1st Build Scrapper and Gears' ODST Build(s)

[scrapper]

Clever idea with the fidlock snaps - it'll look clean mounted up like that! But the helmet though??? It's looking SO clean!!

Thanks man! they work pretty seamlessly in practice from my dry run last fall, and they behave pretty dang close to how they look floating on the thigh in game which was a neat touch imo, the bolts on the weapons and the mounting attachments are slightly innaccurate but the tradeoff was definitely worth it to just be able to slam them onto my thighs and not worry about it. And much appreciated on the helmet- It'd be nothing without the insane amount of talent and forethought titlewave put into the model though, really a pleasure to print assemble and finish.

 

[scrapper]

Back again with more progress! I have the last couple pieces drying and curing now but I couldn't wait to show off how this sidekick is coming along. Paints are Krylon Camoflauge ultra flat olive, black plasti dip and tamiya TS-38 "gunmetal". File once again is Agular MK50 Sidekick. (and no my finger is not on the trigger in the second photo, don't worry, i just had to angle weird to show off the slide)

This getting to this point made another older issue resurface- the swap from hard to soft holster. the sidekick is large enough that the adjustable soft holster does not contain it! I'll have to make some sort of extension piece to accommodate. All in good time. Hurtling towards something usable as a kit now which is very exciting!
-Scrapper

 

[RestlessEclipse]

That sidekick came out real clean, very impressive work! I'm curious, how was the printing/assembly process for it?

 

[scrapper]

That sidekick came out real clean, very impressive work! I'm curious, how was the printing/assembly process for it?

Thanks so much! It wasn't too bad I'd say, greens i gave a very light coat of filler primer and a light sand, the rubberized grips just are raw prints plastidipped(rubber can hide MANY sins LOL) and the gunmetal parts I think I did two spray filler passes on each, the tamiya is a spray laquer technically so it has some properties that help it level itself which definitely helps too. Most of the real small freeblie parts I think I just gave a spray filler pass and then painted without sanding, the tamiya does that well with it! Assembly was a dream honestly- most of Aguilar's weapon files go together pretty intuitively from the ones I've printed and this one is definitely not the exception, the a lot of the little details are glue-in but theres plenty of pieces that just kinda hold themselves together and help with making it function which I personally find really cool- the safety works, the trigger springs with a rubber band, spring loaded mag release, picatinny rail for mounting the lower addons etc. I'd say if I was just focusing on the sidekick and not the full armor build, print time included it would probably be a 3-4 day project with time for paint to dry.

 

[Gearsofhalo]

On my front - I have designed myself a chest emblem. I'm Southern-Italian-American so I feel like I wanted to represent my culture through Halo in my insignia. I feel like Halo seems to be very global in its depiction of how humanity has stepped forward. (plus we don't get represented in anything that isn't stereotypical or "wise-guy" lol) So I took the Italian Cornicello (horn) necklace "warding off evil" concept and designed a Halo-fied version of it. One is given a circle background and one is given two flanking olive branches (the symbol of a hope for peaceful dissolution of strife). As a whole the one with the branches signifies hoping for peace but being willing to ward it off, should opposition strike. Which I feel like is befitting. The horn also has the feeling of movement of the drop pods. I really am happy with it. But cannot decide on with* the branched or without* I could use a little help by committee if anyone wants to help decide! THOUGHTS?

 

[scrapper]

On my front - I have designed myself a chest emblem. I'm Southern-Italian-American so I feel like I wanted to represent my culture through Halo in my insignia. I feel like Halo seems to be very global in its depiction of how humanity has stepped forward. (plus we don't get represented in anything that isn't stereotypical or "wise-guy" lol) So I took the Italian Cornicello (horn) necklace "warding off evil" concept and designed a Halo-fied version of it. One is given a circle background and one is given two flanking olive branches (the symbol of a hope for peaceful dissolution of strife). As a whole the one with the branches signifies hoping for peace but being willing to ward it off, should opposition strike. Which I feel like is befitting. The horn also has the feeling of movement of the drop pods. I really am happy with it. But cannot decide on with* the branched or without* I could use a little help by committee if anyone wants to help decide! THOUGHTS?

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Hey now we get exactly one (1) italian marine we never actually see in combat evolved! LOL. You know my thoughts on this though so I'll reserve opinions for others! Good seeing that chest so close to finish though I gotta say.

 

[scrapper]

Late night post because i just pulled one of my 30 thousand projects off the printers- mods and additions to my ODST! Today's edition- chest capsules. Most people will know these from rookie's (and even more on dutch's) chest in H3ODST.

I thought It'd be a great modular piece to add as a piece of kit but definitely didn't want to permanently damage my chestplate to mount something i would definitely only be using as an optional add on.

My desired design and function specs:

• non-invaisive mounting- when taken off the chest needs to be undamaged
• functionality- these shouldn't just be blocks that look the part- ideally they should be hollow and openable so that they can store things. (I don't think these would be able to hold MUCH by size and mounting but every bit of storage and functionality is nice right?)
• quickly removable for ease of use- ideally these can be grabbed off and tossed on easily, nothing finnicky that needs to be treated preciously, in line with the other mounting points on the suit, something that perhaps pulls into alignment automatically and has some sort of physical registration to help keep it aligned and in place.

Luckily on the third point, the ODST chest plate has a great starting point for the physical alignment:

plenty of topography here to grip onto for registration!

Using my trusty ruler and caliper i took some rough gestures of sizing and designed my own case, roughly 2.15*2.15*6", I figure its a good balance between in-game scale and usability. When I was happy I added a touch of extra heft on the back (about 7.5 mm, the reason will become clear in a moment)

Brought it into meshmixer with the base titlewave file for the ODST chest, aligned it how i wanted and cut into the thickened back with a boolean difference to get the proper registration shapes, then added some mounting spots for 15mm magnets:

idea here being magnets would be mounted on the interior of the chestplate in a (non-permanent manner ideally) that you could use to easily snap these on and off of the chest. Seeing as i want this to be strong as of now i'm waiting on the next pelican (amazon delivery van) to drop a stockpile of "I wasn't asking"pull strength magnets in the next few days. What i have in my current magnet collection will have to work for now initial testing!

I pulled the protos off the printer a short while ago, realized the lids needed a bit more wiggle tolerance and started reprinting them as im gluing magnets into these. the initial proof of concept, needing stronger interior mags:

Registrations worked like a charm, both physical and magnetic! will update on this in a couple days when the better mounting magnets are in and the caps are properly seated. Might make a thinner variant as well, I'll see what the cards have in store.

Til the next manic posting!
-Scrapper