Close

Last few molds

A project log for Elysium Max Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton suit replica from the movie Elysium in Autodesk Inventor, 3D printed and investment cast out of Aluminum

valVal 04/18/2019 at 15:350 Comments

Last week I finished two more molds for shin shockplates. The only other "required" part left is the chest plate, one of the biggest and coolest-looking parts of the exoskeleton. There are a bunch of optional parts I would like to cast as a stretch goal, notably the tiny details placed on the hands, the vacuum tube holders with light-up tubes, and some tech gribble for the face to complete the cyber ninja look.

Fig. 1: Finished making the first part of a two-part mold with 3D-printed model suspended in clay

Fig 2: Preparing to pour the second part of both two-part molds

Fig 3: Resulting two-part molds I will use for casting wax positives

Fig. 4: Resulting wax positives that will be shell-cast by adding 10 layers of ceramic shell and melting the wax out before pouring metal

Discussions