1st Build 1st armor build

[halo three rat]

I’ve been putting off printing and assembling my armor for way too long, and now school is starting, so I’m starting this thread to help keep me focused.


Started out by downloading the mark 7 armor and scaling it using armorsmith. I then tried to make the forearm out of Eva foam, but quit when I realized it was taking way too long and that I had a 3d printer to do the work for me.

The printer I had at the time was too small, so I ordered an elegoo Neptune 4 max to print the parts on. When the printer arrived, I spent a week calibrating it and doing test prints before printing the shin piece for the armor.

All that took about 3 months because I procrastinated way too much, and I only have about a month and a half to finish it before the championships in Seattle.

 

[halo three rat]

Heel couldn’t fit through a part in the shin piece, so I used a dremel and heat gun to make it work. It works for now, but I need to make it better

 

[halo three rat]

Been a while, but I’m about halfway through printing the other shin piece. Currently working on slicing the boots.
I got 2 5kg rolls of filament so that I wouldn’t have to constantly buy more filament, and it was cheaper by about $130.
I went to Lowe’s and got some filler primer finally, so now I can start sanding the first shin piece I printed
I contacted a vacuum forming company to see if they could make some visors, as I do not have a vacuum former, but it’s been around 3 weeks and they haven’t responded
I don’t think I’m going to finish this by October 2nd, which is when I want it to be done for the halo championships in Seattle, so I’m torn between grinding out a helmet, or just bringing the flood carrier form costume I made last year.

 

[Spiderboy196]

Been a while, but I’m about halfway through printing the other shin piece. Currently working on slicing the boots.
I got 2 5kg rolls of filament so that I wouldn’t have to constantly buy more filament, and it was cheaper by about $130.
I went to Lowe’s and got some filler primer finally, so now I can start sanding the first shin piece I printed
I contacted a vacuum forming company to see if they could make some visors, as I do not have a vacuum former, but it’s been around 3 weeks and they haven’t responded
I don’t think I’m going to finish this by October 2nd, which is when I want it to be done for the halo championships in Seattle, so I’m torn between grinding out a helmet, or just bringing the flood carrier form costume I made last year.

Where did you buy the rolls from?

 

[spartan114x]

Heel couldn’t fit through a part in the shin piece, so I used a dremel and heat gun to make it work. It works for now, but I need to make it better

I ran into this exact problem last night. Guess I’ll have to try a dremel and heat gun!

 

[halo three rat]

Where did you buy the rolls from?

I bought the rolls off Amazon for about $70 each