Sweed builds a Spartan

[SpartanSweed]

While I plan to decal the ever loving crud out of this suit, I’m not putting the ryobi logo on it

 

[YTunz]

While I plan to decal the ever loving crud out of this suit, I’m not putting the ryobi logo on it

What kind of Decals are you going for?

 

[SpartanSweed]

What kind of Decals are you going for?

Various UNSC ones, my DIN, kinda similar to how halo 4 had a bunch of them

 

[SpartanSweed]

My printer is slowly getting to a point where I’m happy with the quality again, churning out the Belt pieces so I can lock in my Abwraps scaling. In the meantime, trying my hand at the decals.

I’m not sold on them being decals, as having them raised on the surface, even just slightly, may break the immersion. However, with the complexity of the designs I want, hand cutting stencils seems futile in the long run, if anyone has any solutions for easily making stencils, I’d love to hear it!

 

[devuljuice]

Love the color choice. Curious to see if you glow under a UV light lol

 

[SpartanSweed]

Small arm suit up, it’s a friction fit with the shoulder brace on. Definitely need a buckle and elastic to keep them up fully

 

[Negativecacti]

if anyone has any solutions for easily making stencils, I’d love to hear it!

I've been thinking of making my own waterslide decals. I'm doing some more research into it and doesn't seem that hard

 

[CYNE 739]

Small arm suit up

lookin slick so far man! really do love those colours.

 

[DRChefboyRD]

Man, I love Montana Gold paints. Just something about the texture is just so nice. And it's so forgiving to print lines

 

[SpartanSweed]

Small update, the belt is nearly fully printed and sanding has begun on the pieces that I have. The weather was nice so I was able to paint up my sidekick and further sand my BR!

 

[SpartanSweed]

Front half of the belt is undergoing the sanding process, got some rough spots that are probably gonna need extensive amounts of spot putty.

 

[SpartanSweed]

Big moves this week on the spartan build. The helmet is a Branfur resin cast with the corresponding visor, been a while since I’ve worked with one of these.

Cutting out the space for the visor was very messy, and I had to be extra careful I didn’t remove any material near the edges that I can’t replace. Once that was done, it was time for paint!

I first hit it with the Flat black, then taped off the areas that would stay black, before hitting it with the green. Once I had the green on, I realized my attempt to remove the flash seam didn’t work as well as I hoped. Honestly not sure what to do about that now

 

[SpartanSweed]

Helmet has been untaped, and barring a few touch ups, didn’t turn out too bad! Looking forward to adding the internals once I do the clear coat

 

[Bob the Giant]

Helmet has been untaped, and barring a few touch ups, didn’t turn out too bad! Looking forward to adding the internals once I do the clear coatView attachment 358323

Oh that's looking Sweed... No, wait.. sweet!

 

[SpartanSweed]

Helmet has had its visor installed! Probably the best visor install I’ve had yet, I hate doing them. All that’s left is to pad it out and add the other electronic internals

 

[billeybob250]

This is all looking fantastic.

 

[Worainu]

That is a tasty color, what paint did you end up using?

 

[SpartanSweed]

That is a tasty color, what paint did you end up using?

The green is a Montana gold paint I discovered from another’s suit on Insta, the full list should be in an earlier post on this thread

 

[SpartanSweed]

Forgot to add, but the BR is done as well! Now I have matching primaries and secondaries for the suit

 

[Hyprfixate]

Forgot to add, but the BR is done as well! Now I have matching primaries and secondaries for the suitView attachment 358474

This is fkn cool