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The main issue with the teeth is just they are not evenly sized and spaced. I am sure once you do that they will look a lot better.

New teeth for the chainsword. I like these much better, only issue is the look like they spin slower due to the size incress. Now to finish it... :blink:



Also did more work on the powerfist.

Cause sometimes you need to knock a fool out!


Finnlock

I just pounded your fist through my computer monitor, because this is awesome. You are awesome.

Who's awesome?

YOU'RE AWESOME!!

Damn, nice work..... Id like to see someone running around a neighborhood with the full suit yelling at cats and mailmen :3

Pretty disturbing seeing someone actually make something like this.

That fist is cool till you see the glove between the armor plates find a way to hide that and you are golden.

Finnlock, you now have my respect on every level possible.

Thank you all again for all the kind words

sonofruss wrote:That fist is cool till you see the glove between the armor plates find a way to hide that and you are golden.

You won't see the glove under the plates once the whole thing is painted. It's going to be all black and weathered/battle damaged so this should cover the golve's white parts.
I also will be covering the plam of the glove so it looks armoed as well.


Finnlcok

Coolest thing ever. . . this is the only time i have ever wished i was a girl lol. . .

. . . Awkward pause. . .

holy hell these are fantastic i jsut want to start by saying wow. nice guns and swords.i think that if you put that on ebay youd get so much money for it. But dont becasue that is just wow so keep it and keep using it!


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When i watched a video of that chainsword i nearly fainted.


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oh and the flamer is fething fantastic same with the fist.

I jsut noticed the Power fist. AWESOME.

omg! wow!!

this stuff is amazing

you could make props for a living
(do you?)

This thread = Better than that ^^

S_P

Firstly, EPIC win on the chain sword i must say.

Have you thought about having a few bolts and nuts running up the middle of the plates, or the sides just behind the track. It means that 1. it would add to the effect having the bolts; 2. you can re open it to gain access to it for any jamming or malfunctioning, and 3. if you place some covers over the thread of the bolt inside, it can act as a guide for the track itself?

Scaraman wrote:Firstly, EPIC win on the chain sword i must say.

Have you thought about having a few bolts and nuts running up the middle of the plates, or the sides just behind the track. It means that 1. it would add to the effect having the bolts; 2. you can re open it to gain access to it for any jamming or malfunctioning, and 3. if you place some covers over the thread of the bolt inside, it can act as a guide for the track itself?

I'm no where near finished with the cosmetic part of the chainsword, *IF* and thats a big if, I make a second chainsword I need to come up with a better "chain" for it that I can use a guide track for the "chain". To be honest, if I built it the same way I did this one, I could make a dual bladed chainsword with the two chains spinning in opposit directions but I'd have to be insain to want to do that

Finnlock


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Okay, two new video of the chainsword, new teeth, the handle attached and I made some adjustments to the business end....don't mind the eletrical tape.
This is still very much in the "make it work" stage of this build.




Still a lot to do, so, so much!... and time is running out...

Finnlock

Amazing.....

Definitely love the chainsword, amazing work!

Nice work with the sword

awesomeness.... shear awesomeness

I don't know what kind of voltage that motor you put in the chainsword can handle, but instead of A batteries, you should consider trying to wire a rechargeable RC car/vehicle battery back.

You obviously know what you're doing. Should be easy to slap a small plug for ac power and recharging, but at the same time bump you from 2-6v of power, to 8-9v (or be a man and put a pair in there for 18v ). That would get those teeth spinning like they should, and also remove the need to have to make it 'openable' to replace batteries.

Hopefully it wouldn't get hot enough to melt the plasti-card though. Maybe just don't rip unsuspecting victims apart for too long

Is that a hockey glove I see underneath the exterior of that powerfist?

I have one criticism. The chainsword isn't nearly loud enough. That's about as bad of a thing as I could say about this.

panther_king wrote:I don't know what kind of voltage that motor you put in the chainsword can handle, but instead of A batteries, you should consider trying to wire a rechargeable RC car/vehicle battery back.

You obviously know what you're doing. Should be easy to slap a small plug for ac power and recharging, but at the same time bump you from 2-6v of power, to 8-9v (or be a man and put a pair in there for 18v ). That would get those teeth spinning like they should, and also remove the need to have to make it 'openable' to replace batteries.

Hopefully it wouldn't get hot enough to melt the plasti-card though. Maybe just don't rip unsuspecting victims apart for too long

Hmmm, I had tossed around the idea of using a RC car battery in the handle but I had not thought of just making it a sealed unit with a cable that comes out to charge it...clever!

Nowlan wrote:Is that a hockey glove I see underneath the exterior of that powerfist?

It's a Field Hockey glove, Hockey gloves are to stiff in the thumb area, the field hockey glove has a lot more give and flex while still being very bulky.

