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[stormtrooperguy]

great work how much one of these beauts' ?

nothing's for sale at this point... i'm just focused on getting my own suit done.

[lightning667]

4 sho either way great pack man

[stormtrooperguy]

Boy, building jetpacks is thirsty work...



Let's just pour a nice, refreshing cup of Smoothcast ROTO!



Hrm... this isn't tasty at all!



But it does make a pretty awesome base for the thrusters!



I'll just have to do a bit of detailing on the underside and make the base to mount it to the pack. The final ones will be made with Featherlite rather than ROTO, since ROTO is heavy.

[Slade Kel]

This made me laugh . Yet another clever way of making an armor piece. I'm going to have to pay more attention to drink cups and bottles and whatnot.

[redkraytdragon]

And not just for gauntlets either!!

[Mafio]

Did   you  put  another "thing"  into the...  Bottlemold   to  form the innerspace too...    or  do you intend  to  drill  the  inner Space  of the Thrusterpart    out?

[stormtrooperguy]

I'm drilling out the inside of the thruster. I plan to leave it mostly solid so that it's not so fragile. The resin I'll be casting in is very light, so the weight shouldn't be bad.

This is the bottom view of the thruster:



And here it is assembled:


I have to adjust the tank topper a little bit more before I mold it, but then  I just have to make a mold of the rocket/vent/topper/thruster and cast them up in the light weight resin. Then the pack is done!

[The REEL Mereel Skirata]

That's looking awesome man! I cant wait to see this kit completed!

[randall ace]

as i am looking to buy a pack in the next week or so .... and have back problems.... this seems like the perfect one for me.....very very interested ....please pm me regarding this pack

[stormtrooperguy]

Assembled and ready to paint!

[Dha'ward Firaxan]

Awesome!

[Slade Kel]

Indeed. That thing looks fantastic Brian, excellent work .

[Cpt. Rhiis Mok'tau]

Fantastic build! Why is actually doing it never as easy as a WIP thread makes it seem!? D:

Anyway, the lightweight resin that you used for the thruster cones, what was the name of it? I'm thinking of using it to inject my pepakura gauntlets to give them some more strength, but I've never dealt with resin before, so I'd have no idea where to start.

[stormtrooperguy]

This is the resin:
http://www.smooth-on.com/index.php?cPath=1120_1162

It's odd stuff to work with, but it's really nice in the end. When you open the containers, it's literally solid. Like, tip it upside down and nothing happens. You break it up and stir it until it's liquid again. Wacky.

So here we have paint:


and weathering:


It was tough trying to figure out the paint scheme. Since the concept art pack is a different version than what was used, I didn't want to 100% trust it. I know I got the basics down at least.

I have to add the red details, then do some weathering in browns.

Overall, I'd say this is a successful first scratch built jetpack!

[Slade Kel]

Absolutely. This thing looks spectacular; excellent work .

[Cpt. Rhiis Mok'tau]

Wow, that's pretty expensive stuff!

Awesome work on the finished product!

[Pyro]

Awesome  job vod

[stormtrooperguy]

Wow, that's pretty expensive stuff!

Awesome work on the finished product!

That's a pretty average price for resin.

[lightning667]

you think its a good scratch build? its a great scratch build 

[Cpt. Rhiis Mok'tau]

That's a pretty average price for resin.

Yeah. But I'm concerned because shipping for one gallon of it is gonna cost me an arm, since there's two half-gallon buckets to ship. ):

So how are you going to mount your pack?

[Seeker]

Very sweet looking jetpack!

[Serra Tayanami]

The qualitée is really impressive. Where did you buy the missing pieces (ex: the rocket)?

[stormtrooperguy]

The qualitée is really impressive. Where did you buy the missing pieces (ex: the rocket)?

I made all of it myself. The rocket and other parts were hand made, then molded and cast in resin.

[Deathfett]

Any news on if you are gonna do a run?

[stormtrooperguy]

right now the kit is too much of a pain to assemble... we're working on improvements there.

i've made a couple of tweaks and built up a new one for myself. i did this one based on the hasbro figure's paint job... i like it better than the standard, so i figured why not have 2 packs and switch off?