Monday 23 January 2012

ARC Reactor final

Well this is it finally!
A nice lucite ring (Thank you Zabana!) with 10 sets of copper core windings soldered at the top terminals.
The LED array below is not too overstated, yet significantly bright I think...
A nice mixture of steel, Aircraft aluminum and copper... I am pretty happy with it


Saturday 21 January 2012

Working with the Colours

Starting paint tests under the following conditions:
  1. Natural light
  2. Flourescent Light
  3. Flash
  4. Mixes of the above
3 colours under consideration:

                                                  Hot Chilli Red        /       Dark Toreador
                                                             Dark Toreador |  Merlot Red
                                                                     

Friday 20 January 2012

The Armour!!

The targetted armour shells are now fibreglass hardened and are being cleaned up from the resultant globule residue.
Note: The grey sections are the main high-stress areas that were fiberglassed; the clear sections are Vacu-Formed ABS primarily used to reduce weight at the most-distal points to the trunk... the exception being the abdomen itself which was an overall weight reduction choice.
Without tech installed, the suit comes in at about 35lbs. I estimate the final weight to be approximately 40lbs +/-  3lbs.