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You know what disappoints me the most about Kreons? Other than the fact that I have to wait another three weeks for new ones to come out?

Those little flak jackets.

I hate 'em. They are clearly not robot chassis, and they are an obvious bid to save money from tooling costs. Not only do they not look like robot torsos, they make all of the Kreons wearing them look like they are in a uniform.

Worse yet, it looks like half of the new Kreons are sporting them.

If Hasbro must do the vest thing, I'd like them to do something like this:



That's my attempt to create a Prowl-esque chest plate. I put together two versions, one with permanent doors and one with removable doors. The sans door version has a peg on the back.

I signed up just to post that I love the work you are doing and hope there is a way to buy some of this awesome soon

b00sted wrote:I signed up just to post that I love the work you are doing and hope there is a way to buy some of this awesome soon

That is extremely flattering of you to write. Thanks!

I also have a Hound vest and two Reflector vests (Reflector is a simple design) that I'll post shortly.

These are really easy to make in SketchUp (which you can download for free). I just have to bite the bullet and pay for some prototypes on Shapeways. You should give it a whirl!

dude, this came out great! Once you get one of these printed out and you know your measurements are good then the sky's the limit! Really awesome man

wulongti wrote:dude, this came out great! Once you get one of these printed out and you know your measurements are good then the sky's the limit! Really awesome man

Hey, thanks! I sent you a rash of e-mails when I was in a bit of a frenzy churning out these models...the renders in those e-mails are probably obsolete by now. I've been hollowing out some of the vests, and I stretched the neck port to 4.9 mm instead of 4.8. I'd rather the neck have a little give than be so tight that it breaks trying to fit in on.

In the meantime, I've also added vests for Brawn and Gears.

What dimensions do you recommend using for the little limbs (spruces, are they?) to attach these vests to one another for printing? I figure I can save a buck fifty if I try printing them in a batch.

I cant wait to see some of your test prints as I have no skill at that stuff but my god this has got me giddy lol

Tresob wrote:

wulongti wrote:dude, this came out great! Once you get one of these printed out and you know your measurements are good then the sky's the limit! Really awesome man

Hey, thanks! I sent you a rash of e-mails when I was in a bit of a frenzy churning out these models...the renders in those e-mails are probably obsolete by now. I've been hollowing out some of the vests, and I stretched the neck port to 4.9 mm instead of 4.8. I'd rather the neck have a little give than be so tight that it breaks trying to fit in on.

In the meantime, I've also added vests for Brawn and Gears.

What dimensions do you recommend using for the little limbs (spruces, are they?) to attach these vests to one another for printing? I figure I can save a buck fifty if I try printing them in a batch.

yeah, sorry I haven't responded. Currently fighting a cold :/ I've been keeping your emails as unread until I can respond properly. Stuff looks good though.

For attaching parts together, I place them about 2-3mm apart and connect them with a cylinder with a 0.5mm radius. These bits are the only thing I don't bother to make sure are properly hollowed and connected to the rest of the model parts. The less material you can use, the cheaper the print will be and I figure it's not fair to use a whole bunch of material on a frame that will just get tossed out.

I'll look around for my notes regarding the torso measurements for you.

b00sted wrote:I cant wait to see some of your test prints as I have no skill at that stuff but my god this has got me giddy lol

Well, they aren't test prints, but here are some more G1 vest models to whet your appetite...

Brawn, Gears, Reflector, and Hound:



I also have a Reflector sans lens, not pictured. Sunstreaker and some generic "car roof" vests to follow...

these look really good man! hmmn... to jump off of an idea you had for some of my stuff, you could create a vest that has a 4 peg array on the front and then you could design different panels for different characters to attach to it. Much like you could design character panels that attach to the parts I've already designed..

I could do the infrastructure and you can do the character specific panels XD

or not, just throwing out ideas lol

these guys are something completely new for me but once you guys got something out there I think I am going to end up in a dark dark place lol.


not sure if you guys are familiar with Glyos or in particular the Armovor but I been buying custom resin cast heads and having them painted up. http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=129386&st=225&p=462336&#entry462336 so this just seems just as perfect for me! So thank you for all your work and cant wait to see all what both you come up with and can check some stuff out.


I do have a random noob question that I hope you dont mind me asking here, for the shapeways stuff that I see molded I see it comes out I guess the best way to describe it is fuzzy. is that normal? or is that just due to the type of plastic they are using? Sorry again to clog up your awesome post with such a stupid question