Archive for the ‘costuming’ Category

Halo Weapons - LAU-65D Missile Launcher

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Another beautimous Halo model for y’all.
lau-65d_final
No render, I don’t have Photoworks installed at the moment.

This one ended up with 260 features and a 40-second rebuild time.
Download:
http://vrogy.net/lau-65d-missile-launcher-model/

First Halo Pistol Prototype

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Yes, further on this detour. First is the hand carving, mostly with a hacksaw blade, and spruing.
M6G Prototype Foam M6G Prototype Sprued

Then it’s packed in sand and molten aluminum is poured in.
M6G Prototype Cast
This one turned out a bit rough, I need to add an investment coating and tune the sand.
Here’s a short flyaround of it: m6g_proto.mov

Halo Weapons - SRS99D Sniper Rifle

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Another Halo 3 weapon.
SRS99D Sniper Rifle Model
Sniper Rifle, fruit of ~2 days’ labor. Enjoy.
Download: http://vrogy.net/srs99d-sniper-rifle-model/

Articulating Powered Armor

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Well, I need to see if a passive external skeleton will work before I start casting aluminum. I’m not sure how I should mock this up, but the joints look like a good place to start.
Articulation Schema
Of the 14 main joints, 5 are straight hinges. Two have loose hinges or floating axes of articulation. Two utilize ball races or interlocking flanges to put the wearer through the joint, in conjunction with sliding hinges. Two are freely rotational with loads of axial play. The two hip joints are either ball joints or universal joints, and the torso rests more or less loosely atop the pelvic armor.

Marine Armor Plausibility?

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Ok, ok.. is this really possible? Will a standard human unit actually fit in there?
Suit Fitting, try #2
Looks like it. That’s my silhouette, and the silhouettes of the major armor pieces.

Lots More C-14 Progress

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Render! And handles.
I’ve been working on this model bit by bit, and here’s the progress so far. Hopefully, this will be produced as a casting soon. Also, I have a hot-wire foam cutter working, to cut foam blanks for casting. It just needs a jig to be useful.

edit: I’ve also added the C-14 Impaler references to a page here.

C-14 Muzzle Detail

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Awhile back Blizzard released some new wallpapers for Starcraft 2. The ‘Nuke’ wallpaper has a couple great reference examples of the C-14 Impaler gauss rifle carried by Confederate, and presumably all, marines. I had something definitive to work from.

C-14 Impaler muzzle detail CAD

Here’s an unpolished view of my CAD model. Hopefully this is castable in aluminum.