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[Sirus the Red]

Awesome! How so?

[Zul Veyrde]

Awesome! How so?

helped me formulate ideas for jump jet thrusters for my backplate armor.
Check out the GAM link in my sig...

[Dar'manda]

Thoughts?

I think you got a good ideal here. But take a look at the photo. Not fil in the open areas. You got a female chest armor set on the cheap.

[Sirus the Red]

Interesting idea there Vicious, might have to try that out next time a female friend wants chest plates!

[Dar'manda]

its a great ideal you got. but thats an off shot of it.

[Dar'manda]

I really like this idea

[Sirus the Red]

Quick update on the thruster plate, which is what I spent most of my work time on yesterday.

I added a bit of apoxie to some of the final, untouched edges to fill in the seams, and I also hit the rest of my edges with some spot putty to fill even it out. Once that was sanded down and hit with a coat of primer, I was still unhappy with it, so I took a rough grit sanding bit on my dremel and evened it out a bit. This is what they looked like after a bit of cleanup:





Still needs a bit more spot putty here and there, and the nozzles need to be worked a bit before they get attached, but it's getting close to being done!

[BobaFiend]

The seams are still pretty rough bro, I don't think you're ready for spot putty yet. You could still do with sanding down and a few rounds of auto body filler and sanding. 

[Dha'ward Firaxan]

reminds me of the thruster pack in Halo 4 on the Spartan IVs. awesome so far

[Sirus the Red]

The seams are still pretty rough bro, I don't think you're ready for spot putty yet. You could still do with sanding down and a few rounds of auto body filler and sanding.

Some of the seams still need a bit of work, yes. Have faith, I won't start with actual paint apps until this thing looks fantastic.

reminds me of the thruster pack in Halo 4 on the Spartan IVs. awesome so far

This is supposed to have a similar function to those, except more constant lift, and less annoying recharge time.

[Towhan Svel]

Looking good vod  . This idea keeps reminding me of what something would look like if you combined the thruster pack from Halo and a set of Tribes: Ascend armour  8)

[Sirus the Red]

Never seen the Tribes armor, but I'm glad you like it nonetheless!

[Thaxos]

Looking to see how it looks once it's all painted up.

[Sirus the Red]

With any luck I'll have pictures of it after a few of the base coats tomorrow night.

[Sirus the Red]

Thruster plates needed a bit more work than I thought they did last night, so I only managed to get another coat of primer down to see how my sanding looked. I'm pleased with how it's turning out, I think I'm ready to start my silver coats now. I need to touch up some rough spots on the thrusters, which I think I'm painting separately before attaching the whole thing together:

[Niabi]

They are looking pretty sweet now nice and smooth

[BobaFiend]

Way to go!

[Sirus the Red]

Thanks vod, hoping to get the thing actually painted a bit tomorrow, expect some sort of update on them by Friday.

[Ran]

Looks fantastic.

[Sirus the Red]

Got my thruster plate painted some more last night, here's a pic of it next to the lower half of my back plate:



The red on the thruster plate came out kind of glossy for some reason, I'll hit it with one more coat of red before I start going into the grey decals. I should probably hit the lower half with another coat as well, it seems kind of off compared to the rest of my pieces. I also rather like the nozzles silver, I may just keep them like that and add scorch marks later on. Thoughts?

[Pointoforigin]

I love the look, considering doing something similar, but...

Where would you keep the fuel? Do you intend to have a fuel tank somewhere?

[Boba Dean]

What a cool idea!  Awesome!!! 

[Sirus the Red]

I love the look, considering doing something similar, but...

Where would you keep the fuel? Do you intend to have a fuel tank somewhere?

As of right now, my BS excuse is that I keep the fuel in compressed compartments spaced throughout the interior of the plate. These compartments are only accessible from the inside of the plate, so I have to take it off to refuel it.

In actuality, I might go back and add some obvious fuel source in the middle later on, but unfortunately I'm rushing on a rapidly approaching deadline to get this kit wearable. Before I attempt to submit an OM application, I will make many quality control alterations and adjustments, have no fear.

What a cool idea!  Awesome!!! 

Thanks vod!

[Niabi]

Looking Good

[Ori Dart]

Looks good! You could always just add a little "filler port" greeblie somewhere so that you could claim to hook the pack up to that to replenish.