Death By Monkeys wrote:I have one criticism. The chainsword isn't nearly loud enough. That's about as bad of a thing as I could say about this.

I had a speaker with a chainsaw sound card, but because of the size of it, it wasn't loud enough to justify the added work. This thing is heavy and a lot unwieldly. *IF* I ever build a second one I will totally overhaul the way I made this one. SO maybe I can build a better speaker/sound system for it.



Thanks for all the feedback and awesome ideas!

Fantastic thread man, and outstanding work. My opinion of 40k the game is at a distinct low at the moment, but it's work like this that reminds me that the imagery and modeling-for-awesome's sake is where it's at in the grimdark future

Keep up the amazing, hopefully I'll wander across the blog sooner than later

- Salvage

Finnlock wrote:
Hmmm, I had tossed around the idea of using a RC car battery in the handle but I had not thought of just making it a sealed unit with a cable that comes out to charge it...clever!

A quick trip to a radio shack would net you a negative pole barrel plug to stick someplace in the handle. Then just wire a battery to it and use any old 9v adapter to charge it. It's really amazing now, but I think I would wet myself to see those teeth painted up and spinning at full potential.

On the topic of modding nerf guns, the whole reason I know about slapping some RC batteries in it is because I kind of enjoy modding nerf guns myself for performance reasons. There is a pretty popular mod of the Nerf 'Vulcan' belt fed gun that uses a few 'd' cell batteries; stock it can fire about 180 rounds a minute. Respectable for a toy gun. Swapping a couple Lithium RC battery packs though bumps it to an easy 500 rounds per minute.

Also, if you haven't looked into it, a nerf 'deploy' gun would make a great full size Boltgun with some of the same cosmetic's you've been doing. Has a stock, foregrip and is clip fed like the 'recon' you're using for your storm bolter.

Thanks for all your hard work. Everyone is really enjoying it.

why use nerf though? i mean he could go all out and make them airsoft.....

so-SO AWEsome!

Now then, what materials did you use for the fists? The gloves, I can see, but the armour bits look like curved foamcore... and I don't think that's possible. `,:~/ So, I can't quite figure it out.

and again: SO AWESOME!

panther_king wrote:
On the topic of modding nerf guns, the whole reason I know about slapping some RC batteries in it is because I kind of enjoy modding nerf guns myself for performance reasons. There is a pretty popular mod of the Nerf 'Vulcan' belt fed gun that uses a few 'd' cell batteries; stock it can fire about 180 rounds a minute. Respectable for a toy gun. Swapping a couple Lithium RC battery packs though bumps it to an easy 500 rounds per minute.

The goofballs that make Mana Energy Drink did this a while ago and made a how-to and video of it in action.
http://www.manapotions.com/Chaingun.html

Disclaimer: Running 2x 9.6v RC car batteries did cause their nerf gun to melt by burning out the motor... Oh, and if you short out the RC batteries there's a chance they'll explode.

panther_king wrote:
A quick trip to a radio shack would net you a negative pole barrel plug to stick someplace in the handle. Then just wire a battery to it and use any old 9v adapter to charge it. It's really amazing now, but I think I would wet myself to see those teeth painted up and spinning at full potential.

On the topic of modding nerf guns, the whole reason I know about slapping some RC batteries in it is because I kind of enjoy modding nerf guns myself for performance reasons. There is a pretty popular mod of the Nerf 'Vulcan' belt fed gun that uses a few 'd' cell batteries; stock it can fire about 180 rounds a minute. Respectable for a toy gun. Swapping a couple Lithium RC battery packs though bumps it to an easy 500 rounds per minute.

Also, if you haven't looked into it, a nerf 'deploy' gun would make a great full size Boltgun with some of the same cosmetic's you've been doing. Has a stock, foregrip and is clip fed like the 'recon' you're using for your storm bolter.

Thanks for all your hard work. Everyone is really enjoying it.

Well one step closer, I made another adjustment to the mechanics of the sword, it now runs twice as fast and has a better sound to it. Still not a two stroke motor, but sounds more intense now.

Here are two videos of it, the 1st with the slower setup (posted before)and the second with the high-test speed.
Slow

Fast



What do you guys think?

The Good Green wrote:so-SO AWEsome!

Now then, what materials did you use for the fists? The gloves, I can see, but the armour bits look like curved foamcore... and I don't think that's possible. `,:~/ So, I can't quite figure it out.

and again: SO AWESOME!

The base is craft foam (aka Foamies) the shell is made from sintra (aka PVC Expanded foam) heat foarmed to fit around it. I also used Wonderflex to cover the fingers, the underside of the shell and the area around the wrist area where the fist comes out ( need a better name for that).

AWESOME!!!


Thanks for leading the way.