Sean Anwalt's Mk V build

[Dirtdives2424]

Yes......you guys missed one hell of a moment.......several as a matter of fact.......ghhherrrtttttt........grrrrtt.....hhuuurrrkkkkkk......as soon as Turbo has edited out some things and posted, you'll all have a nice laugh.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

UPDATE:

Got 'em both now.

Next up are the forearms and then the belt. Which I need to reprint because I scaled it wrong. Ayee!

How do the biceps look? Any tips for building the forearms or belt before I begin?

 

[VP Hydra]

Biceps look great good job

 

[Beemo8bit]

They look great, nicely detailed.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Having issues with the forearm templates, so I gave up and moved on to the belt. Did my very own re-unfold of the one in the armory, and got me some new foam! yay.

So, here we go. Also, I now have a very strong conviction of the importance of SHARP blades. Like, razor sharp, not just sharp. Getting a lot better results with these new blades.

Anyway, I took a picture. Here ya go:

Obviously just starting, but I think I have a good thing going.

That do you think?

 

[Dirtdives2424]

I think you just started on the belt piece..........and you have a good thing going. But that's obvious.......

 

[Sean Anwalt]

I think you just started on the belt piece..........and you have a good thing going. But that's obvious.......

Ladies and gentlemen: Dirtdives.

My intent with the belt is to get all the sections assembled by themselves before actually putting them together. Since I'm working off a template I redid myself, I'm going to need a few extra scraps here and there, but my foam work has definitely improved since the chest piece.

But now I'm stuck at work, so progress is halted.... I need to get a lot more money so I don't have to keep coming here.... hahaha

 

[Dirtdives2424]

I agree w/ you Sean Anwalt....I had the same thing w/ my build. My later pieces looked so much better than the first few......practice make perfect.

Oh yeah.......I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress......try the veal......

 

[Sean Anwalt]

UPDATE kinda.

I am re building the belt. It is too small, and I'm not super happy with how some of the pieces turned out.

So I get to remake the stupid thing. The new pieces are cleaner cut, and bigger. I think what I'm going to do is build all the detail pieces like the side thingies, butt plate, and codpiece and attach them to a solid strap that will in turn attach to a belt. Then I can get me some suspenders to help hold the lower body pieces up.
This piece is kinda kicking my butt. Again. Any advice?

EDIT:
Here are some pictures of the new pieces.

For the most part, I am happier with these than the other one. The cod piece bothers me a little bit, but whatever.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

For some reason the belt is killing me! So after days of debating I've decided to attach it in the following manner.
From the center I have put a strip out to either side and still attach that strip to the next piece over after sanding out the details on the back. I measured where the strip was going to be and marked the foam. I'll glue it together when I get home.

I also got some detailing done on the tops of both the front and back.

Dang this progress is slow!

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Aaaaaaand, got it! Sheesh! Now I have the fit in going to install some parachute clips so I fit in it.

It looks warped, not its not actually that bad. (Thank heavens!)

 

[IPv6 Subnet]

I have seen a ton of detail info in this thread! I will be sure to use this thread as reference for any future Foam builds I decide to create!

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Good to see it is worth something. Haha I'll be making the forearms next. Hope to have those done in a week's time.

 

[IPv6 Subnet]

Everything looks good so far. Good luck on the forearms!

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Thanks!

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Quick photo update:

Got the forearms built, biceps painted, and stickers on the chest.

 

[TurboCharizard]

Quick photo update:

Got the forearms built, biceps painted, and stickers on the chest. View attachment 258652

With vinyl stickers on dark coloured armour make sure you clear coat over top or make sure they're tacked down extremely well. On my ODST during a particularly warm summer day at a con I had vinyl start peeling up off of foam because of the heat in direct sunlight.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

I was thinking about that. Think clear coat spray should do the trick?

 

[Zackurai]

Hmm... trying to think how to explain this...

View attachment 256366
The part threat says "side" goes on the side, the part that says "front", obviously, goes in the front.

Normally I'd just be like 'well fold it at the little attachy point, silly', but it isn't that simple, because there's another piece,

View attachment 256367
There ^

That fits in that little gap.

I don't want to sound unintelligent, but it is proving difficult for me to get the fold as crisp as I want.

 

[Zackurai]

Got to say nice work man also got some progress done on mine as well!