Wreck'd Studios Metroid prime 3 Varia suit

[Wreckd]

Hey guys I thought I would post this to not only motivate myself to finish this build also because i havent posted in a while lol but this will probably be the fastest build ive ever tackled it will be done it exactly 11 days from today start to finish lol! wish me luck!

Reference shot:

hear is what I knocked out today and yesterday:

started with the chest and cut the detail in before I glued it together

lol plz exscuse my mess!

hear is the back/jetpack

the red one in the pic is my old one I started for a friend that was to small so now im useing it as a template.

the rib part of the chest

thats all for now tomorrow will be both shoulders and maybe the ab plate if I have time! seya!

 

[D00M99]

Daym, 11 days? YOU GOT THIS, I BELIEVE IN YOU XD

I'm actually also planning a costume; Dark Samus from Echoes. I have a question though, how are you planning to do the shoulder bells? I'm still stumped on how to approach that, as I'm also trying to do it as mostly a foam build...how are you doing it?

 

[Deelite]

Looking good. farther that I am, I only have the helmet fiberglassed at this point. A foam build for me as well. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Wreckd]

*Update*

thanks guys^_^

ok so yesterday I managed to knock out both shoulders. I wanted to attach them but I figured it would be easier to paint before mounting them to the chest, so ill do that Monday. trying to get the biceps and arm done today. If there is enough time ill knock out the cannon as well!

this is the top middle section of the shoulders I it took an hour to shape all 4 of them but boy was it a pain!

top shoulder fins

almost done

fins attached

ok not mounted but hear are some complete shots

thats all for now ill have more update in the am. seya!

 

[animefan]

incredible, this will be epic when done

 

[nick daring]

Beautiful work!

What technique did you use to dome the round shoulder pieces? Looks nice and even.

Nick

 

[D00M99]

What technique did you use to dome the round shoulder pieces? Looks nice and even.
Nick

Seems like he heat formed EVA foam over something...

My question to Wreck'd though is what did you heat form it over? And how did you engrave such clean circles into the shoulder bells?

Other then that brilliant work!

 

[Wreckd]

Seems like he heat formed EVA foam over something...

My question to Wreck'd though is what did you heat form it over? And how did you engrave such clean circles into the shoulder bells?

Other then that brilliant work!

well actually to answer both of your questions lol i free formed it by hand. I would imagine you could use a bowl or something of the sort.

Also the circle is made with a dremel sanding drum ill post a link to my tutorial later on when i update .


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[D00M99]

well actually to answer both of your questions lol i free formed it by hand. I would imagine you could use a bowl or something of the sort.

By hand? Wow very nice~

And I'll try the bowl method before I head out and buy a beach ball ^_^;;

 

[Wes R]

Very nice. That's a lot of foam. At least if you wear it in the fall you'll stay warm.

 

[Wreckd]

*Update*

sorry guys things got a little to busy yesterday so I didint get to post but hear is a link to my other build thread with the tutorial on how to make the circles.

Spartan 4 foam armor build (PIC HEAVY)

in other news I finished both biceps and started working on the detail for the cannon
ive actually started on the cannon a while ago it just needs to me modified a bit in order to look game accurate.

I also test fitted the helmet yesterday and my buddy Hyper Is helping me build it! so I mounted the shoulders on the chest last night ill have pictures of that later on.
but thats it for now. trying to actually be done with everything by Tuesday and give myself 3 days for paint. lol seya!

 

[D00M99]

Ho dayum. Your Halo 4 suit is brilliant, especially the circle textures.

Post that up here sometime? :3

And I'm wondering what adhesive are you using for this? It LOOKS like hot glue but doesn't that come off?... o_o

 

[D00M99]

Oh and I forgot to ask how is the helmet being built? Or maybe a link to a thread of the helmet WIP?...I dunno, just curious~

 

[Wreckd]

*Update*

Ho dayum. Your Halo 4 suit is brilliant, especially the circle textures.

Post that up here sometime? :3

And I'm wondering what adhesive are you using for this? It LOOKS like hot glue but doesn't that come off?... o_o

The adhesive is hot glue and it it holds vary well.

*UPDATE*

Ok so the upper half of the suit is complete. I dont have a full shot yet but I will produce one soon.

but hear is just cannon detail I knocked out yesterday

Im a little annoyed that there is that much detail on the bottom of the cannon -__-... oh well....

But hear is what you have all been waiting for! (BTW HYPERBALISTIC made this)

all thats left to do is cut in the details and little more smoothing but it will be done! Im going to try and start painting today on the armor as well as knockout the lower half in the next 2 days lol.

well that's all for now seya!

 

[EyeofSauron]

wtf how do you get those details on foam?

 

[The Ronin]

Holy balls this is awesome. Your forming and detailing are just nuts!

 

[Shades]

Wow.

I think we need to have a competition for most skilled foam builder. It has to be between you and Wondersquid. I am amazed.

 

[booksandcorsets]

#envy

Looking AWESOME. I love the amount of detail you are packing into this!

 

[wondersquid]

I think we need to have a competition for most skilled foam builder. It has to be between you and Wondersquid. I am amazed.

I might have to hand my crown over shades, this is some crazy awesome stuff! I love the sanding drum texture trick Wreckd, very cool idea and I think I met you at comikaze because your spartan build looks very familiar.

keep up the amazing work, I think I'm gonna be watching you very closely now!

 

[Berserk]

that's incredible work, how did you make the lines burn so neatly?