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What would be the best material to make a suit of power armor? Small pieces of 3d print, foam? Should I design it in the early fallout slimmer style or the later fallout mech style?

>> No.10911888

RIP help gen thread.
if it isnt just for a photoshoot, I would pick whatever design is easiest to move in. try to plan pieces out according to your height and shape so it looks proportional, I assume youre not doing stilts and shit to get it tv-series sized. if you dont know what youre doing then maybe a cardboard so-bad-it's-good version would get a good reception. If youre being serious I would 3d print the helmet and use a combination of foam and worbla for the rest.

>> No.10912106

3D printing if you want the easy route but most people just use foam. All the power armour suits are popular enough to have patterns or files somewhere you can download (or purchase).

>> No.10912217

>>10911781
I can offer no advise, but please do post pictures of the work in progress and finished results.

>> No.10912423

>>10911781
Would this armor look weird on a 5’7 guy? Also how do I figure out sizing?

>> No.10912438

>>10912423
box stilts

>> No.10913048

As someone who has made 3D printed power armor (Not Fallout).
Don't do it, it's just too heavy. I don't know what the right answer is because I really like the sharpness and symmetry of prints. I really want to try a mix of foam and prints but I'm not there yet

>>10912423
The helmet will help, but the in-game model also has like 6" of stilts in them so it probably would look of not to tower over people

Check out some software called Armorsmith for sizing, basically punch in your measurements and you can snap pieces onto an avatar and tweak on sizes