dreadnought costume project

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**DreadnoughtMC**

Nope cable system

**FoxPhoenix135**

Epic. I can't believe I failed to notice this blog sooner. Onward, to progress!

**FerrumIgnatus**

Some questions remain; how are you going to solve the problem with supporting the weight of the Dreadnought's upper body? Are the legs the only supporting structures of the whole dreadnought, or are you going to install a harness so you can bear some of the weight on your shoulders?

What about the powerplant? do you have plans on outfitting it with a smoke dispenser and have a speaker to play off the sound of a revving engine?

last; are you going to install a voice distortion device? just for the extra "I'm a walking tank with a bad mood, you don't want to see me angry!!"

**DreadnoughtMC**

The power plant is a series of 12v batteries that will be switched out in the suit and the smoke unit will be a small smoke machine though for walking outside there will be a small camping generator powering it the voice changer will be a modified darth vader voice changer

**Empchild**

Ok something I just thought about if you are putting fiberglass plating on it won't that cover over your detail as you will have to do the detail cut outs anyways?

**BishopGore**

I would assume he has a machine to add fibreglass in layers. That would explain why he thinks it will be quite light and the detail added before, he can add just a thin layer which will strengthen it and not add too much weight.

Maybe?

**DreadnoughtMC**

Um the cardboard is going to be the fiberglass plating you wrap, it with fiberglass cloth and paint on the fiberglass resin and there you go im doing 3 full layers and 2 layers on the inside

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And no i dont need a machine i do it all by hand for this kinda thing i just need a sunny warm day to do this

**Empchild**

DreadnoughtMC wrote:Um the cardboard is going to be the fiberglass plating you wrap, it with fiberglass cloth and paint on the fiberglass resin and there you go im doing 3 full layers and 2 layers on the inside

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And no i dont need a machine i do it all by hand for this kinda thing i just need a sunny warm day to do this

Ooo see now that makes sense!!

**DreadnoughtMC**

Any other questions

**jabbakahut**

Yeah, why aren't you showing more production photos? It is a blog.

**DreadnoughtMC**

Its raining out ok i kinda cant do work on it

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Ill take more when i can

**Crimson Cobra**

What part of the US do you live in just as a matter of interest. We've been having a lot of rain in the Bay Area the last couple weeks.

**DreadnoughtMC**

Lol Palm Harbor Florida

**jabbakahut**

DreadnoughtMC wrote:The power plant is a series of 12v batteries that will be switched out in the suit and the smoke unit will be a small smoke machine though for walking outside there will be a small camping generator powering it the voice changer will be a modified darth vader voice changer

Do you have a weight estimate or goal? Aren't the batteries alone like 40 pounds?

**DreadnoughtMC**

No they are ryobe 12v last four hours and are under a pound and my goal weight it 180pounds

**CrazyThang**

Any new updates?

**Great Unclean One**

Indeed, just a small picture update would be nice ^^

**DreadnoughtMC**

I havent been able to work on it today on account of rain i will have updates on this by sunday for you watching sorry for the delay and yes they will be picture updates not verbal

**Qualude**

So you're going to get strapped in to a 180 lb costume...can you get yourself out? What if you fall over?

**DreadnoughtMC**

My first halo armor weighed that much im not going to have a problem

**LunaHound**

Qualude wrote:So you're going to get strapped in to a 180 lb costume...can you get yourself out? What if you fall over?

He might win the record for making the first cosplay costume that functions as a real armor.

**jabbakahut**

**Freddie Gibbs**

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**SwanCo**

what do you use to shape the cardboard? (The curves and such?) whenever i have used the stuff it always comes out bumpy b/c of the layers

**DreadnoughtMC**

Just forced it

**Empchild**

How about some more pics hmmm. Lots of talking less of showing..NOT COOL!!!

**kitsunez**

You guys need to stop bugging him and wait till the storms stop happening... be happy he's not in the mi-atlantic area where we just got more than a foot of snow overnight

**Empchild**

kitsunez wrote:You guys need to stop bugging him and wait till the storms stop happening... be happy he's not in the mi-atlantic area where we just got more than a foot of snow overnight

He's shown pics he works inhis garage... you don't need much to take pics in doors!

**DreadnoughtMC**

Yeah um empchild you cant fiberglass in high humidity or inside a non ventilated area so you guys need to wait a little also fiberglass will not harden property in weather below 74 f so hold your horses ok

**FoxPhoenix135**

Really? below 74f? In alaska they must not be able to ever fiberglass then. We rarely see it get above 70 even in the middle of the summer.