Saturday, August 16, 2014

Hrist's 3D Printed Main Armor

Big updates today!!! Exciting news, at least for me, Hrist's main body armor arrived, and actually fit, better then I expected! *phew* Now if I don't F-up the paint job on this project I'll be quiet happy, not to mention Hrist too ;)

Lots of work to do on this for painting. I'll have my work cut out for me with sanding and stuff.

All the parts that arrived including the flap, not shown in the image below. One of Lidia's painted side pads, and the microphone painted! :) Sadly I realized I really need an airbrush for those obscure colors. doing a hand painted brush job, really ticked me off, putting it in nice terms... >_> I had to put on slightly thicker paint then I wanted to, which washed out some details in the bulb area in order to prevent brush streaks X_X
Bag on the left is all the various pieces that attach to the main armor. Middle bag is a reprint of her upper arm armor that I completely remodeled in pieces rather then a complete unit to make painting less frustrating.

Luckly Lidia was already semi-apart (being cleaned and her new outfit/update being still made) so I was able to use her to quickly test out the size and fitting of the armor.

Thankfully it all seemed to fit just well! :D Lidia was able to sit, and move her legs. All I need to do now is eventually order the hip plates now that it seems to work and I'll be ready for the sewing part, or I might just start on the sewing part soon anyway >_> hmm... :S




Saturday, August 9, 2014

New Sword Blade Work

Whole load of parts arrived the other day, 15 pieces in all. I've got quiet a lot to do. Hopefully by the end of the week the last of the parts for the moment... will arrive.
I started with the new blade. I'll have to do a side by side comparison once it's finished. Right now in just the prime stage, it's a lot better quality then the old one I made over a year ago. Hrist should be happy :)



A lot of the parts I ordered, or in fact all of them are just the white flexible. I didn't do polished, (usually takes an extra week) I might have to suck down the extra wait though vs the sanding. So far it's going well, just needs patience. Lots of waiting between prime coats and sanding...

A few parts waiting final paint coat.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Updates

Lots of stuff going on here. Put in an order for some new parts. Also received Hrist's new blade, which is already looking way better then my attempt over a year ago. I also redesigned her upper armor a bit in pieces, should make painting a lot easier I'm hoping. Those should be arriving with the other ordered stuff. Desk is so messy at the moment I have no room to really take photos X_X I should have photos of the new stuff when it arrives though, or this new blade gets finished.