Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320 - AceNat's build PIC HEAVY

[killjoy95]

thanks! haha well for me i pretty much watch movies whilst doing this! but then in my head i keep thinking ive got like what? 40 days untill reach is out..?? so ive gotta work fast! what are you working on?

Thanks i never thought of that lol, oh im doing a halo wars, Mk IV spartan.

 

[AceNat]

Looking good. How do the gauntlets fit? After checking out HaloGoddess's threads I was thinking of adjusting some of the parts to fit the various 'figures' out there. Do they work okay for you too?

thanks! the gauntlets are pretty perfect, i just have to trim the hole at the bottom to squeeze my hand through. but i had to do that with my mk vi ones, so its an easy adjustment. honestly all your files fit me perfectly!
although.. dont want to put a downer on anything, but ive noticed that your new kat helm has a couple of gaps in the pep (urm is it called open edges?) there was one at the top of your thigh file and it became really weird to pep that part, i was kinda worried that could happen with the helmet also...

Thanks i never thought of that lol, oh im doing a halo wars, Mk IV spartan.

oh awesome! that armour is so detailed! i have a big poster of the wars in my room how is it going?

 

[bulldogresler]

wow great job! it looks great!

 

[SJSUSPARTAN]

Are the gaps easy fixes or do I need to run back and search for the problem? I know what you mean by the thighs too. It drove me nuts for 3 different tries but after a while I said forget it and manually did the adjustment myself. Same with the shin guards, I believe there's a little odd piece towards the front but it's easily fixable if you invert the cut (mountain to valley) Don't know why the program does it that way....

 

[killjoy95]

oh awesome! that armour is so detailed! i have a big poster of the wars in my room how is it going?

Slowly but surely lol, hopefully ill have a thread up soon with lots of pics! My armour probably wont be very detailed but its my first suit and its the best I can do on my budget and skill XP. Ill send you a few pics if I can find some. Thanks for the interest .

 

[AceNat]

chest tester!

so here i am just testing the size of the chest, i think its looking good, especially when i have my undersuit on with the padding .. etc..

this is actualy going to be raised off my shoulders more as i couldnt hold it up properly.. ahaha and ignore my crazy looking face as its 3.30 am here!!

and the back! sorry its a little blurry my phone wouldnt take a good one..

Are the gaps easy fixes or do I need to run back and search for the problem? I know what you mean by the thighs too. It drove me nuts for 3 different tries but after a while I said forget it and manually did the adjustment myself. Same with the shin guards, I believe there's a little odd piece towards the front but it's easily fixable if you invert the cut (mountain to valley) Don't know why the program does it that way....

haha just replied to this on your thread, but i just looked at the helmet again and i think it may be a bit hard to pep the part with the open edge, but if its not fixable im sure i will cope ahah

Slowly but surely lol, hopefully ill have a thread up soon with lots of pics! My armour probably wont be very detailed but its my first suit and its the best I can do on my budget and skill XP. Ill send you a few pics if I can find some. Thanks for the interest .

yeah it will be cool to see your thread !
ahah im sure it will look good, especially if you finish it as ive never seen a full mk v suit finished!

wow great job! it looks great!

thanks!



going to be resining the cod and more rondoing tomorrow, so updates sooon!

 

[Kirrou]

Wow the fit look spot on. Though the pep seems to be sticking out forward a bit much. Or is it just the angle that your holding it at? Front and back though look great.

You work super fast. Its crazy. Lol Good luck with the rest of your build.

 

[AceNat]

Wow the fit look spot on. Though the pep seems to be sticking out forward a bit much. Or is it just the angle that your holding it at? Front and back though look great.

You work super fast. Its crazy. Lol Good luck with the rest of your build.

yeah its out too far in the pic, im going to be pulling in the sides on the main chest, plus there is going to be the special under suit filling parts of the gaps and around the edges like the legacy fx suit.

and yeah im working sooooo fast with this! only a month and a bit to goooo!!
im super excited for the launch day..

 

[SJSUSPARTAN]

Time is nothing when you're working on armor. All that matters is how much time is left. You'll make it. We all will. It's looking great so far. I'll fix that Kat helmet when I get home from work... hopefully the file will be better when unfolded. I looked over my shin guards and nothing is out of place in the object file but as you know, the unfolded file says otherwise... not really sure why pepakura says that though...

 

[AceNat]

yeah *crosses fingers for everyone trying to get done for launch!*
well it looks like the shins are pretty good to go.. or do you mean the thigh? the female shins im using by you seem pretty perfect!
i know what you mean by the whole pepakura program though, im currently modelling a full boot (a bit like the mk vi in 3 pieces) for the reach boots and the pep program just goes crazy everytime.. so back to max to sort them out! ahah

 

[Bryce Youtsey]

How many suits can you make in a year? haha. Cant wait to see this one done.

