I never did get around to posting a WIP thread for this. This was a quick project I threw together to have in time for Youmacon. I had to rush it and despite the rushed quality of the build, I got a lot of comments on it!
I DID take pictures of some progress I made, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the pics.
First knee piece. I managed to cut angles on the small side pieces of the knee piece.
All pieces of the knee wrapped in 2mm craft foam and all put together. You can also see what the detail looks like at the top.
The butt pouch pictured at top was the first one I made. I thought I scaled it right, but for some reason it seemed too small so I redid it and I decided I liked the new one MUCH better.
Progress of the boot cover. I WAS going to use my combat boots, but due to the fact that my shin piece ended up too slim, the shin piece would NOT have fit over my boots so I decided to go with an old pair of work shoes. Worked perfectly, they were comfy AND made me a little taller. hehe Since I was using a different shoe, I also had to slightly modify the boot covers just a little bit.
The finished look! ^_^
My back pack before it was fully assembled. The piece to the left was made out of 3mm foam. For as small as it was, the foam worked perfectly. It wasn't too flimsy and it wasn't hard to work with and put into place.
All put together with base color. I was going to make it mostly black, but ended up painting it mostly blue with black as detail color.
My hip plates fully assembled. Just missing the detail.
I wrapped my thigh pieces in 2mm craft foam and found this awesome roll of craft foam at Micheals for $8! It made it easier so I could wrap them in one piece.
I didn't fully think through the final design for the chestpiece that my armor sits on, so the piece you see on the left was the one I THOUGHT I was going to use. After having second thoughts about the final look, I made a new one (right).
Yeah, so this is my chest piece thing. Yeah, I know it looks odd and NOT like the typical ODST chest piece. You will eventually see why. I was NOT even worried about the small gaps on the back side because it was never going to be seen.
This is what the back of the chest piece looked like after I wrapped part of it with 2mm craft foam and put the back detail piece in place and painted it. Can't even see those small gaps now, can ya? hehe
I do NOT think I have seen anyone else make this. Figured it out yet?
Figured it out now? hehe
LOL Isn't it awesome what a little bit of improvising can do? It's something that I seem to be pretty good at when it comes to doing this. It was old shirt I had that was a thremal texture and since I didn't really wear it anymore, it worked PERFECTLY for the shoulder pieces! I used pillow stuffing to stuff it and just used hot glue to seal the ends shut.
I DID take pictures of some progress I made, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the pics.
First knee piece. I managed to cut angles on the small side pieces of the knee piece.
All pieces of the knee wrapped in 2mm craft foam and all put together. You can also see what the detail looks like at the top.
The butt pouch pictured at top was the first one I made. I thought I scaled it right, but for some reason it seemed too small so I redid it and I decided I liked the new one MUCH better.
Progress of the boot cover. I WAS going to use my combat boots, but due to the fact that my shin piece ended up too slim, the shin piece would NOT have fit over my boots so I decided to go with an old pair of work shoes. Worked perfectly, they were comfy AND made me a little taller. hehe Since I was using a different shoe, I also had to slightly modify the boot covers just a little bit.
The finished look! ^_^
My back pack before it was fully assembled. The piece to the left was made out of 3mm foam. For as small as it was, the foam worked perfectly. It wasn't too flimsy and it wasn't hard to work with and put into place.
All put together with base color. I was going to make it mostly black, but ended up painting it mostly blue with black as detail color.
My hip plates fully assembled. Just missing the detail.
I wrapped my thigh pieces in 2mm craft foam and found this awesome roll of craft foam at Micheals for $8! It made it easier so I could wrap them in one piece.
I didn't fully think through the final design for the chestpiece that my armor sits on, so the piece you see on the left was the one I THOUGHT I was going to use. After having second thoughts about the final look, I made a new one (right).
Yeah, so this is my chest piece thing. Yeah, I know it looks odd and NOT like the typical ODST chest piece. You will eventually see why. I was NOT even worried about the small gaps on the back side because it was never going to be seen.
This is what the back of the chest piece looked like after I wrapped part of it with 2mm craft foam and put the back detail piece in place and painted it. Can't even see those small gaps now, can ya? hehe
I do NOT think I have seen anyone else make this. Figured it out yet?
Figured it out now? hehe
LOL Isn't it awesome what a little bit of improvising can do? It's something that I seem to be pretty good at when it comes to doing this. It was old shirt I had that was a thremal texture and since I didn't really wear it anymore, it worked PERFECTLY for the shoulder pieces! I used pillow stuffing to stuff it and just used hot glue to seal the ends shut.