Aliens Colonial Marine Scratch Build updated 12/02/2015

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Hi guys its been a while and im a good ways through this build and most of you would have seen pics ive posted on the facebook page but thought i would start a build thread for it , So ill try and take you threw the build to where i am at the moment.

It started a while back when i made the pulse rifle i had seen Stealth build his from poster board and as ive always wanted one i thought i would give it ago my self so started out the build using sintra ( or foamex here in the uk) here are some build pics










i used an AK47 toy gun as the base for the grip as i wanted to use the lights and sound from it and i could not find a Thompson toy gun, The lights and sounds never turned out that well i i also didnt like the color so i cut it apart and rebuilt it adding movie sounds using a small sound board from adafruit and also added a working ammo counter here a pic of it finished and some videos of it in action

happy with that i moved onto the armor again using sintra for the build it is hard and allows you too heat it up and bend it heres some armor pics

 

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i then went about making extras like the shoulder lamp amd a head set





I made the head set because i wasnt going to make a helmet but then a friend talked me into it so i started work on the helmet.

 

[warrenhouck]

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Nice build man, good choice with the Hudson armor. Def a fan favorite

 

[Demolition]

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I then made a few more extras in the form of the knotted para cord that hudson wears and some grenades which was made from glue sticks painted silver.


Now it was on to the motion tracker i made this from an old drill and scrap parts and used the app on my phone for the screen.

So that lastest piece ive finished is the leg armor just that back,belly and cod to do.

 

[wildething]

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brilliant work. are you aware of the UKCM? we are on the Aliens legacy http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewforum.php?f=11

 

[retrogarde]

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Very, very cool man!

 

[mattrendar]

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Very nice do you have a build thread for the working motion tracker ? Awesome work

 

[Andyrowlands62]

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Very nice work. How much did it cost you to make the body armour?

 

[Demolition]

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Very nice do you have a build thread for the working motion tracker ? Awesome work

no but was a really easy built its the body from an old rotary hammer drill some old transformers from xmas lights and some paint and tubing i made the box on the side to house my old iphone 4 and have the motion tracker app running on it, i put the whole thing together in one night

 

[Demolition]

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Very nice work. How much did it cost you to make the body armour?

not much just the price of the paint and a tube of superglue the most expensive part was the webbing and buckles, i have stacks of old sintra signs from work so all in all i would say the whole armor set has cost me about £50, The expensive part coming after with the BDU's and boots and electronics for the gun, The armor was the cheapest thing to make as i already had most of the stuff here.

 

[gothic]

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great suit build, and the pulse rifle and motion tracker are cool with the sound effects

 

[Andyrowlands62]

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Even better that it didn't cost the earth Would you be interested in a commission to build me a set of body armour? If you'd prefer to respond privately, you can email me on amr26@blueyonder.co.uk

 

[obiwan kowalski]

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Very nice. I have been tinkering with a similar homemade racal headset.

 

[bigbisont]

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All this stuff is very creative, but that armor is just awesome. Very well done.

 

[Demolition]

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Thanks guys ive now just finished my ME3 Hand Held Welding Torch to hang of my belt

 

[nomuse]

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Wow. Amazing to see all of this, and on that kind of a budget.

 

[Spoons]

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That's looks fantastic!

 

[jaeflash]

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Very awesome! What did you use for a pattern for the armor? I've got a few sheets of Sintra lying around from working on custom Mandalorians, and I've been wanting to do a CM for ages.

 

[Demolition]

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Very awesome! What did you use for a pattern for the armor? I've got a few sheets of Sintra lying around from working on custom Mandalorians, and I've been wanting to do a CM for ages.

I converted and adapted some pepakura files i found online

 

[sonofagun]

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F___IN' A!

Now all you need is a deck of cards!