Halo Mjolnir Armor Project (WIP)

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]Hey guys! I know I bugged a few of you on making molds and such... so I finally decided to unveil what I was working on. [/COLOR][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]Before the accuracy purists nit-pick, I would just like to mention that this project was started earlier this month and it's been about 3 weeks of work. I had to cut back on certain detailing to try and make this armor possible by Halloween. Unfortunately, due to midterm week at school, I won't be able to finish this armor on time.[/COLOR][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]As for construction details... I spent about 2 weeks working out sizing and prototyping the overall shape and dimensions of the armor using reference photos from other fan made armor and resized images of the video game stills. I prototyped using regular corrugated cardboard and then transposed them onto tracing paper to create stencils for my molds. My intent was to vacuum form the armor from .060 and .080 styrene. [/COLOR][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]I decided to build the molds from mat boarding (inspired by Chris Bryan's armor on the Bungie and Mjolnir Armor sites) and fill it with expanding foam. Originally, the intent was to fill the molds with Smooth On Foam-It 3, but due to lack of funds and a rush to make the Halloween date, I tried to substitute it for Great Stuff insulation/sealant foam. I then decided against it thanks to the advice of our fellow RPF members here, so I am opting to fill it up with TAP's X-30 expanding foam. The Smooth On foam worked terrific on test pulls I did for past projects so I know it should work great for the bucks I'm making. I also plan on taking the first few vac pulls of this armor and creating Hydrocal molds from them so I have something more durable to keep. [/COLOR][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]Here are a few photos of the chest mold I created so far. I still plan on detailing the piece a little more before finalizing it and filling it up with expanding foam. I will have more photos of the other pieces later on into the week. Hope you guys enjoy![/COLOR][/FONT]
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Nice work. That is looking very nice. Are you making the rest of the armor the same way?

clonesix said:

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Nice work. That is looking very nice. Are you making the rest of the armor the same way?

Thanks man. The rest of the armor will be created the same way. I'll post more progress pictures along the way. The helmet photos should be up later tonight.

That's cool!
Keep up the good work

that's some detailed matboard work there son. Keep it up.

That looks fantastic. Can't wait to see more!

Thanks for the comments guys!

Here are new pics...

The vacuum table and chest armor:


Side view of the helmet:


Helmet size compared to the chest:


Thanks Wackychimp for hosting the pics!

-Andy

Man, that's looking NICE!

Thanks dude! I hope I get this all done by Thanksgiving... I'm starting to get sick of looking at this armor.