Re: Half Life 2 civil protection WIP build - Mask mold finished! (Page 5)
It's alright dude, I thank you for your courteous update regarding the progress. I've been trying pretty hard to get this Russian PMG Gas Mask to work. Although it's close in appearance, it's not the same as a really high quality replication that you've done. I still work on the PMG Gas Mask for hobby and fun, such as dark lenses for the eyes and even a speaker system installed for a voice encoder, so I can talk to people with a Combine Voice. Here's a clip of the fella that originally gave me the idea:
(Note: The owner of that video is referred to as "Combine Kyle" from other threads if I am correct. If you're looking for this voice encoder he's stated in his replies that it's: "VOICE CHANGER 3 DIFFERENT EERIE VOICES LICENSED 9291 FUN WORLD - Type that in ebay.". However this is available on Amazon as well, simply search for "9291 FUN WORLD". Or simply click this Amazon link:
HERE. This has the following settings - On / Monster / Alien / Own. The Monster setting is what you want to use for sounding like a Combine. Also you can switch to "Own" if you need to speak to someone clearly. It's cheap and it does the job.)
But with that said, I'm still building my costume, maybe sometime I'll post a thread about what I've done. But till then, here's a tidbit:
The most interesting thing for the costume is the oldschool Radio Shack scanner that I had modified. It has the likeness of a two-way radio, which then I spliced a 3mm headphone jack into it and I can connect it to an MP3 Player.
This is so while I cosplay I can play ambient radio chatter from the game as I walk around with it attached to my police belt. Not only was the radio chatter recorded from the game, but also I exported the sound files into .wma format and I can arrange them in the Windows Media Player. After compiling the various clips, I can turn them into a 1-3 minute string of 'communication' so it sounds like there's an incident and they're relaying information back and forth. It really gives off an amazing 'aura' so to say, as it is what you had experienced in game.
My goal is to possibly hit up a convention in the fall this year so there's still plenty of time to work. However, I know it still may be hot in the fall. If not, I can ultimately do it between winter to early spring.
All the same, enjoy your time out in the tropics!
