-WIP- Mr. Rouseau's Themed Reach Build [Pic Heavy]

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07-28-2012, 03:50 AM
I'm still not to the big reveal yet so if you want to know the theme, you have to guess.
I'll give hints in every update until it's just painfully obvious.

Armor Progress:
Helmet: Rondo'd

Chest: Pepped

Biceps: 1 Pepped / 1 Printed

Shoulders: Both Pepped

Forearms: 1 Pepped

Hand Plates: 1 Pepped

Cod:

Thighs:

Knees:

Shins:

Boots:

Undersuit:

Weapon Progress:
Pistol: Pepped

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After spending quite a bit of time looking at the available models and weighing my options, I think I've decided on an interesting direction for my build.

What direction is that? Well... It's a secret to everyone.
Despite my lethargy, I think I've been making pretty good time.
Here's what I have so far:

I've removed the pictures of the N6 helm progress shots since I'm going recon but here's my chest piece, L3X BLU3R1V3R's Reach Torso.

It began modestly enough... As has been mentioned by other members, there are a few problems with pieces overlapping themselves and whatnot but this isn't exactly my first rodeo.

Fast forward a day or so and you've got this. This is right after I finished it so it's a little uneven in places but that's an easy fix. Also, I put the whole thing together for resining but I'm planning on cutting a few bits off once that's done.

Oh, I've got plans.
Stay tuned. I'll probably take the weekend off but you never know.
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07-30-2012, 10:42 AM

A quick update:

While I did take the weekend off from building armor, the urge to build something eventually became overwhelming.
For that reason, I spent my Sunday crafting what will be this suit's designated sidearm.

I'm still not giving anything away but this should be a good hint for those who recognize it:

The hard part about making this was that there was no model available past what amounted to a rectangle box with a texture slapped on.
After what seemed like ages spent mucking about in Blender, I had a workable .obj file to import to Pepakura.
It wasn't pretty and it's going to need a lot of work to make it look less... wonky. I managed, though.

A little TLC and I think I can make this look pretty good.
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08-01-2012, 11:44 PM

Another update for the unconcerned masses!

I've finished gluing up one of the biceps.
Here it is in all its glory:

It's the HALO 4 Mk VII bicep by L3X BLU3R1V3R.
As with the chest of his, there were a few wonky bits in the unfold but I can't argue with the level of detail.

I should be able to finish the other one up tomorrow afternoon, time willing.
Also, I hope to get more than just the helmet resined soon. I just need a few days where the temperature is below a hundred and I'll be in business. Tough luck there...

Really, I'd like to have the other bicep and the shoulders pepped and ready to go before, say, the sixth since I have a straight week of work in Texas starting then. We'll see what happens.

Oh... And no hints this time.
Sorry.
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08-01-2012, 11:53 PM

Your peping is impeccable, great job, can't wait to see more progress.
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08-02-2012, 12:03 AM

hi what pepakura file did you use for the chest peice?
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08-02-2012, 12:12 AM

Originally posted by tac2002 View Post

What Pepakura file did you use for the chest piece?

It's L3X BLU3R1V3R's Reach Torso. You can find it in L3X's File Database.
For future reference, I'm also going to be using his Security Shoulder V2 with this suit.
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08-02-2012, 11:34 AM

Great build, planning on using L3X's file for the chest for my noble six build (don't have a thread started yet). Good luck on your build!
Seth
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Mr. Rouseau

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08-03-2012, 12:50 AM

You know...

I was totally going to do the other bicep but mentioning the shoulder made me wonder how hard that would be to build... so I built one. Again, this is L3X BLU3R1V3R's Security Shoulder V2:

This one only had a couple of wonky shapes and not nearly as many tiny triangles so it ended up taking about the same amount of time to build as one of the biceps (granted, it's nearly three times as many pages). Here's a picture of the bicep and shoulder next to the chest so you can see how they've scaled:

All in all, I'd say it's going pretty well.
Oh... and you can take this as another hint as to what the theme of the build might be:
Big shoulders. They're important.
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08-04-2012, 02:16 PM

Oh... So both shoulders are done now:

But I'm debating what to do for the helmet. See... I'm not sure Mk V (B) is really the way to go for this build. Right now, I'm considering either a Recon or the standard SPARTAN IV (or the Daemon since that looks cool) and I'm leaning towards the IV since I already have the HALO 4 biceps and since I will be wearing this at the midnight for that game.

I know a lot of people think the new helmets are ugly but they're probably the same sort of people that think every Pokémon after gen 1 is stupid (or gen 2 if they grew up with that or gen 3 if they grew up with that or etc, etc, etc.) Personally, I like the new look. It seems like there's some new tech in there. That and they look a little more manly.

Then again, visibility goes down the further I move in that direction. And the Recon would probably be better overall for recognizability. So...

Any thoughts on that?
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08-04-2012, 07:06 PM

Your pepping is amazing. Clean, precise, beautiful.

As for the helmet, I'd say recon would look nice, but in the end that's entirely up to YOUR taste ;-)
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08-06-2012, 07:02 AM

Recon it is, then. I went with Rhinoc's version.

You might notice my one edit to the design: a slight U shaped dip at the bottom of the visor. That should give you a little bit better idea of what the secret theme is... maybe.

I'm going to try to finish the rest of the arms in the next week (when I'm not working) but we'll see how that goes. If I get that done, I'm going to start resining/bondoing all the from-the-waist-up parts when I get home.

Oh... I do have one shot to show scale. It's before I had finished the helmet and it sits a little high (because it's held up with a very non-adjustable guitar stand) but you should get the idea.

More as soon as I get around to it.
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08-06-2012, 08:49 AM

REALLY GOOD JOB!!! I don't know your evil scheme is (lol) but whatever it is it's working! I only have one itsy bitsy q... How did you figure the scaling on the torso piece? I'm planning on making a N6 and the thought of scaling that thing is giving me nightmares (no litterly I see improper sized paper models attacking me lol). So I just had to ask. And one last thing (audience moans) Very nice CLEAN pep work! Can't wait to see it all done!

Seth
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ZMX

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#13

08-06-2012, 10:41 AM

To me, anything that has a visor looking more or less like a T screams of Storm/Clone troopers of Mandalorians.

But that may be just the star wars fanboy in me.

Anyhow, your helmet is looking very good!
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08-06-2012, 04:01 PM

Awesome looking pep.
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Mr. Rouseau

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08-06-2012, 04:13 PM

I'm making this post from the road but I'll suppliment it with some crude drawings as soon as I get to where I'm going. Promise.

Originally posted by Seth_Knight_of_New_Wales View Post

How did you figure the scaling on the torso piece?

I found some reference pictures of Spartans in the game and toys that had the same chest and took note of where the widest part of the pdo model sat in relation to the character's body. Then, I measured the same area on my body and scaled the model to that width.

In this case, it was relative to the shoulders. Granted this model has a tiny neck hole, I plan on cutting it off and making a custom neck lock out of foam later. There will be a split and some sort of connection between the pieces, etc, etc, etc. It's to be expected. No big deal there.

Originally posted by ZMX View Post

To me, anything that has a visor looking more or less like a T screams of Storm/Clone troopers of Mandalorians.

I can see how you might think that. Close but no cigar.
I'm sure there are some other characters with a similar visor.
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