Master Chief......... Goes STEAM PUNK
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Looking interesting. Now the suit should be metal, and leather and chain maille, would be an interesting mix, I guess.
Darklighter
Sr Member
I like the idea a lot however this attempt seems to be the usual, paint it brass and add some leather technique to making things "steam punk" Looks like the oxygen delivery system is the only thing that has been adapted. Everything else, in terms of function seems to be add a tube here and a pipe there pointless type of style seen a lot recently.
Given that the abilities of such a futuristic helmet as Master Chief's, I think a lot more could be done. Maybe different visors could be set on top and "geared" down for different visual conditions (see any steampunk monocle) or even an imagined boiler to provide power to the helmet. or some kind of victorian air filter system. The novelty of steampunk in my eyes revolves around the adaptation of current or even future technology as if it had been created a couple hundred years ago, not just gluing pipes and gears everywhere.
This is all off the top of my head.... I just think someone could to LOADS better than the current example. :cool
Given that the abilities of such a futuristic helmet as Master Chief's, I think a lot more could be done. Maybe different visors could be set on top and "geared" down for different visual conditions (see any steampunk monocle) or even an imagined boiler to provide power to the helmet. or some kind of victorian air filter system. The novelty of steampunk in my eyes revolves around the adaptation of current or even future technology as if it had been created a couple hundred years ago, not just gluing pipes and gears everywhere.
This is all off the top of my head.... I just think someone could to LOADS better than the current example. :cool
Jedi2016
Sr Member
That was my thought, too.. good idea, poor execution. This is just a normal Spartan helmet with some cheap tubing strapped onto it. I've seen much better.
SupMyNerfHerder
Active Member
My biggest beef with the steampunk movement (and much of conventional Sci-Fi's hand-heald weapons, ships, and costumes) is the fact that prop makers dress up gear with EXPOSED tubes, conduits, cables, coils & wires - ESPECIALY on items designed for heavy combat. It makes no sense on any level. Might as well turn the Reveal Vader Helmet inside out and you'd get the same result - or just keep the Millenium Falcon the way it is, lol. Not to mention the X-wing fighter, which has a SUPER-VULNERABLE "open wound" behind the cockpit with exposed guts and organs, so much so that it needs an R2 unit to constantly adjust, protect, and repair it during combat flights... Uh-huh... :rolleyes
Don't get me wrong - I love the execution and ecclectic composition of steampunk's glass, brass, rivets, gauges, dials, copper, leather, & wood, but the novelty ends there for me, because of the impracticality and fragility.
Bottom line, get me in close quarter combat with this steamy Master Chief with nothing but a Victorinox pocket knife. Then *SNIP* *SNIP* and he's toast in under a minute... :lol
Dan
Don't get me wrong - I love the execution and ecclectic composition of steampunk's glass, brass, rivets, gauges, dials, copper, leather, & wood, but the novelty ends there for me, because of the impracticality and fragility.
Bottom line, get me in close quarter combat with this steamy Master Chief with nothing but a Victorinox pocket knife. Then *SNIP* *SNIP* and he's toast in under a minute... :lol
Dan
