Jodo Kast The Notorious Jodo Kast: Reapwind WIP

My Helmet is 98% there, maybe a little weathering tweak and the the RF lighting installed ;D

 

Wow! Looks great

 

So, turns out I made a little bit of an error - too many kill stripes and top of RF cap close to dome should match dome not rim, so here is the repainted dome and new kill stripes




Chest plates



And Cloak

 

Thanks to a friend and her 3D printer (and a heck ton of sanding/filling ) I have a Jodo Blaster






Also back plate painted






And finally Mock up of leather holster I'll be making

 

Awesome work!

 

Okay, so, due to Photobucket fail and Imgur assisted recap


Helmet with correct kill stripes and repainted dome coloured earcap











Chest plates







And Cloak





Mock Kitting up






Knees



Shoulders



Gauntlets




I believe we're back up to date with the progress so far

 

Looking at a few of the smaller parts this week, progress below


Grenades



Pistol launch grenades



Pistol




AND


Jetpack [PREWEATHERED]





And started working on gun holster (wooden buck in place to not mess up the Pistol)

 

Damn this is looking fantastic!!

 

Getting closer and closer

Pipe connectors


Left Greeblie


Right Greeblie

 

Weathering is making those parts really pop, great job!

 

Wow. What a fantastic job. It gets every new post better

 

Today I've been working on the Jet Pack

 

Thought I'd test fit again but this time painted plates

 

Digging it!!

 

Reap, any progress?

 

Sorry for the mega delayed response, unfortunately no progress only setbacks, I recently unpacked my kit to find the paint has cracked across the chest plates, I've surmised that its due to storage and the temperature of where I kept it, so looking like I will need to repaint them all.
Additionally will be doing the back plate as it doesn't sit right as well as also paint issues.

Gauntlets were fine if not a little bulky, but a friend of mine has offered to replace them with lighter 3D printed ones, so how could I refuse ;D
Here is what we have done so far:

Left Gauntlet minus missiles that will be transferred from old gauntlet


Right gauntlet


Source material for the change to right gauntlet



As well as the ones for the change of connectors


And the connectors with piping


I'm planning on using that locate on the nodes protruding from the back of gauntlets, the pipes are silicone lighter and more flexible than braided so shouldn't hinder movement.

Hope everything looks satisfactory and hope to bring progress in next post.

 

Can't wait to see more progress on this! Sick!

 

Wow this is good!

 

Without any objections and only encouragement I got them printed and taped together

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Now back to sanding, filling, repeat

 

Those are amazing! Love watching your thread

 

So, turns out when you add a harness into the equation it really throws out your plates and reshaping seriously blisters the paintwork, so..... scrap collar and back plate, remake and strip back paint off remaining chest plates, this kit seems to want to test me *sigh*

Without Jet Pack



With jet pack




Harness blocks to cover holes still need to be made and the strapping was adjusted while wearing it and caused gathering around the holes.

I also seem to have developed a lean to the left somehow

 

Been a while with this RF but we think we got it licked, the original wireless light and servo parts were too bulky and couldn't fit head in with all the tech, so all that had to go and a friend built a more streamlined version ;D

Here it is before we added the controller into the gauntlet music is there to drown out background noise :

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And here it is after, leaning back to balance lid:

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