This thread is to show what a build process is like for a noob with a very tight deadline.

I am a 19 year old college student that has no prior experience in pep work, resin, bondo, prop painting, etc. I've done a few simple costumes out of fabric and leather, but never anything that could have prepared me for this. SO if you fit that kind of description, then these are the results you can expect if you really put your mind and time and energy towards a suit. You may even get better results if you are more skilled than I or have a looser deadline.

I also have a very limited workspace. all I have is a 2.5'x5' table that I pep on in my bedroom and a 2'x2' table I resin on in my back patio. so this can be done in confined space AS LONG AS YOU HAVE AN OUTSIDE/WELL-VENTILATED PLACE TO RESIN, SAND, AND SPRAY PAINT.

__10-7-2011:_____10-22-2011:




Status:
Not started
Pepping
Resining
Padding
Painting
Done



Head
Torso
Waist
Weapon
Under-suit
Front Attachments
Knife
Right Upper Arm
Right Shoulder
Right Forearm
Right Hand
Right Thigh
Right Knee/Shin
Right Foot
Left Upper Arm
Left Shoulder
Left Forearm
Left Forearm Tac Pad
Left Hand
Left Thigh
Left Knee/Shin
Left Foot

So I decided at the end of august (8-2011) that I wanted to build a spartan costume for halloween.

that gave me 2 months and a couple days from start to finish. That may not be a problem for some people, but I have absolutely no experience in pepping, resining, bondoing, etc. I am a crafty person though, and when I have a project, I stick to it.

so after 2-3 days of reading up on various tutorials, I started. (8-25-2011 was when I actually printed my first pep sheet) I made plenty of mistakes starting out. I've now wasted about 2 hours each on 2 different sizes of handplate, 12 hours on an incorrect forearm, and 25+ hours on an incorrect torso. so if you cant handle getting over mistakes and learning from them, dont bother trying a whole suit of armor because you WILL make mistakes.


Anyway, I decided on making a carter armor set from Halo reach since my own halo spartan wears an eva helmet, and I didnt feel comfortable starting out with something that complex.

SO here it is: I have, as of this post (10-7-2001), 3 weeks until the halloween party I will be attending to finish.

I will update as much as I can with my stretched time (I'm also a full-time student) until my armor is done.

Torso:

download link: http://dc112.4shared.com/download/DA...231101-fae20fb

made a not-so-great model first (blue one)
That said, heres a comparison between my old blue one and my new white one.




20ish hours pep








Shoulders

4-6 hours each pep

Right shoulder finished, left shoulder needs upper-arm piece




Legs

Right leg:
Thigh: 6 hours pep
Shin/knee: 12 hours pep

Left leg: Not started



NEW SHIN!



So theres where I'm at with this. I'll either finish pepping my helmet next or just knock the boots out since I have all of the materials for them on hand.

I know the pieces are a little rough and straight-edged, but as I'm on a deadline this will do nicely. At some point in the future, I will spend a long time making a high quality suit for my own spartan.

I also know that 3 weeks doesnt seem like a very long time in which to finish this, but I havent really worked on the suit much for the last 2 weeks and now that I've done one of almost everything on the right side, I can them faster on the left.

I intend to make the armor look "out of the factory" as I can add metallic edge wear at any point after the armor has been painted, but its harder to reverse the process.

any tips on where to get the front attachments would be apreciated, as well as any comments on my armor so far.