Thorssoli's MkVI Costume Buildup

[tubachris85x]

Im not sure if u covered this in 84 pages of jaw dropping awesomeness, but what exactly are u up to sell? and prices and what not, also is there a size requirement? im 6'1'' and 144 lbs on a good day (veryyyyy skinny) would i have trouble...filling the suit? if u could pm me instead of replying thatd be great, im pretty sure no one wants to make this thread anylonger =P

I own castings of almost all of the pieces to the suit that he has put out, and I am 6'6". I will say that you will fit it pretty well since your not that far off from my height. Even better if your skiny too. Alot of the pieces won'y need too much modifications, but I can forsee some parts being slightly larger then you'd need. It's good though, cause he designed it so that you can make size adjustments for when you do assemble it.

 

[thorssoli]

Im not sure if u covered this in 84 pages of jaw dropping awesomeness, but what exactly are u up to sell? and prices and what not, also is there a size requirement? im 6'1'' and 144 lbs on a good day (veryyyyy skinny) would i have trouble...filling the suit? if u could pm me instead of replying thatd be great, im pretty sure no one wants to make this thread anylonger =P

Right now I can make everything but the boots. At this point I'll be making boots too before much longer. Somewhere in this thread I've got pics of my friend Sam wearing some of my gear. He's 6'5" tall or thereabouts and skinny. The rules on the forum prohibit me from posting prices, so if you're really interested in helping me offset the cost of making my suits by buying a few pieces and parts, shoot me an email at sthorsson99@yahoo.com and tell me what you need and where you found me. I'll see what I can do for you.

 

[thorssoli]

I've been a bit focused on my other builds (mostly the sniper rifle) lately, but while Lopez was behaving this morning I had a chance to set up a new way to clamp the faceshields in place for gluing into the helmets:

This was the final product after my father stopped by the workshop and saw my huge clamping arrangement shown earlier and asked "why are you making that so difficult?" A few minutes later, we had made these nifty little threaded arrangements (I'm just going to call them "Thorsson clamps" unless someone else knows what they are and already has a name for them) and used one of my less-good visor pulls to press the good visor in place inside the helmet.

Once the faceshield was securely pressed in place, the next step was to take some soft clay and caulk around the seam:

Then I just poured some thickened epoxy around the edge of the visor on the inside. The clay keeps it from leaking out and dribbling over my paintjob.

Since all I could do with the desert digital helmet at this point was wait for the glue to cure, I decided to devote a few seconds to the new boot prototypes. Here's what they look like now:

They've got a ways to go yet.

I also did a bit more work on my ODST builds, but that is an update for another thread.

Stay tuned...

 

[DogWizard]

That's a pretty inspired solution for faceplate clamping - very nice!

 

[zero sama]

Amazing work.

 

[SterkOks]

This looks great for your first build. I'm still too scared of messing up a helmet, I want to try an AR or something small first. Great post, you deserve Elite forum.

 

[Skullcandy Girl]

Glad ot see your still killing it on all your Armor Thor And as others have said that Digi Camo is BAD ASS! I would have raged like a 2 year old that was just told "no cookie" painting the digital parts of the camo. And das boots are gorgeous Great work, glad you're still safe too!

 

[Varsity]

Glad ot see your still killing it on all your Armor Thor And as others have said that Digi Camo is BAD ASS! I would have raged like a 2 year old that was just told "no cookie" painting the digital parts of the camo. And das boots are gorgeous Great work, glad you're still safe too!

i didnt realize you were still on the 405th off topic

 

[Spartan1279]

Man, thats just amazing!! It looks awesome, very good job!!!! How did you start the modeling? Thinking about making a suit for myself. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Peagis01]

That's pretty much it. I started with a vacformed piece of 1/8"-thick amber-colored acrylic. Once it was formed, I scored the edges into the surface. Then I did a quick ink wash to make the edges look darker and dusted the inside of the acrylic with mirrachrome. I need to find an appropriate clear coat now because the mirrachrome is so susceptible to damage that fingerprints will take it off.

This is some amazing work I've gone through the enitre thread and alot of awesome and usefull info!!!

Not sure if you've found a solution for this or not, but you can seal it with Future floor polish works real nice for this type of thing. Use it all the time on models that I've built.

 

[Tactonyx]

You've raised the bar on making armor. Its simply Amazing! I especially love the digi camo.

 

[balistek]

that clamping device is amazing. You should show how you made it. Its perfect for getting as flush as possible visors

 

[Turbo93]

nice helmets you got there keep up the good work !

 

[spartan M37]

hi how did u scale the helmet to your head?

 

[thorssoli]

Glad ot see your still killing it on all your Armor Thor And as others have said that Digi Camo is BAD ASS! I would have raged like a 2 year old that was just told "no cookie" painting the digital parts of the camo. And das boots are gorgeous Great work, glad you're still safe too!

Hey there SKG, nice to see you're still checking in here from time to time.

Man, thats just amazing!! It looks awesome, very good job!!!! How did you start the modeling? Thinking about making a suit for myself. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I'm betting you've posted this and then won't check back to see if there's a reply. Still, if you go to the pepakura and cardboard section you'll find that all of the stickies will explain the entire process to you. Failing that, use the search function.

that clamping device is amazing. You should show how you made it. Its perfect for getting as flush as possible visors

It's just a couple of pieces of threaded rod fitted inside a couple of pieces of tubing with a nut to hold the thread at whatever extension you need. Really, the whole thing only took a couple of minutes to throw together. Then I used a bad copy of the visor to press against the good one that I planned to keep in place so that the pressure is distributed evenly.

hi how did u scale the helmet to your head?

I made one that was too small. Then I made a bigger one. The bigger one fit, so I stopped.

 

[PCDominator]

Fantastic projects you have. Nice clamp setup there too.
I dont want to nag but wouldn't MDF for the shoe soles be loud when you walk and possibly slippery?

 

[jlhR2]

Fantastic projects you have. Nice clamp setup there too.
I dont want to nag but wouldn't MDF for the shoe soles be loud when you walk and possibly slippery?

PCD, If you would look further back in Shawn's thread you would see he makes a "master", from there he cleans it a bit (If needed) and then he makes a mold of it. Then depending what its used for he uses different materials for the end product.

See he did the same thing for his abdominal under-suit piece. He used the machine, made the part, molded it, and then used a "flexible" plastic material for his pull. So when it came out the main piece was a bit harder, but the sides were flexible enough he could wrap it around his body.

So I am guessing he will use the MDF foot pieces to make eventually a stiff rubbery plastic "pulled" soles!

But hey just guessing!

~James

 

[Fred617]

Nice work, Thor. Do you think your going to make this Halloween? You look like your just about finished. I know I'm not the only one that can't wait to see you and all your buddies raiding the local bars in your Mjolnir. Be sure to post photos of that.

 

[LongShot X]

Fantastic work Thor! I like reading your thread. Very inspiring! Especialy with what your doing with the soles.

VERY NICE WORK!

Super Cheers!

 

[gc 3000]

Wow...I am just floored at all this work.

I've only got one helmet pepped (CQB, but I'm having issues with the bottom back half), I'm very impressed.