BillBill Builds A Noble Six Suit

[Billbill36]

Hey Everyone!

It’s time for my bi-yearly suit build. I’ve started and stopped a couple builds over the past five years, and made a few helmets as well but never finished a full suit. Life and cross country moves kept getting in the way, but now that we’ve settled into our own house I can’t see myself leaving anytime soon.

So I’m sticking my stake in the ground, I will finish my Noble Six suit by December… Probably!

The plan is to have a full default Noble Six, I want this to be as accurate to the game as I canon, full 3d printed armor and casted undersuit.

So far I’ve printed the Mark V from NerdForge Designs, and gotten it painted and started decaling it up.

Appreciate any help, ideas and feedback!

 

[levironman]

This looks really good! What color paint did you use? I was just planning to get a generic grey, as the in-game color just says "Steel"

 

[Billbill36]

Thanks!

All the paint besides the primer are Duplicolor. I did a base coat of Universal Chrome, and then Storm Gray for the main parts, and Brilliant Black Pearl for the area around the visor and details.

 

[levironman]

Nice! Great job so far!

 

[Billbill36]

Update Time:

Helmet is detailed up and clear coated with a semi gloss finish. I may still weather it further with a black/brown wash but I'm happy with how it looks for now.

I've also made major progress on the chest. It's two main sections, back and sides and then the front chest plate. The front chest is held in place by friction, it takes a good bit of force to put it in and to remove it, so I'm not too worried about it coming loose while being worn.

The biggest problem I ran into was the shoulder gasket/undersuit seal, whatever you want to call it. In hindsight I probably should have printed this separately, but I was worried about it all fitting together because of the tight tolerances. So I printed it partially merged to the chest. This guaranteed that it'd fit properly, but has two minor/major issues that needed/need addressed.

1. How do I get in? I was worried about actually fitting in the suit, so I made a magnetically detachable section that you can see in the second image. I can slide into the suit while they're off, and then the snap back into place. Once attatched they're in decently well, I'm not worried about them coming lose when I move my arms.

2. How do I paint these? This is my bigger issue, but I have time to figure it out. What's the best way to get a different look from the rest of the suit? I was thinking plastidip, but I'm not super familiar with how to use that. Years ago I used it on another suit I started and never finished, and the looks turned out good but it did not last over time. It started to peel and chip in places where it made contact with the rest of the suit in movement. Also, can you mask off plastidip? Would it be better to paint the rest of the chest, mask of the normal paint and then paint the undersuit, or plastidip the undersuit first while masking off the rest of the suit, then mask off the undersuit and paint the rest?

Probably should have thought this though earlier but by the time I realized I was too far in and didn't want to turn back....