Spartan 94 W.I.P. - 405th Infantry Division

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mitch35542

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Spartan 94 W.I.P.

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03-27-2011, 01:38 AM

[Most Recent Helmet Photo]

Note: The armor on this page has been redone or is being redone. To view the armor as it is now view the latest page or go to page 3 near the bottom where I start redoing the armor. If I could I would redo the whole thread to get rid of the crappy bits of armor but sadly I can't.

Hello all my friends, I thought it was time to show my Spartan armor build since more has been accomplished. To be precise its Spartan 94, I'm implementing my Spartan into the Halo universe with a backstory! [Backstory coming soon] Well anyways here is my build so far.

Recon Helmet = Pepped and partially glassed

Cod piece = Pepped and partially glassed

Right shoulder = Pepped

My build will consist of these pieces. Recon helmet, right Mark VI shoulder, left Security shoulder, Mark VI chest, and the rest are standard Mark VI pieces.

Right now I'm working on the chest, I printed out the pieces and cut out the neck parts to see if it would fit or not. The chest will fit, but I won't be able to put my head through the neck hole since its small but the rest is perfect. Any ideas on making it fit, either trimming or making it so I put something together to put it on?

Last edited by mitch35542; 11-07-2011, 11:37 AM. Reason: Fixing up the front page
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LongShot-X

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#2

03-27-2011, 02:14 AM

Greetings Mitch.

Since every thing is a perfect fit, then we don't want to have to mess with resizing anything... Therefore, there are a few options available:
1 - Cut out a wider opening, but only as wide as nessessary and hopefully not wider that it cuts into the shoulder boxes.
2 - Split the torso. This is what I did for mine. But I also had to deal with how to join them back together... quite a pain when compared to option 1.

Good luck with your build!

Last edited by LongShot-X; 03-27-2011, 02:15 AM. Reason: typo
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HaloGoddess

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#3

03-27-2011, 03:59 AM

Just as LongShot-X pointed out, you can split the torso into a front and back half, MOST if not everyone does this since once the torso becomes hardened, it will not be so easy to slip it over your head like you would for a shirt. So chances are you will need to cut it into a front and back piece AFTER you have fully glassed it. Do not cut it before it is hardened because you will possibly, and probably run into the issue of it not lining up correctly.

If you plan on doing any bondo work to sand and make it smooth, then do that BEFORE you cut the pieces. Otherwise, you can just cut it after you glass it. Hope that helps.
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mitch35542

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03-27-2011, 09:53 AM

Thanks, I never thought about that, I figured most people slipped it on. Well as for updates I will be working more on this chest piece. I'll also be thinking of a cool story for my Spartan, I already have a little bit of it made up. Spartan 94 was fitted with a custom helmet to aid in his primary ability, the sniper rifle. During a mid sized firefight he took injury to his left shoulder, destroying the original shoulder piece. Once he made a recovery he was protective of that shoulder, this interfered with his missions, thus they made him the Security shoulder.
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mitch35542

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03-29-2011, 05:22 PM

!!!UPDATE!!!

Well I have been working slowly on my chest piece since I'm lazy, but I have gotten most of the front completed. So heres a pic of that.

My next updae will be when I finish the front of it, until then feel free to post!
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AbbyWanKenobi

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03-29-2011, 06:11 PM

Yay! Keep it up, Mitch. I'm sure this will turn out great!
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Road Kill

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03-29-2011, 07:20 PM

looks great, keep up the fantastic work =D
btw are you going to use support struts for the chest piece because i have heard that the chest piece as sometimes really flimsy and it doesn't stay in one place so i think that you should put some support struts in just to be safe from warping, well keep up the good work and can't wait to see some more progress =D

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mitch35542

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03-31-2011, 05:21 PM

Well for todays update! I have the front of the chest piece complete and moving onto the back, sadly this thing is pain to take a picture with since the bottom part wants to fold up on me so until I can fix that.... No pictures for you! At least not of that part. So for a question, what do most people do to attach both parts of there chest pieces.
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mitch35542

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04-01-2011, 11:00 PM

Heres a picture of how the chest piece is so far, thought people might like it. Also a friend of mine is thinking about commisioning me for a Halo 2 ODST helmet, I thought $15 sounded good for it. What? Your wandering why so low? It's cause he only wants me to pep it so he can do the glassing and bondo work himself.
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AbbyWanKenobi

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04-02-2011, 12:12 AM

I'd only do pepping on a helmet for 20 bucks... haha. Is he too lazy to do the pepping? Pffffft.
Keep the good work up, Mitch!
On the topic of putting together the chest piece, I've seen people use parachute clips. Velcro could work too. Check out Longshot's build, he has all the perfect references!
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mitch35542

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04-02-2011, 12:53 AM

Originally posted by AbbyWanKenobi View Post

I'd only do pepping on a helmet for 20 bucks... haha. Is he too lazy to do the pepping? Pffffft.
Keep the good work up, Mitch!
On the topic of putting together the chest piece, I've seen people use parachute clips. Velcro could work too. Check out Longshot's build, he has all the perfect references!

Yes, he is a lazy Mexican... No I'm not racist! He really is a Mexican!
Thanks, it sucks how I can't test fit the chest though, I was thinking of long strips of velcro. I'll probably go with that.
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AbbyWanKenobi

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04-02-2011, 10:56 PM

Haha! Yeah, I'll be bummed about not being able to test fit it once I finish my chest piece again, too. The velcro would be a nice cheap way to go about it, not to mention pretty simple! I like making things complicated when it comes to the armor, so I'm going to try some different experiments.
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mitch35542

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04-12-2011, 04:37 PM

Well heres my update after my short hiatus. I have finished pepping the chest piece and plan to start on another piece soon, probably one of the thighs or the forearm.
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Road Kill

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04-12-2011, 05:46 PM

looks great once again =D keep up the good work
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mitch35542

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04-13-2011, 09:51 AM

Thank you, thank you. I would like to think the little blue people. So right now I have chosen to pep the right thigh piece, figured it would be good to work on the legs next. I am also planning on doing the pen across the fold method but I choose the piece that has multiple fold lines in annoying places -_-
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