HALO Master Chief Costume Progress Thread (helmet rebuild begins on p.19)
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I live on a sailboat, so late at night I'm doing all of the clean parts (i.e. papercrafting) on board. I do all of the dirty, dusty, sticky, or smelly parts in my woodshop ashore.
I graduated from Maritime College and spent six years on active duty in the Navy. I never buy stuff that says Old Navy on it, but for some reason it finds its way into my life all the same.
I'm 5'8" tall with a 40" chest measurement. The torso tester was scaled up to a built height of 42cm according to Pepakura.
In other news, it was an easy day today. All I got done was a bit more tinkering with some of the details. I still have to clean up the lines for the brim details, but I think they worked out okay.
I live on a sailboat, so late at night I'm doing all of the clean parts (i.e. papercrafting) on board. I do all of the dirty, dusty, sticky, or smelly parts in my woodshop ashore.
I graduated from Maritime College and spent six years on active duty in the Navy. I never buy stuff that says Old Navy on it, but for some reason it finds its way into my life all the same.
I'm 5'8" tall with a 40" chest measurement. The torso tester was scaled up to a built height of 42cm according to Pepakura.
In other news, it was an easy day today. All I got done was a bit more tinkering with some of the details. I still have to clean up the lines for the brim details, but I think they worked out okay.
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So now that I'm in the minor detail portion of the project, progress seems to be very slow. Yesterday I added the hose inserts for the cheeks and scored some of the grooves on the top and sides of the helmet.
Now I've got to add the rest of the details around the back of the neck and straighten out some of my bondo work and it will be ready for molding.
Stay tuned.
So now that I'm in the minor detail portion of the project, progress seems to be very slow. Yesterday I added the hose inserts for the cheeks and scored some of the grooves on the top and sides of the helmet.
Now I've got to add the rest of the details around the back of the neck and straighten out some of my bondo work and it will be ready for molding.
Stay tuned.
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GoldCylon1
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Assume work :thumbsup
Assume work :thumbsup
giric thren
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holy crap!!!! i found my next project!!! how much did it cost you to make that??? awesome work
holy crap!!!! i found my next project!!! how much did it cost you to make that??? awesome work
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So far I'm looking at less than $150 or so. I haven't been keeping track, but I'd say that's about right. That price includes 3 motorcycle visors and the registration fee for my copy of Pepakura software. Of course, there are a lot of parts that I already had on hand, so that made it a lot cheaper.
So far I'm looking at less than $150 or so. I haven't been keeping track, but I'd say that's about right. That price includes 3 motorcycle visors and the registration fee for my copy of Pepakura software. Of course, there are a lot of parts that I already had on hand, so that made it a lot cheaper.
giric thren
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AWESOME JOB!!!
whoa! i was expecting alot more, i have only seen the nightmare armor and thats $3000, will the pepakura have the look of nightmare armor or fiberglass, i guess what i am asking will it match whats in game, and durable or wobbily paper?
AWESOME JOB!!!
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When I'm done with the project, I'll be casting copies of the helmet in resin and they'll be as durable as any other resin cast parts you see around here.
The paper armor itself can be reinforced with all sorts of things to make it hold up better. In this case I saturated the paper helmet with fiberglass resin to make it sturdier and then layered the inside with casting resin to make it strong enoug to sand and shape.
When I'm done with the project, I'll be casting copies of the helmet in resin and they'll be as durable as any other resin cast parts you see around here.
The paper armor itself can be reinforced with all sorts of things to make it hold up better. In this case I saturated the paper helmet with fiberglass resin to make it sturdier and then layered the inside with casting resin to make it strong enoug to sand and shape.
GoldCylon1
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Again that is some assume work. I love it !!! :thumbsup
Again that is some assume work. I love it !!! :thumbsup
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So I'm done with 9 of the 14 steps I'll take to paint the finished helmet:
I made a paper visor template to get an idea of exactly what it will look like when I've got the whole thing put together. The final visor will be gold:
I've also decided that I don't need to keep painting the prototype and I'll be making molds soon.
Next step, blue sticky goo.
Stay tuned.
So I'm done with 9 of the 14 steps I'll take to paint the finished helmet:
I made a paper visor template to get an idea of exactly what it will look like when I've got the whole thing put together. The final visor will be gold:
I've also decided that I don't need to keep painting the prototype and I'll be making molds soon.
Next step, blue sticky goo.
Stay tuned.
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BloodCovenant
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Every time I check the progress on this thread I am simply more and more amazed at the detail. And all this from some paper cut outs! That's the clincher.
Every time I check the progress on this thread I am simply more and more amazed at the detail. And all this from some paper cut outs! That's the clincher.
MjolnirArmor
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best pep helm I've seen since MLGs (is that his name?)
Glad people are exploring this method, makes for better and better halo props.
best pep helm I've seen since MLGs (is that his name?)
Glad people are exploring this method, makes for better and better halo props.
FON
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Well all I can say is, that is absolutely beautiful! Talk about a great way of making game props. I had seen this done before, but never the finished product. I'm going to have a go at this myself after seeing yours, thanks for the cool thread Thorssoli!
Take care
Well all I can say is, that is absolutely beautiful! Talk about a great way of making game props. I had seen this done before, but never the finished product. I'm going to have a go at this myself after seeing yours, thanks for the cool thread Thorssoli!
Take care
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Great job.
a very clean looking helmet.
Great job.
a very clean looking helmet.
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I finally came up with a visor concept that I think faithfully replicates the look I'm going for:
Essentially, it's a gold-tint motorcycle face shield with a .015" thick, clear styrene cutout laid over the top of it. I think it looks the part:
I finally came up with a visor concept that I think faithfully replicates the look I'm going for:
Essentially, it's a gold-tint motorcycle face shield with a .015" thick, clear styrene cutout laid over the top of it. I think it looks the part:
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