SuprWeenieHutJr
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Hey Guys,
It has always been a dream of mine to build a halo suit but I've never had the resources to do so, now I do, and with the help of this site I'm hoping to make a solid first entry.
I'm at school right now decently far from home which gives me some challenges, I can only pep at school and have to do anything more than that at home. Because of that I will most likely be done with all of the pepping before I make it to the fiberglassing/bondo/painting stage. The only time I've had to do anything beyond pep work is Thanksgiving break, so there are very few pics of that.
I didn't plan on sharing pics of my build, so I will admit the pictures I do have are somewhat random (mostly just pics I took to keep track of the scaling and to make sure it was correct).
If you have any advice, or criticism, I'd love to hear it. It is my first attempt so I'm not expecting it to be perfect, but damnit I'm trying. Here are the pics thus far.
First piece I finished, turned out a little rough but the sizing seemed correct.
Didn't document the shoulder build very much, this is the only pic I had of it pepped, and the helmet about halfway done.
Slightly better pic of the helmet
Helmet finished (I apologize for bad lighting, finished it at about 5am)
Also to note what looks like tears around the opening, I had to make cuts in order to allow it to fit on my head.
The scaling (at least to me) seems to be about as good as I could get it for the helmet.
The shoulder, first and only piece I have ready for paint right now. It's not perfect but I'm still very happy with it for the first piece.
I fiberglassed the inside, and then poured rondo on the outside to make it more durable, and smooth out some of the rougher parts. After failing miserably trying to use regular bondo on the bicep portion, rondo turned out to be way easier, although slightly wasteful.
Same method with the helmet, although I did not finish the fiberglassing on the inside. It was pretty sturdy with the bit I had done so I jumped to rondo, figured I would go back and finish the fiberglassing after.
The rondo left the top of the helmet with the ridges of the pepping still showing, so I had to go back with regular bondo to smooth it out. Here is the most recent progress pic of it. I did this over Thanksgiving break but had to go back to school before I could finish more of it.
Post-Thanksgiving Break
Since I can only pep at school, I went on to the torso and cod piece.
*Note: I knew if I put both underarm portions I wouldn't be able to get the chest on anymore, so all of the pictures I have it hasn't been built yet.
And the back view. Once again, lacking the underarm portion on the chest plate makes it look irregular.
Everything I have finished so far. The leg portion sits funny because I am just holding it with my arm and the knee is taped to the thigh. Also the cod piece was sitting a little low in this picture. I wish I had more pictures because after adjusting it around a little bit it seems to fit perfectly.
That's all I have so far! I will update to this as I can but going on winter break soon and I won't be making any progress on it until after that.
It has always been a dream of mine to build a halo suit but I've never had the resources to do so, now I do, and with the help of this site I'm hoping to make a solid first entry.
I'm at school right now decently far from home which gives me some challenges, I can only pep at school and have to do anything more than that at home. Because of that I will most likely be done with all of the pepping before I make it to the fiberglassing/bondo/painting stage. The only time I've had to do anything beyond pep work is Thanksgiving break, so there are very few pics of that.
I didn't plan on sharing pics of my build, so I will admit the pictures I do have are somewhat random (mostly just pics I took to keep track of the scaling and to make sure it was correct).
If you have any advice, or criticism, I'd love to hear it. It is my first attempt so I'm not expecting it to be perfect, but damnit I'm trying. Here are the pics thus far.
First piece I finished, turned out a little rough but the sizing seemed correct.
Didn't document the shoulder build very much, this is the only pic I had of it pepped, and the helmet about halfway done.
Slightly better pic of the helmet
Helmet finished (I apologize for bad lighting, finished it at about 5am)
Also to note what looks like tears around the opening, I had to make cuts in order to allow it to fit on my head.
The scaling (at least to me) seems to be about as good as I could get it for the helmet.
The shoulder, first and only piece I have ready for paint right now. It's not perfect but I'm still very happy with it for the first piece.
I fiberglassed the inside, and then poured rondo on the outside to make it more durable, and smooth out some of the rougher parts. After failing miserably trying to use regular bondo on the bicep portion, rondo turned out to be way easier, although slightly wasteful.
Same method with the helmet, although I did not finish the fiberglassing on the inside. It was pretty sturdy with the bit I had done so I jumped to rondo, figured I would go back and finish the fiberglassing after.
The rondo left the top of the helmet with the ridges of the pepping still showing, so I had to go back with regular bondo to smooth it out. Here is the most recent progress pic of it. I did this over Thanksgiving break but had to go back to school before I could finish more of it.
Post-Thanksgiving Break
Since I can only pep at school, I went on to the torso and cod piece.
*Note: I knew if I put both underarm portions I wouldn't be able to get the chest on anymore, so all of the pictures I have it hasn't been built yet.
And the back view. Once again, lacking the underarm portion on the chest plate makes it look irregular.
Everything I have finished so far. The leg portion sits funny because I am just holding it with my arm and the knee is taped to the thigh. Also the cod piece was sitting a little low in this picture. I wish I had more pictures because after adjusting it around a little bit it seems to fit perfectly.
That's all I have so far! I will update to this as I can but going on winter break soon and I won't be making any progress on it until after that.
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