Foam M3 Concepts - MKIV Delta 2.0 [Concept Armor]

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Built this guy the year prior to the Halo Outpost Houston event, so this will be a bit of a dump from the WIP of all the sections and concept pieces.
This is an updated version of my first foam armor, the prior MKIV Delta Concept Armor. It is definitely a major upgrade not only from the main armor components/ attachments, but the helmet MkIV helmet as well.
This build actually won me the 1st place in the Armor Category for the Halo Outpost Houston contest.

 

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The entirety of this build is foam, with the exception of the Helmet.
Starting with the shins, boots and thighs, i based the designs off of the Square Enix Play Arts Kai Spartan line done for Noble team.
I liked the used of curves for the side panels, and was easy to bring to life with foam.
Templates were extremely tedious to draft as i didnt have a printer at the time to use pep files as a size reference.
So i blew the images up on a TV and hand sketched the templates several times over until i could get a good shaping/size.

 

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I ended up building 2 pairs of the shins, as i had been requested for a set commission that needed some Reach variant pieces.

 

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Shins were comprized of several sizes of foam, 10mm, 8mm (walmart gym mat rolls) and 5mm craft foam.

 

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Shins were comprized of several sizes of foam, 10mm, 8mm (walmart gym mat rolls) and 5mm craft foam.

 

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Shins fit perfects to my zip up boots that i built the boots around.

 

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Full wrap around of the shins.

 

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Thicccc thighs.
Also comprised of the same foams from the shins and boots.
10mm 2x2

matts, 8mm (walmart gym mat rolls) and 5mm craft foam.

 

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Here is what my first foam armor torso look like. Was full on 10mm foam, and i was not as great at making my own templates then, as i am now.
Based on the chest/torso from the Halo Wars Spartan 2 MkIV chasis

 

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And here is the completed 2.0 version. I will put a break down from the WIP pieces, as there are many alterations to the MKIV design, as well as additional UA pieces and details.

 

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I built 4 sets of this torso, so yea there are a lot of duplicate pieces in the WIP photos, pre-construction.
This is a good look at the smaller details i added, as well as the small UA bits, and panel lining.

 

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Back panels to this torso are some of my favorite pieces, utilizing the undercut channel method for shaping really brought out some good curves to the armor.

 

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Little break down of the spinal plates and the underside cuts/channels that promoted the curves and shaping.

 

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Finished spinal plate

 

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Front panels of the chest x4
I ended building the rest of this armor in my hotel room for PAX south, and even funnier i wore the entire armor raw, with no priming or painting as a test fit lol

 

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Back of the armor assembled with the designation I've been using since my first pepakura armor in 2010.
While i do like to incorporate greeblies i make a lot of detail pieces and accents out of craft foam, like the small thruster canisters.

 

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I've never been a big fan of the rounded forearm designs for a lot of the armor variants, but the angular and straight edge paneling for the Reach armors inspired my forearm design.
This is one i brought out of my brain box to keep bringing originality to my builds.

 

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Belt/cod piece again going back to the Halo Wars MKIV style, though again i drafted the templates to incorporate some extra angular aspects to it.
The reach cod piece is too much of a block, and not a design im much of a fan for.

 

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Obligatory butt plate close up

 

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Shoulders, based on 2 prior designs.
I LOVE the giant shield plate style shoulder/pauldrons that Red Teams MKIV rocks in Halo Wars, and fond of the idea of having that large plate protecting the upper body/head when shouldering a weapon.