My snow mando - Finished!

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 9, 2009

• #21

Alright, I added the end piece of the barrel today pretty easily...

Oh, I cut this piece off the end of a vodka bottle ;D

This is with the piece just sitting in the end, haven't glued it in yet

 

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adonian

Active Hunter

• Sep 9, 2009

• #22

O hope you finished the Vodka :cheers first.

 

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Jango987

New Hunter

• Sep 9, 2009

• #23

Looking good. I look forward to seeing it when it's finished.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 9, 2009

• #24

Thanks Jango

Adonian - nah this was my roommate's vodka, I'm not a drinker.

 

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kalika

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 9, 2009

• #25

dude ur blaster is a monster... but I like ur concept... I love the snow mandos... proally won't do one myself but I do like 'em, especially Adonian's and Hydra's check those out they're sweet... urs has a lot of potential too, can't wait to see it.

 

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Alpha 02

Active Hunter

• Sep 9, 2009

• #26

after all of this im considering doing my own snow after my im satisfied with my first custom

 

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NovallTalon

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #27

If I can get the pics off my cell today, I'll try to post some up of his armor that we're working on.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #28

That would be cool, thanks Novall!

 

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NovallTalon

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #29

I took the liberty of planishing up the plate on the right and the collar armor (so you'll have a good example of what to do on Saturday). The left chest piece still needs some dishing work to get a little more curve in it, and the gut plate needs some planishing before we move to the shoulders.

All in all it's looking good though! :cheers

Just as a side note, this is 2mm thick aluminum just like what I use on my own armor.

 

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Aden Kyramud

Active Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #30

2mm? what gauge is that? 16-18ish?

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #31

Ah yes, it is looking good, thanks Novall. Can't wait to get my hands back on that hammer and do some more work on this.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #32

14 gauge I thinks...

 

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NovallTalon

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #33

Yep, 14. Pretty darn thick!

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #34

Oh hey Novall, I bought a 24" x 24" sheet of that 22 gauge steel today for the cod and knees. It had some rust on it so the guy sold it to me for $6 when the original price was like $18. I also got some of the .25 gauge aluminum and started on the left gauntlet. It's a little harder than I thought it would be.

 

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NovallTalon

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #35

Gaunts are tough...now you know why I charge so much to build a pair. =)

We are going to experiment with the cod piece to see if I can knock one out in one piece instead of doing multiple pieces. With some of my new armoring tools I think it's possible.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #36

You mean just make the center piece of the cod raised instead of two pieces? Sounds cool.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #37

Here's what I have on the left gauntlet so far...

I think the bend is wrong cause it sits sideways, but oh well, I'll try to finish it and see how it comes out..

Novall told me to get this stuff called Goop to glue the pieces together but I forgot about it so I'm having to make due with bondo right now.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #38

Oh, and does anyone know of a good gaunt tutorial? Because besides the bottom half I have no clue how to put the pieces together.

 

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Saz

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #39

If I remember correctly, Bobamaker does one on his website.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 10, 2009

• #40

Cool thanks Saz, I'll try to find it.

 

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