 

[KaeSpoon]

Looking great!

 

[Dire]

You got some dedication, too freakin' hot for sainding

 

[CosplayInClutch]

I've been hearing more and more people use UV resin for finishing 3d prints. Do you coat the UV resin on the raw print or doing a few passes of sanding first? It came out great!

So I've heard you can do that, but I went and bought a hand detail/mouse sander, did a pass of 80, then 100, then 150, then 220 grit then I went to the UV resin. That way it took up less time and less coats for the resin.
For the resin itself I did one one quick thin pass of the resin and then threw it in my UV box, (sometimes I'll just do a section at a time depending on the size) once it's cured, ill take it out, spray it down with 99.9% IPA wipe with a shop towel and repeat another time or 2. Then sand from there, then filler primer and bam at this stage lol.
Still gonna hit some got spots with glazing spot putty but that's after the filler primer.

 

[CosplayInClutch]

Looking great!

Thank you, yours is looking great too, we are gonna be a couple of cool cats at dragon con

 

[CosplayInClutch]

You got some dedication, too freakin' hot for sainding

I'm here in the heart of Georiga, I ended up bringing down the fan I use in my room to give me some airflow so I wouldn't melt but that humidity has been killer.

 

[CosplayInClutch]

I did a big push last night and worked for 12 hours straight again, even staying awake for 24 hours because of it. But everything FINALLY has its metallic coat on it after sanding down the filler primer to 320 grit.

next step is liquid masking for chips and then putting the base color coat of paint down.

 

[CosplayInClutch]

I have more painted than this but this is all I've has time to take picture of ATM.

visor has been vacuum formed and ready for dye and chroming.

this has been my first time using Montana Gold Paints and I honestly don't know what everyone is ranting about.... my experience has been awful.

 

[CosplayInClutch]

Got the rest of the armor hit with the Basalt Grey and gonna remove the liquid masking tomorrow and start masking places that need extra colors. Hope to have things sewn this weekend and ready for oil wash.

 

[he4thbar]

I have more painted than this but this is all I've has time to take picture of ATM.

visor has been vacuum formed and ready for dye and chroming.

this has been my first time using Montana Gold Paints and I honestly don't know what everyone is ranting about.... my experience has been awful.
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That visor looks great! glad you got it fixed away

 

[Kahn 319]

i like how you're brave enough to show us up-close pictures of your sanded pieces, i know i'm not, looks great tho, good job.

 

[CosplayInClutch]

i like how you're brave enough to show us up-close pictures of your sanded pieces, i know i'm not, looks great tho, good job.

Yeah I used UV Resin to smooth everything out and it works SOOOOO well, there's a couple small spots I missed but no one will notice them unless they are really in my personal space. The area where the visor sits I left alone just because I'd rather have some thing for the visor hot glue to stick to and you won't see it anyways

 

[CosplayInClutch]

Finished spray painting today, its been a challenge but the end is in sight, tomorrow is applying my custom waterslide decals and then doing Oil Washes, then Sunday i get to do strapping for my birthday, yay.

 

[Kahn 319]

love the color scheme and you did great on the weathering, great suit.

 

[CosplayInClutch]

Today was a VERY productive day but man am i exhausted... the finish line is almost here.


i got to apply my very first ever Waterslide decals and man did they turn out great

I also got to do my first test fit for my torso to see how the chest strapping works

and at the VERY least..... ill have a chrome visor.

 

[CosplayInClutch]

love the color scheme and you did great on the weathering, great suit.

I'm just now seeing this, I've been SUPER busy. But I appreciate it, I still have more to do for the weathering but I'm glad you like it so far

 

[CosplayInClutch]

Got all the armor rigged today, unfortunately I did not have time to get a full kit up picture of everything right now, but these should suffice in the mean time.

had a bit of a "snap-foo" when putting on the armor to test for placement, so we fixed it and it should hold *aggressively knocks on wood*

also got my visor dyed the color I wanted it, words of wisdom though... do your lighter dyes first lol.. the yellow took well over an hour compared to the reds like 20 min

 

[N8TEBB]

I LOVE the red visor! Such a great colour scheme

 

[Kahn 319]

that red visor is real nice, i love finishing visors because it makes the suit just look so much more complete.