Hey everyone. You might remember my first Halo build out of pepakura, especially if you were at Dragon Con.
Truth be told, I made a ton of mistakes. I'm not entirely sure how I made it through the Dragon Con parade (duct tape helped) but the suit kinda fell apart after 2 conventions. I didn't use enough fiberglass and it was really hard for me to move around.
Then over the winter I decided to practice foam armor building and made myself some n7 armor... with a twist.
With the experience from the N7 armor I felt comfortable enough to take on my first Halo build out of foam, and I have chosen Carter from Halo Reach with the goal of getting this done by Otakon and Dragon Con. So here's the start.
Huge thanks to Spacemeat for his videos, they have been an enormous help. There were a few pieces that I used only hot glue as an adhesive as opposed to barge cement, and I am unhappy with those results so I'm going to redo those pieces. The shins turned out okay with just hot glue so I'll keep that and fix any issues during the patch n paint phase.
Going to start the forearms tonight.
Truth be told, I made a ton of mistakes. I'm not entirely sure how I made it through the Dragon Con parade (duct tape helped) but the suit kinda fell apart after 2 conventions. I didn't use enough fiberglass and it was really hard for me to move around.
Then over the winter I decided to practice foam armor building and made myself some n7 armor... with a twist.
With the experience from the N7 armor I felt comfortable enough to take on my first Halo build out of foam, and I have chosen Carter from Halo Reach with the goal of getting this done by Otakon and Dragon Con. So here's the start.
Huge thanks to Spacemeat for his videos, they have been an enormous help. There were a few pieces that I used only hot glue as an adhesive as opposed to barge cement, and I am unhappy with those results so I'm going to redo those pieces. The shins turned out okay with just hot glue so I'll keep that and fix any issues during the patch n paint phase.
Going to start the forearms tonight.
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