 

[SJSUSPARTAN]

*crosses fingers, toes eyes and every crossable body part*
any of the files really. Thanks to all of you i've been getting more into my 3D work again. I've been developing a design for a Mk VII and I lost all my stuff when my old laptop died. I even had a boot for Reach as well after seeing Dystorted Inc's sculp but now I need to redo it. Shouldn't be too hard though. If anything it'll be better. How about you? How's your model going?

 

[MattSchlenn]

wow! this suit is kick ass!!! i cant wait to see it finished!!!!! its gunna be legendary!

 

[AceNat]

alright everyone!

just finished the knees last night, started the right thigh... i have the shoulder and forearm completly hardened now but its cold out side so im not going out there to take pics!
modelled by Rhinoc and unfolded by MissingSpartan7 !

and im sorry there havnt really been any shots of me wearing the amour, i kinda want to leave it untill last!

sorry for the small update..

How many suits can you make in a year? haha. Cant wait to see this one done.

ahah well this year.. just the two.. who knows for next year though!!

*crosses fingers, toes eyes and every crossable body part*
any of the files really. Thanks to all of you i've been getting more into my 3D work again. I've been developing a design for a Mk VII and I lost all my stuff when my old laptop died. I even had a boot for Reach as well after seeing Dystorted Inc's sculp but now I need to redo it. Shouldn't be too hard though. If anything it'll be better. How about you? How's your model going?

thats awesome. its horrible when you lose drive for something you love doing, im looking forward to seeing your boot though!
ahah well mine is getting there, today after my classes i modelled the forearm for the robot arm of kats. but i've realised im not good at converting it into pep format..
ive got the high def down, and there are no triangles.. but pep seems to create triangles everywhere.. unless im not exporting it right?
but im going to be continuing the shoe tomorrow!

wow! this suit is kick ass!!! i cant wait to see it finished!!!!! its gunna be legendary!

ahah thanks!
yeah of course its going to be legen... wait for it.... dary! legendary!!!


see you all in a day or two for the next update!

 

[Kirrou]

alright everyone!

thats awesome. its horrible when you lose drive for something you love doing, im looking forward to seeing your boot though!
ahah well mine is getting there, today after my classes i modelled the forearm for the robot arm of kats. but i've realised im not good at converting it into pep format..
ive got the high def down, and there are no triangles.. but pep seems to create triangles everywhere.. unless im not exporting it right?
but im going to be continuing the shoe tomorrow!

Hey I think I might know why your getting so many triangles. Cause usually when you export them into .OBJ you get a prompt and that prompt asks if you want the faces to be triangles, quads, or polygons. Hit or select quads for the best pep export. BTW What program are you using to make your 3d Models OBJ's?

 

[firevoid]

if you do manage to get it done by the release then take some pics. it all looks really great.

 

[MissingSpartan7]

i posted this for HaloGoddess and thought i might be of use to you also:

i've unfolded a file for kats robotic arm if thats of any interest for you..
sorry, cos i'm an aussie its in a4 but thats not hard to fix
http://www.4shared.com/file/Lq7L9DAA/Kats_Robotic_Arm_by_MS7.html

good luck and god speed with your build

CJ

E: also, are those my knee unfolds?

 

[calladar]

lookin good. can't wait to see it all together

 

[AceNat]

Hey I think I might know why your getting so many triangles. Cause usually when you export them into .OBJ you get a prompt and that prompt asks if you want the faces to be triangles, quads, or polygons. Hit or select quads for the best pep export. BTW What program are you using to make your 3d Models OBJ's?

yup thats the problem right there! ahah sorted now, quads not triangles.. simple enough.
and i am using 3ds max as that is the program ive been taught to model in
thanks for the help, glad thats fixed.. now i can release the models!

if you do manage to get it done by the release then take some pics. it all looks really great.

ahah i totally will have it done! and im getting one of my friends to be a photographer and follow us around!

cant wait till this is done

thanks!

i posted this for HaloGoddess and thought i might be of use to you also:
i've unfolded a file for kats robotic arm if thats of any interest for you..
sorry, cos i'm an aussie its in a4 but thats not hard to fix
http://www.4shared.com/file/Lq7L9DAA/Kats_Robotic_Arm_by_MS7.html
good luck and god speed with your build
CJ
E: also, are those my knee unfolds?

hey thanks for that! yeah i noticed on the other threads that youve done this
but ive modelled a way more accurate forearm for the robot side so im going to be using that, i will unfold and release on here in a couple of days,
the knees? i think so.. i havnt really looked at the file to see whos they were.. i just downloaded them the other day from the reach thread.. i'll double check and edit with credit..

lookin good. can't wait to see it all together

thanks mate!

updates soon

 

[lordzoabar]

Looking great so far Nat (as always)!!! I seriously can not WAIT to see how you're gonna do her robo-arm, But I'm sure you'll surprise us with awesomeness of epic proportions once more!