FemShep N7 Armor, Valkyrie Rifle, + Omniblade (Mass Effect 3)

[Nwerke]

I'm not really into costuming, either. I like building the stuff, but wearing it? The whole time I'm pretty much waiting to gtfo. A few people thrive off the attention enough to distract themselves from the discomfort. Not for one second do I forget that I'd rather be wearing street clothes.

I've done it a grand total of once, haha. Never again if I can help it. :lol

Now that I have this made, my goal is to find excuses to travel and do photoshoots. What drew me into Mass Effect was the planet - hopping. Reading the info about a planet, and then wondering around on it to see what the landscape looked like was about my pace, haha.

I did a lot of that. I was addicted to the planet write-ups, particularly. I caught one or two science flubs but they're mostly pretty good and the writers often threw in some really nice sci-fi touches - like that one gas giant with the huge unknown structures inside it which nobody has ever been able to investigate.

If you like that stuff, get a load of this real life version, just discovered by the Kepler team. Elcor homeworld! Well, a bit warm for that, probably:

'Godzilla' Earth discovered by NASA weighs 17 times more than our planet - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

[thevitamink]

i used a product from smooth on called brush on 60(?) to mold my wrex head good for vertical surfaces .Brush-On® Series Urethane Rubber Product Information | Smooth-On

in the future it might be something useful for that pink shoulder part

 

[sandbagger]

I am in awe. I really can't say anything, I'm too overwhelmed with awe at your skill!

SB

 

[Izhari]

Wanted to leave you a note saying that while I started my Femshep build before I found yours, seeing your massive dedication and amount of time and love youve put into yours has made me start mine over with a new outlook on it. There's tons of things I'd never have thought of in this thread, let alone your Flickr, so I just wanted to pop in and give you a big thank you for not only being awesome, but being a huge inspiration. You go girl!

 

[Gee2]

I recently got the bug to do a Mass Effect suit, and after reading through many of the builds yours is the standard by which to work. Bravo!

 

[Freya Willia]

Wanted to leave you a note saying that while I started my Femshep build before I found yours, seeing your massive dedication and amount of time and love youve put into yours has made me start mine over with a new outlook on it. There's tons of things I'd never have thought of in this thread, let alone your Flickr, so I just wanted to pop in and give you a big thank you for not only being awesome, but being a huge inspiration. You go girl!

I recently got the bug to do a Mass Effect suit, and after reading through many of the builds yours is the standard by which to work. Bravo!

Thank you both!

Here are a few more pictures, these were also taken of me at Animazement.









I did not get any of the omniblade or the visor, so those photo opportunities are still on the horizon!

 

[Nessy]

Love the pictures!

 

[alessandra]

Your armor is amazing! I will literally never get tired of looking at photos of it and your build!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Featured on Gamespot! http://www.gamespot.com/articles/this-mass-effect-femshep-cosplay-is-ridiculously-g/1100-6425642/

 

[solacecomics]

Re: FemShep n7 Armor: SYNTHESIS (ME3)

excuse me but do you still have the pep files for this armor, i have been searching nonstop for the files and cant seem to find any, if you can send them my way i would greatly appreciate it, thank you

 

[Raphaella]

files here :

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=186674

 

[Jimble]

Re: FemShep n7 Armor: SYNTHESIS (ME3)

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Here it is - keep in mind this was designed to be printed on dark gray spandex. Some darkening/contrast adjustment will probably be needed if the fabric printing service only uses white spandex. Also, beware, it can come out very blue-tinted on white, depending on your printing service:

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Creds are appreciated, feel free to use it.



That's what I hope to do, and I want to clarify for everyone - I'm certainly *willing* to explain, especially to anyone else making a Femshep costume.

For now I am not as busy, the semester is still kinda starting.

Also going to recap some things I already did in August:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8425/7686889590_f2534a47dc.jpg


I followed an online body suit tutorial for this, it was my first time sewing spandex. Most of my costumes have been woven fabric until Shep.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7741922968_4cb0b6e670.jpg

Most of my small details will be vac-formed, using apoxie sculpt there.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8292/7842385018_76bdd50c18.jpg


There you can see some of the small finger pieces I started cutting out of the vac-formed styrene. Also made templates for the omniblade (clear because the bright orange acrylic I will use for the final version is expensive, and I've never tried heat-forming by hand, so that will be a learning experience). The pixel texture is an experiment at this point, may or may not get used in the final version. If it does, it will be less noticeable from a distance.

The attachments aren't workin

 

[Plokiju]

I realize this thread is old, but awesome doesn't have an expiration date. Truly inspiring, thanks for sharing this with us.

The word 'FemShep', or specifically identifying a character as female, has always sounded odd to me... I've played through the ME trilogy a dozen times without once choosing a male Shepard. The martial aspects of the game are not as interesting to me as the interactions with NPCs, learning new bits of in-universe lore, and making decisions that have consequences... I suppose I could do all of those things as a male Shepard, but I've never even made it all the way through character creation as a male Shep without deciding everything was too over-the-top macho.

 

[PlagueMedic]

It seems like the link for the spandex design does not work, could someone link me to where it is? Or give me a direct link? Im currently working on a Shep build.