This is a "cut and paste" of a response I gave another guy a few months back. It mostly relates to scratch building armor and all linked threads are pretty pic-heavy. I'm sure if you dig around here via 'search' you will find much more.
Since I did kinda of direct him here from the rpf, im feeling ambitious enough to do some leg work...
So you decided to jump in eh? Welcome. If you cant build armor from what I'm posting below, they your probably should just buy it.
There is no universally accepted "This is the way to do it, step by step" for this stuff. A lot of individual preference calls are going to come into play.
The real armor was hand made from aluminum by Terry English. Great photos here of a "modern" reproduction by the man himself.
http://colonialmarines.co.uk/anatomy-of ... scm-armourRegardless of what material you use, match up the shapes and connections, and youll be fine.
Some recent threads that include "how I did it" instructions are
-Retrograde's excellent build
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11894&hilit=homemade-"Hudson"s homemade build
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12006&hilit=armour-And my own
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11787Some of the more informative threads that I personally found VERY useful for my own build were these below:
-One of the better "pepakura" threads
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9980&hilit=pepakura+armour-A great "assembly" thread (once parts are decided/made/acquired).
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9621&start=25-This thread is where a guy did a damn fine job of salvaging a half-assed 'kit' and turned it into a really nice build. Near 'scratch' build territory with the work put in.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11191&hilit=salvaged+armour-The real Pulse was made from a Thompson (WW2 era), SPAS12 shotgun cage and a custom "shroud"/cover that many people sell replica's of. For building your own this site was very informative for me in my build.
http://www.tk560.com/m41a.htmlThere are lots on here though.
(Here is mine)
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11603I don't mean to slight any members here by forgetting your threads, these were the ones fresh in my memory. The fact is there are DOZENS of excellent threads and a ridiculous amount of information. You just need to use the search function. Good luck and look forward to progress pics.
(One bit of advice is avoid ebay. My own experience says rarely anything of even 'passable' quality there)
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