by Fabricatordjinn | Jan 28, 2013 | Personal Projects, Uncategorized
This is probably the only build I’m going to be able to do this year.. so I’m going all out on it. Cinematic version or bust. After ripping the games model (as a base) and breaking down the armor into parts, I started making the breastplate today. After what felt like way too long of a time planning and tinkering with templates, I figured out what I wanted and cut the template out. Turned out being only 4 pieces in the end. And then the test taping! Much cleanup and work will go into this tomorrow. Glad to finally be working on this again. This chest has a lot of layers, as seen here: I started by sealing up the top and reinforcing the hell out of the inside/outside of the first collar using fiberglass and rondo – That first layer is going NOWHERE. I then started tinkering with adding the 2nd layer of collars. Then the third Then the bottom first layer and back segment. I will be designing the sun on the front tonight and tomorrow.. then I have to actually make it. After that its a whole hell of a lot of trim and cleaning – but I’m happy with the direction its going so far! The screws are incredibly temporary, needed a reliable way to keep the plates in place while I templated out the next bit while still being able to remove them...
by Fabricatordjinn | Aug 29, 2012 | Personal Projects
In preparation for my upcoming Archangel Imperius build, I am making the spear he uses throughout Diablo 3. This is what I was trying to build. This is what I actually built. Below is a rough outline of the steps I took to create this spear! Using my scaled ingame model as a reference, I made some templates and cut the basic shape of the main blades out of 3/4ths inch thick Expanded PVC (Sintra). Found a scrap of the stuff big enough to host the blades for $8, score. The next step was to take this and get sanding. After marking a line down the center of the plastic where I wanted the edge to be and blocking off the areas where the edge stopped (I used painters tape as a physical barrier ontop of the lines you see.. this is extremely helpful in stopping accidental deviations) I began my dark and prolonged work with the belt sander and orbital. These blades are a little over 2′ long. This spear will be large. A little crooked, but not bad for a first pass. Edge takes shape, this process took about 40 minutes per blade. Thankfully I only had to do this step once. This plastic was harder then I expected.. perhaps it was not sintra after all. First pass complete! Looking pretty smooth. Drew up a template for the inner blades and started working on the circular plate the sun shape sits on. I ended up making a vac pull of a small food plate I found and cutting the plastic version to the size I wanted. Using...
by Fabricatordjinn | Apr 4, 2011 | Personal Projects, Uncategorized
Decided to remake my v1 bolt pistol to add the ability to fire and see how much I improved. The finished product is shown above, here is a quick log of how I got there. I started with an average quality electric g36c airsoft gun, shown below next to my old v1 bolt pistol. I promptly cut the gun down to the size I needed it, removing all of the addons and extras, while preserving the electronics and inner workings. Time for the serious modifications. I cut a channel in the magazine and removed the fake clip and the bb feed. This gave me room for the extra madness I wanted to add to the magazine. I also cut a PVC pipe to shape and fit it snugly on the top of the gun, I fed all the wiring and electronics into this tube and made a spot for the battery to sit. I also built the sides of the gun up using styrene for sale signs and mounted them in place. I did not do very good documentation of this step sadly.. but it only took a few hours. Sealing everything up with more styrene, I also reinforced the cutoff barrel with plumbers putty in a small pvc pipe chunk and sanded it flush. This made the cut in half barrel flush with the front of the gun and much much more sturdy. At this point I had to make sure it still worked, and I made this small embarrassing video. More cleanup and sealing. I added styrene to the bottom of the magazine and filled the small...
