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Ahoy 405th, I’ve gone and done it again with the habit of go quiet on the forward facing forums while working on a new modular assembly armour core to have something new to wear for Otafest. I’d like to say that this time was different and that I practiced self-care and took my time on the build but, hah, not quite.Much like the previous MkVII build the core design features of the suit were focused on easy preparation of parts and the ability to quickly change features and rigging of the suit if it is to be worn by another costumer or if certain restrictions of attachments are imposed by an event. With a new armour core to work on, a consideration I had was the interconnectivity between the various cores specific parts and I am pleased to say that yes, Cross-Core builds are in.
This time what I worked in secret on was the Rakshasa Core from Halo Infinite. Just building a game character is kind of something that I’ve lost interest in since it limits creativity and selection of fun paints, fabrics and features. As before, this is a crossover build with a Vocaloid design near and dear to my heart. I’m partially blaming Benton188 for planting the seed of NASCAR billboard props in Infinite which became Goodsmile Racing 2010 Super GT Livery Miku in my brain.
The Rakshasa core already has the cooled suit with safety harnesses that reads as a pilot or pit crew member when in the bright colours of certain armour coatings (Hammerhead Squadron and Tawney Prairie as examples) and then paired with a liberal placement of markings, advertisements and colour splashes, bam, Racing Miku.
The concept of the build was always in the back of my mind brewing since the first Vocaloid build but the steps to execution were never quite solidified in my mind until a series of random chance led to two things to act as inspiration. The random chance was a multiple hour delay on the Shinkansen changing some vacation plans that ultimately landed us with some freed up time to just explore Akihabara. Right at the station we jumped out of, there was a Good Smile pop up shop (uh oh for our spending money) which also had a Good Smile Racing section with one ballcap left. Something that I always thought would fit the inherent vibe that Dinh and co gave off during the Infinite Lone Wolves cinematics of an at ease SPARTAN hanging out around a convention booth.
I’d like to thank the absolute lads Angus314 , Jerverant, MDBDesigns , ODCA , PerniciousDuke , Rock Lobbster , and SubXzeroXhero for their experience with the core and being able to bounce ideas off of them for three weeks straight in a caffeine fueled Fusion360 frenzy. Cheers to you for not getting immediately fed up with my constant “what if” approach.
Since this is a non-traditional build thread in the fact that there is approximately three months worth of work already completed and the whole suit is “finished”, the first page of posts is reserved as documentation for the build. Posts will be reserved and linked to the Original Post for easier future access since this will be one part “how to build a Rakshasa”, one part “here is a dozen different tutorials” and one part “link dump with shenanigans”.
Post 1: Costs Breakdown
Post 2: Design Methodology
Post 3: Design Process
Post 4: Suit Features
Post 5: Parts Sample, Revisions, Future Updates
Post 6: Suit Concept
Post 7: Assembly
Post 8: Surface Preparation
Post 9: Resin Casting
Post 10: Paints and Decals
Post 11: Vacuum Forming
Post 12: Fabric Selection
Post 13: Flexibles and Soft Parts - Pattern Creation
Post 14: Flexibles and Soft Parts - Assembly
Post 15: Electronics
Post 16: Otafest Glamour Shots
Post 17: Future Additions and Longevity
Post 18: Untitled
Posts will be reserved en masse initially, one post per day will be uploaded. Until then, Happy month of Halloween.
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