Rosh's halo reach EVA helmet

[rosh]

Hi RPF, I've been a member here for a long time, but I've never made a thread about one of my builds, so here goes: this is my nearly complete EVA helmet from halo reach- it was a helmet that I had never seen done adequately before, so I chose it, instead of an easier helmet. I started with pep, I'm sorry but I forgot who's file it was that got used.

i went to to work with bondo and apoxie sculpt, using reference pictures to correct both my own mistakes, and minor inaccuracies in the pep file itself. Using some cheapo needle files I started scribing in the inset details on the visor- I have no experience vacuforming, but from what I've read those lines should (hopefully) show through to the finished visor.

I didn't like the way the cheek boxes looked, so I cut them off, and made some new ones out of a no parking sign- my version came out slightly larger than the ones in game, but I felt that they looked more halo-ey.

After more sanding, I started to make the circular details on the ears of the helmet from apoxie sculpt

a little more sanding, some primer and a drill bit used by hand finished off the ears

some more sanding, glazing putty, epoxy and priming led me to this, the final result:

theres still a few defects I noticed because of that picture- I'll get them stitched up directly.

this week the plan is to start making a modest vac table, and cutting the helmet into pieces so it can fit over a humans head. Updates to come, thanks for reading.

 

[ironmanpreston]

that's looking really nice. can't wait to see the finished work.

 

[Gossoon]

This is looking great! Love the detailing you've done. Fantastic work.

 

[rosh]

I made some more progress here, I textured the rubber areas of the helmet with some textured paint and plastidip to create a 'rhino liner' type texture

I then cut the back off the helmet to ensure that it would fit over my head, it does. Magnets are placed into the cutoff areas so it will clip in and is easily removed.

next was the moment of truth: cutting the visor out to prepare for vacuforming. It was a little touch and go, but was a success in the end.

this allowed me opportunities to test the fit of the items in a less conventional manner...

im currently out in the shop building my vacuum rig, I'll post some pics of it when it's done.
Thanks for reading.

 

[The Armorer]

You must do a tutorial, because THAT HELMET IS AMAZING :O

 

[rosh]

Visors all formed up! Almost done now, need to fill a few gaps and make the helmet attachment and I'm good to go!

 

[drjag]

Neat! EVA has always been my favorite out of all of the other helmets. What tint are you using for the visor?

 

[rosh]

All I am using is a krylon gold metallic, and krylon looking glass behind it, it was a totally lucky combo for me, as Emile's visor isn't quite as mirror reflective as a lot of other Spartans. Here's an example:

And heres me to compare:

im happy with it, I still have some work to do, I think I'll make the skull from a vinyl decal so I can remove it later (it's not my favorite aspect of the costume).
Thanks for looking, I'll update when I move forward.

 

[keyes]

wow,look awesome man.i love it

 

[Dragonmaster525]

How's the visibility?

 

[rosh]

Surprisingly good actually- like all homemade chromed visors there are light conditions that show my face, and some that blind me with my own reflection. Overall though, it is better than would be expected based on the opacity of the visor from the outside.