Newb Armour

[14thwarrior]

i have started making some armour for halloween and dont know if i have enough time and if i should stop and change the type of armour that i am making



i am planning to make a halo2 odst with marine shoulders but not sure about firbreglassing and the rest



i have made a helmet a knife and 1 and a half shoulders out of card



will post better pictures



i dont think i liek it because there are the new halo odst helmets and i printed one of on paper but all the numbers are overlapping and its taking ages to cut

 

[Psychopanda]

Well... I started last tuesday and had everything pepped by thursday night. Note I made a low detail MKVI suit. I don't want anyhting really detailed I just want something recognizable.



I'm finished up the resin today, I only have 2 more pieces to resin. I am skipping the fiberglassing stage, I may come back to this armor and fibgerglass/bondo it.



I'm happy with how it is turning out. I am not expecting anything spectacular from my build but like I said, I just want something recognizable.



It is possible to get a suit done in 11 days, but the quality may suffer.



If you take 3-4 days to pep, then on a good day with good weather you could get the resin done in 1 day, I wouldn't know how long fiberglassing would take, but say..2 days...



That's 6-7 days. Leaves you 4-5 days for fitting and detailing.



Edit: here's everything I pepped in 3 days:

 

[14thwarrior]

i mignt make a mark 6 helm instead...



could you point me somwere that would explain resining and fibreglassing?i dont really want to fibreglass as i have till sunday :eek thers an event at my city for halloween anyway going to use mark 6 helm because it will be more recognizable.



please point me somewhere to explain resining.

 

[CPTzumwalt]

http://halocostuming.wikia.com/wiki/Pepakura_File_Index

This site has most of the halo pep files but there is another way to strengthen armor besides fiberglassing. Its called the hot glue method its explained on that site.

 

[14thwarrior]

what about resin?

 

[CPTzumwalt]

You could still resin the outside if you want but its optional.

 

[kupokitty]

You could try paper mache. I made a helmet out of the stuff, and it's fairly strong. Just don't sit on your project.

 

[ARMYofONE2469]

Fiberglass, liquid plastic, hot glue, or mud glass.

 

[GiR3892]

looking good! , dont worry if you miss this halloween you have another year to do some thing awesome , keep up the good work