Halo 3 Recon helmet

[Belakor]

Hi all, another new guy here, though I've been registered for a while but haven't really had anything to post until now... anyway, since it's getting closer to being finished I thought I'd post some photos of one of my Recon helmet from Halo 3.
Here's the original for those that haven't seen it:


and this is my fiberglass master... the photos are a little old now, I've recently gone back to fix some areas that I wasn't happy with before I start the moulding process, hopefully I'll have some good photos of the finished product soon



Comments, criticism, and questions welcomed

 

[BlindSquirrel]

Nice job! That's a really cool design that I hadn't yet seen.

Thanks for posting them (& welcome to the club!)

 

[Darth Clouds]

:love How soon will it be available?:love

 

[Soundwave]

That looks awesome! I LOVE the design of the Recon helm, second only to the ODST helmet and it looks like you've done a excellent job so far! So were you planning to just make the helmet or will you finish the rest of the armour too?

It's amazing to see how well a helmet you've made considering there aren't that many good reference pics around.

Just out of interest, do you use that helmet 'in-game'? If so, how on earth did you obtain it, I was under the impression it was a pretty exclusive helmet to own.

 

[CTF]

Hello, stranger...

As always, awesome! Can't wait to see it (and the rest ).

Aaron has put a whole lot of work in -- and the results show!

 

[Cookiee Monsta]

Comments, criticism, and questions welcomed

Not another NZ501st member!:rolleyes

 

[RogueSolo]

If you make these available to sell, there'll probably end up being more physical helmets than in-game helmets! :thumbsup

 

[Belakor]

Nice job! That's a really cool design that I hadn't yet seen.

Thanks for posting them (& welcome to the club!)

Thanks for the compliment I spent a while reading about your scratchbuilt armor, it's very cool and was very helpful when planning my own.

:love How soon will it be available?:love

Thanks, hopefully I'll get it moulded this weekend and if I don't screw it up I might sell off a few to cover some of the costs

That looks awesome! I LOVE the design of the Recon helm, second only to the ODST helmet and it looks like you've done a excellent job so far! So were you planning to just make the helmet or will you finish the rest of the armour too?

It's amazing to see how well a helmet you've made considering there aren't that many good reference pics around.

Just out of interest, do you use that helmet 'in-game'? If so, how on earth did you obtain it, I was under the impression it was a pretty exclusive helmet to own.

Thanks The ODST is pretty cool, definitely on high up on my to do list as well as the Security helmet. I'm hoping to have the whole suit done within the next three or four months in time for a Con.

I've just started working on the torso:

and the other parts shouldn't be too far behind.

Finding references was a bit tricky but I managed to download a couple of good Bungie videos to my 360 and just went through them looking for good angles... I find the best chest reference shots are of the dead bodies :lol

Sadly no, I don't have it in-game It would be awesome to have (since the Recon is my favorite perm) but it sounds like it's pretty hard to do something that Bungie deems worthy of the armor... a few people have suggested I send them one of my painted pulls but I'm not sure how wise that'd be.

Hello, stranger...

As always, awesome! Can't wait to see it (and the rest ).

Aaron has put a whole lot of work in -- and the results show!

Hopefully I'll get it all done in time to bring down in a few months, should be a good first troop in this armor

If you make these available to sell, there'll probably end up being more physical helmets than in-game helmets! :thumbsup

Yeah, it probably wouldn't be too hard to create more physical helmets than in-game ones it might also help reduce the threats from people about sending armies of ninjas to steal mine :lol


I should have some decent progress to report over the next week, just need to wait for the resin to cure before I can start tidying up the torso... stay tuned

 

[Boba Frett]

Don't know too much about Halo 3 helmets, but that looks very nice :thumbsup

 

[oculus1857]

Whoa!! Excellent work! The peripheral vision has to suck, but the look and work is off the chart.

Oh, and that ODST armor is something I'd like to see done to. All these Spartan and Master Chiefs running around here. MC needs some Marine friends at cons and parades people! :lol

 

[MjolnirArmor]

vision has got to be better than the stormtrooper helmets (specially beer goggle FX ones)

love it so far. I wouldn't mind trading you a CQB for one of those babies when you're done.

 

[Belakor]

Forgive the massive bump of this thread, just thought I should finish it off properly by adding some pics of the finished piece


This is what the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 should have looked like :lol

I changed the plans about half way through the build and went with a matte black finish, I thought it looked cooler and was more unique than a regular OD finish (plus it was cheaper).
I also found out not long before the deadline that the Weta Warthog was going to be at the convention in April so I decided to step things up and try to get the full suit finished in time. Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish as much of the suit as I would have liked but it still came out pretty well and was quite popular with the attendees


Currently on the workbench (at various stages of construction) are, from left to right:

Security, Mark VI, Mark V (Halo 1), Recon, EOD, and the Halo 3 ODST. I've got a CQB as well but that's looking pretty sad right now.
Most of those are on hold until I finish of my Mark I Iron Man helmet

 

[oldman808]

WOW! :love
Terrific work on the helmet. I would love to own one of those.

Aloha:thumbsup

 

[Soundwave]

Looks wicked!! I love the photos next to the Warthog!! That must've been cool to see as well!!

 

[The Stig]

Wow!
Very nice helmet. I see that ODST on your bench though...
Can't wait to see that baby come to life.

 

[obiwan2]

thumbsup

 

[Belakor]

Thanks everyone

Looks wicked!! I love the photos next to the Warthog!! That must've been cool to see as well!!

The Warthog was unbelievably cool to see up close, I must have spent three hours or so over the weekend staring at it/taking photos and talking to the Weta crew

I've got a few photos of it here for anyone interested:
Warthog Reference

Wow!
Very nice helmet. I see that ODST on your bench though...
Can't wait to see that baby come to life.

The helmet might be a way off but I'm working on the ODST armor as I type this

Still really early in the build but it's coming together pretty well, should be done with the torso in a couple of weeks.

 

[mikeycrain47]

started making recon that I can haz out of foam last night. 3 hours in I have the dome done, thanks to your pep files. Nice work.

 

[Sly]

Nice work!! Now you just need a body suit to go with that helmet

 

[Sigma-LS]

Nice work!! Now you just need a body suit to go with that helmet

The guy above you necroed the topic. Belakor has a nice full suit. If you've seen the pictures of the guy in recon armor next to the Weta hog from the display at Armageddon Expo, that's him.