Ok so with the help of some of friends we were finally able to send this suit out into the wild of the nz pop culture convention Armageddon over the weekend. We did a quick and dirty rig of the armour the night before about 5 hours in total so not too bad and it was the only time we had available to get this done.
The good news was the armour fit my mate like a glove. He is the perfect build for this armour so that side of things worked well. The rigging survived the day well we had no breakages etc etc. We had a really good response from the public and I noticed people would often say "oh ****!" when they turned around and saw my mate Matt looming over them so mission accomplished I reckon!
Nathan Fillion was in town and put a pic of the armour up on his page which was cool because we finally got someone who recognised the suit!
https://www.facebook.com/nathanfill...279277/1803531169944427/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
so here's some of my favourite pics:
Second to last shot is at the 501st booth. The DT fits well I reckon. Not sure who that guy is in the last shot just some random guy I think.
Overall I'm happy with the armour and I'm really pleased with the helmet. If stormtroopers look angry then this guy looks PISSED. which was exactly what I was hoping would happen.
I've got a couple of issues with the rigging and paint scheme. I don't think the thighs work with out a bit of shading where they meet the knee. But I really wanted to avoid doing any shading if I could to try and keep it real world. But that lower triangle shape need to come forward a bit and resolve the bottom of the thighs.
The shoulder bells look really good but I'm aware that they don't represent the game model as well as they could.
Anyone notice the missing nipples? err I mean the chest bolts
I didn't! we never got round to putting them on they are my least favourite part of this armour so yeah subconsciously I was resisting putting them on a lot.
I'll be offering the helmet as a kit in the junkyard soonish. I can't get red lenses easily here so it will be a 'sans-lense' kit. The ears are a PITA to put on in hindsight I would have lowered mine a bit more. The game model has them totally flat to the sides of the helmet which doesn't work for me either.
OK cheers everyone thanks for following this thread more pics as I get them
