Reach Reach Again!

[MikyVengeance]

Thanks guys I am currently resining my lower half and detailing my pistol and filling gaps with spot putty. There will be an update soon

 

[Lornex117]

Hey, I was wondering if including ask you a few questions about the build

We have a few things in common with our builds, we used a lot of the same files. For the chest, how did you go about making the head gap so large because I pepped the same file and the head gap is really narrow and straight, I'd have to go chop happy to make my head fit through the hole.

Also, how do you plan on mounting the grenadier knees? I pepped the same knees as well. With the boots, would you mind telling me your shoe size and if you adjusted the scale a lot on the boot pep file you posted? Thanks for that file by the way I've been struggling with the mk6 boots and wanted a good reach boot file.

 

[Lornex117]

Oops double post

 

[MikyVengeance]

After I resined, fibeglassed and rondo'd the chest piece, I cut out the neck cover and made my own out of foam.

Here's it with the foam piece:

and here it is without the foam piece:

For the Grenadier knee's I plan to attachment to the shin piece, even though it's not 100% perfect to the game ( in Reach it's on your actual knee and moves freely) I won't be bending my knee other than to walk so I'll find it more convenient.

I'm wearing a size 12 steel toe boot and I didn't have to scale the boot at all for it to fit.

I hope this helps!

 

[Lornex117]

After I resined, fibeglassed and rondo'd the chest piece, I cut out the neck cover and made my own out of foam.

Here's it with the foam piece:

and here it is without the foam piece:

For the Grenadier knee's I plan to attachment to the shin piece, even though it's not 100% perfect to the game ( in Reach it's on your actual knee and moves freely) I won't be bending my knee other than to walk so I'll find it more convenient.

I'm wearing a size 12 steel toe boot and I didn't have to scale the boot at all for it to fit.

I hope this helps!

Sweet thanks this does help! I wear a size twelve as well so it should be straightforward. Post up some pics when the you mount the knees

 

[MikyVengeance]

UPDATE

Here's some updates on my leg armour:

Smoothing out my magnum, looking for ways to attach it to my thigh piece!

Thanks guys!

 

[Mstruvmgc]

Legs and magnum looking good man
You could try using some magnets to attach it to the leg.

 

[Lornex117]

I heard rare earth magnets work real well, I want to put a bunch in my chestpiece on the back so I can attach my ar to my back

 

[Spartan Devastator]

What did you make the magnum out of, like did you use something like foam core? Its a sliced one right?
If so you could bore a small bit into the side of it, plop a r.e.m. in there then Rondo/bondo over to fill the hole, then put a r.e.m. inside your thigh piece and Viola! It should hold very we'll.

 

[MikyVengeance]

Thanks for the replies, I don't know how magnets will hold up to a lot of the wear of walking and such. If any of you guys have any proof of them working well, I'll look into them. I thought about it but I'm looking into a built in buckle, I'll post some pictures if I get around to it

The magnum is made out of Matte Board and is a sliced weapon.

I'm on the Bondo stage of my thighs, fiberglass for my shins and knee's and my boots are still pepakura.

Thanks for the feed back guys Really helps a lot!

 

[Dh748]

O.O I like this. I like this alot. Hey that collar bit you did... I'm gonna rip that idea off ya. I can't beleive I never thought of that, I was going to do a foam collar, but the detail part was a good thinking! Question though, Your thigh piece, and shins. (I'm having a bit of trouble scaling, or I think I am) Where do they measure up on your leg?

 

[MikyVengeance]

Feel free to borrow the idea Not sure where they measure up exactly, there's a photo pretty early on where I put on the entire leg armour when it's all pepakura, it should give you a pretty good idea. Hope that helps lol

 

[Cereal Killl3r]

Coming along nicely man!
Looks really good.

Dave.

 

[MTL616]

hey where did u git that chest peice i need one and tht looks good can u email me the link its infedelairsoft123@gmail.com

 

[Lornex117]

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[L3X BLU3R1V3R]

hey where did u git that chest peice i need one and tht looks good can u email me the link its infedelairsoft123@gmail.com

actually, its my torso. heres the link to where you can find it.
L3X's File Thread

 

[Road Kill]

looks awesome man, chest looks great keep up the good work

 

[MikyVengeance]

Thanks for the comments guys, means a lot! I decided to take a picture just to test things out. Pretty nice



Just quick pictures without the legs!



I've fiberglassed all my pieces, rondo'd by thighs, knee's and a boot toe. I'll take a picture when I think it's worth it

 

[Lornex117]

hey can I ask another question?

I'm just about to be at the stage where my chest piece is fully fiberglassed (should be done tomorrow)

I was wondering how you went about wearing it? I think I saw a few pages back you cut it in half? Was that because it wasn't fitting right or was uneven or was that to mount it? would you mind letting me know how you fit it on you. I do know it's going to fit me, it's just wriggling into it I don't wanna do because I will more than likely wreck it. Do you also have pics of it ?

 

[MikyVengeance]

Once everything was hardened, I simply used a dremel tool to cut out the inner arm "guards" and split it because I can't put my arms through once it's solid hard. Cutting it in half just makes it a lot easier to put on and off. Mine fits perfectly, but I didn't try it on until I rondo'd the inside because the fiberglass can tend to be sharp lol