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Next year's Halloween costume...

Started by KS71owner, October 24, 2010, 07:35:29 PM

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KS71owner

I've been wanting to do something cool for Halloween for a while now, and I've finally found something that I can't wait to get started on. I've found online some templates for building a full set of HALO 3 ODST armor. I'm picking up the first of my supplies this week.

Some of you may have heard of Pepakura, which uses 3d modeling to turn a 3d object into flat planes to make models from paper or cardstock. That's how this armor is built, then you reinforce it with fiberglass and detail it with bondo and paint. Here are some in progress pics from another person's project, and what I hope the final version will look like.


bull

Cool. :2thumbs: Looks like a lot of work but it should be fun, and you'll save yourself $800.

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Chief-Supreme-Adult-Costume/dp/B001MU3JZA

KS71owner

exactly. I'm willing to put in the hours and make it myself than spend a ton of cash on something anyone can buy. To me it's much more worthwhile to put in the work and say I've built it myself when someone asks where I got it.

RD

dude that is just AWESOME!!!!! OMG... you need to start a thread with progress pics just like a car resto on this one!
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KS71owner


ac_knight


472 R/T SE

Maybe next year I'll have the mountain oysters to shave my face so I can finally build this:




CB

1968 Dodge Coronet 500


Mike DC

       
That Pepakura program seems like a good way to create stuff. 


Now, if I could just find a decent accurate 3D scan of a 2nd-gen . . .

   

DC_1


KS71owner

Got a few pieces built this week.....as soon as I get home tomorrow I'll post some pics. Left my camera at home. >:(

mleist89

that looks sick. i wore the halo 3 master chief costume that one of the local Halloween shops had here in cs.
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KS71owner

after doing some looking, I've decided to also build a set of Mark IV armor as well.  :icon_smile_cool:

KS71owner

sorry for the delay, finally have the pics. Got five or six pieces built so far, hoping to have the rest built in the next couple weeks.

Finn

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1963 Plymouth Savoy 225 with a 3 on the tree.
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Ponch ®

Quote from: 472 R/T SE on November 01, 2010, 12:37:38 AM
Maybe next year I'll have the mountain oysters to shave my face so I can finally build this:





his head is facing the wrong way..
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KS71owner

more progress......

I've printed about 2/3s of the whole costume, and I have a few more pieces assembled. I've started fiberglassing a few pieces to get an idea of how much fiberglass I'll need. As it turns out, one layer is plenty strong so less than I thought.

I also got different color cardstock for various components just to help keep things in order. The yellow pieces are all torso and chest parts, and the leg armor will be blue and green to differentiate left and right. Everything else is white, as those parts (except the gauntlets) are not side-specific. I also started assembly on the helmet, which is extremely complex....I'm betting it will take at least another week to finish it.

chargergirl

That's the artist in you! Looking amazing there...keep this thread going..got to see this through to the end!
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KS71owner

More progress!

I got a large part of the torso built yesterday, and also did a little more fiberglassing on some smaller pieces. I also decided to brush a light coat of epoxy on the outside of one piece to see what would happen. I was hoping to get a better sandable surface that bondo and paint will stick to, and it worked out great. The epoxy completely impregnated the paper, and the piece is unbelievably strong now, especially with the back side fiberglassed. I'll need a lot more epoxy to do the whole thing but I was prepared for that.

KS71owner

Here's another pic of the full armor, I think this is the paint scheme I'm going to go with. Not sure about weapons yet, but most likely I'll build the carbine and pistol instead of the sniper rifle.

b5blue

RED vs BLUE! You could be "sarge"  :lol:  (Blaarrggg!)

KS71owner

Quote from: b5blue on December 11, 2010, 01:46:32 PM
RED vs BLUE! You could be "sarge"  :lol:  (Blaarrggg!)

Actually I'd rather be Caboose.  :icon_smile_big:


b5blue

OH MAN......I didn't want to go there on you!   :smilielol:  (But it did cross my mind)

KS71owner

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