Halo UNSC Weapons By Justinian

[JUSTINIAN]

For a while, I have been wanting to make all of the weapons (or at least most of them) from the UNSC arsenal. To help keep things less cluttered I will use this thread for all of them. The first few posts will be reserved for the final of each weapon. I will be making them all from scratch and accurate to the highest detail possible.

Enjoy the ride...

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for MA5C Assault Rifle.

Progress starts on page 1. Finished on Page 3

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for Pistol.

Progress starts on page 4

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for BR55 Battle Rifle.

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for Shotgun.

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for Sniper Rifle.

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for SMG

Progress starts on page 7.

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for Rocket Launcher.

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Reserved for Spartan Laser.

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Flamethrower starts on page 6

 

[JUSTINIAN]

The first weapon I will make is the MA5C Assault Rifle. The Halo 3 version.

I started out with a pep file as a reference.

I thought that it wasn't quite accurate enough, and I also wasn't satisfied with any of the other blueprint drawing. So I made my own.

It is the most accurate one out there now. I made this strait from a game reference image, so it is 100% accurate.

I have finally had the time to start cutting out the parts. Here is the main body and the butt.

I have already routed the edges on those parts. I will cut the rest out tomorrow, and hopefully get it done in time for Dragon Con.

 

[Zorlord]

what material are you using? Foam?

 

[OdiWan72]

looks like layered sintra/ forex

Markus

 

[JUSTINIAN]

This is just foam. I needed something quick for Dragon Con.

Here is everything all cut out, and routed.

I also got an electronics kit, thanks to thatdecade and jlhr2.

I built each section.

Here it is all painted and electronics installed.

I built and finished this all today. Off to Dragon Con now.

 

[JUSTINIAN]

So the foam wasn't as great as I had hoped. The paint is cracking, it bends to easily, etc. It's still pretty good, but I want it perfect....

So I am remaking it out of plastic and going to make a mold. It will be laser cut out of clear acrylic, and layered together.

I started cutting out the parts the other day. Here is the main section put together.

Yesterday I started on the butt.
Here it is put together, and with some bondo to fill in som gaps.

Here it is sanded smooth.

Later today I will work on finishing up the butt, and add the details. Once I get some major progress done I will put it in some primer, and the details will show up better.

 

[Shade88]

You had me at Mk V MJOLNIR suit, lol. Looks great, but that is what I expect from your builds.

 

[L05T V1K1N6]

THAT'S AMAZING! You, sir, are seriously awesome at making UNSC guns.

 

[Carpathia]

I wish I still had access to a laser cutter. It makes quick work of cutting out repetitive detail pieces. Great work as always Justinian!

 

[Tarchinoko]

were these foam parts cut out using a machine? and how did you do all those tiny detail lines its amazingly clean!

 

[JUSTINIAN]

Thank you guys for the comments. I really appreciate them.

were these foam parts cut out using a machine? and how did you do all those tiny detail lines its amazingly clean!

The foam was cut out on a laser, and the detail was laser etched into the foam. I went back with a soldering iron on a few spots, and that worked pretty well also.

I made some pretty good progress last night, and should have an update later today.