Techiiiinc, aaaah, my worst enemy. I need to buy some bulk pieces and just mess around.
how do i make a hardsuit that isnt garbage
Practice and natural skill
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So much practice, its sorta annoying(especially when you run out of pieces), but its fun. You could just find a base frame off of the internet and work from there, improving and/or differentiating it from the original a little with each build. There's no real rules you need to abide by, so just have fun with it. Also, Google works