The Journey Begins

[FuzzytheWolf]

This will be my first time attempting Master Chief armour... or any armour, really

I bought the armour model from Galactic Armory. So far I've printed the helmet, scaled to 95% (importing a head model into my splicer software and roughly gauging the size). Since a lot of people here like to use Armorsmith, I'm giving it a go to help scale the body armor. A tad concerned getting it right... the original files were made for someone around 90kg's (200lbs), I'm I'm around 72.5kg's (160lbs). A bit of trial and error is probably in order.

I have printed a slice of the upper opening to the forearm piece. How snug do you like your armour to be? I'm reading through the forums for tips, but any advice people have is always welcome.

I'll post my progress as i go.

 

[N8TEBB]

How snug do you like your armour to be? I'm reading through the forums for tips, but any advice people have is always welcome.

Now this is coming from a guy who makes armour from foam so it may be different for 3D printing; but I like my armour to be juuuuuuust snug over the base layer. Large enough that I can get the pieces on and off without a fuss, but no bigger than that. With foam I have a bit more forgiveness with the pieces coming on and off because they can give way, so perhaps someone who does more 3D printing can chime in.

Either way I'm excited to see how it turns out! Best of luck on your buid!

 

[SgtSaint]

Two cents worth:
Figure out your undersuit before you keep printing. Test it while wearing what you'll be wearing, not your naked arm. Are you going to be wearing something thin like a morph suit?

Or something a lot thicker?

 

[Bloxxer]

Knowing what you're going to use for an undersuit definitely helps. You generally want to have enough space to comfortably put on and take off. Just remember with a hard 3d print, you can always add padding but you can't take off material (easily) without a reprint. I'd say that sizing ring you have pictured looks really good. Should be plenty of room for something like a compression shirt as well as some padding for comfort.

 

[FuzzytheWolf]

These are great points, as before now I hadn't given much thought to the undersuit (something I shall start looking into now!). I've been measuring against my bare skin.

Are you going to be wearing something thin like a morph suit?

The one you have on looks really good. Love the details you've added to the back! food for thought, there.

Just remember with a hard 3d print, you can always add padding but you can't take off material (easily) without a reprint.

Have you some thin padding in yours? While I've read quite a few posts, I've not read much mention of padding. While it's something I was considering, hasn't been forefront. Probably a bit noobish of me, but hey, here to learn.

 

[Bloxxer]

Probably a bit noobish of me, but hey, here to learn.

Nah, don't sweat it! That's why we're all here!

Have you some thin padding in yours?

I do. I've got some thin low-density foam in my forearms at the top of them just to snug them up a bit. They still have bare plastic on the sides and bottom. Not the most comfortable thing, but not terrible. I do aim to change that in my next suit.

 

[FuzzytheWolf]

Had a go at printing the forearm piece. Print came out well, juts a little clean up needed where I has some supports. Length looks good, but I feel it may be too large in the openings. I'll play around with adding some padding, and undersuit, and see how it looks/feels. I'm okay with treating this as a sizing test, to see how well things are transitioning from my Armorsmith model. Either way, it's fun to see small progress

 

[tac2002]

nice one spartan!