Tutorial Index

[PerniciousDuke]

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Software (Export Blender) - jeffw773

[Tutorial] How to make/view/export your own Halo Spartans in Blender

The following video will help users inexperienced/experienced with Blender quickly build their dream Halo Infinite armor set (as well as other armor sets from the other games at the bottom of this post). This can be helpful for brainstorming cool cosplay ideas, experimenting with paint jobs and...

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Cadet can you move this to Tutorials?

 

[Cadet]

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Software (Export Blender) - jeffw773

[Tutorial] How to make/view/export your own Halo Spartans in Blender

The following video will help users inexperienced/experienced with Blender quickly build their dream Halo Infinite armor set (as well as other armor sets from the other games at the bottom of this post). This can be helpful for brainstorming cool cosplay ideas, experimenting with paint jobs and...

www.405th.com

Cadet can you move this to Tutorials?

Done.
Congrats and thank you for your excellent tutorial.

 

[PerniciousDuke]

PSA - If you're writing or have written a tutorial / guide that is not featured in this index, read the criteria in the first post here and send me a link!

Let's help our friends make cool stuff!

 

[Cadet]

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Helmet Headphone Electronics Tutorial

Communication is difficult on the con floor, so why make it harder than it has to be. The following guide will help you take an off-the-shelf pair of ear protection and adapt them to your helmet of choice. I first saw this technique used by PapaBraus on his MK VI helmet here: 3-D Printed MK VI...

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[Rock Lobbster]

Could we have this added to the thread? Always get plenty of questions on the strapping method and never realized it wasn't linked!

Strapping Guide: Making, and sizing it.

SO, I have had a few people asking about strapping recently. After making several suits for my husband @Kusak , I have learned a few things on what has worked for us. So, when @Lobbster contacted me to help him make his strapping I jumped on it. Our plan is to place the strapping inside his...

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[PerniciousDuke]

Added. Thank you Rock Lobbster

We can also see if Cadet will move it into the tutorial subforum.

 

[Cadet]

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Dying and Chroming Visors (Cheap) TUTORIAL

It seems that the 405th is in need of a visor dying and chroming tutorial so I shall volunteer be the first to step up to the plate! In this tutorial we will be covering how I dye my visors any particular colour, and how I use spray chrome to block others from seeing my face while allowing me...

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[PerniciousDuke]

Added a new tutorial and section after I went looking for this thread for my upcoming trip to Canada.

Thank you Asgardianhammer for this very useful writeup!

• Transport

Armor Totes - AsgardianHammer

Armor Totes 101

This post will be a well collected trove of info for all of you traveling with armor and armor storage. Information So a few quick notes about the types of totes available. Even though there are a lot of totes out there today we will focus on two Sterilite Totes in particular: 1. The Sterilite...

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[Cadet]

More of a reference than a tutorial, and captured in the Reference Packs Index (Reference Packs Index) but I've added SpecialOpsJoe's collection of UNSC ranks and armor detail decals here for further ease of finding:

UNSC Misc Decals Ranks & Logo

************************* COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER *************************** I don't own nor take credit for any of those logos and designs, i'm just a Halo fan gathering graphic ressources for anyone who needs it. I will credit any author from which i'm sharing the work, and won't sell any of...

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[PerniciousDuke]

Added. Thanks indigoD0g!

Soft Parts (Sewing Overview) - indigoD0g
Indi's Sewing Guide

Cadet can we move this thread over?

 

[Cadet]

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Difference Between Pepakura and Foam Optimized Files - Planet Alexander
Foam vs Pepakura Unfolds - A Guide to the Difference

PlanetAlexander this is an excellent write up and explanation that I somehow completely missed and overlooked but is a great resource. Thank you for linking it on Discord the other day which brought it to my attention.

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Thanks Cadet!

 

[PerniciousDuke]

Thanks Cadet!

I'm sorry I missed it too! I like that Cadet added it to both the foam and the pep section.

 

[PlanetAlexander]

TurboCharizard just reminded some of us about this thread on packing your armour for travel. Is it possible to get this added to the index too?

Armour Crates 101: Packing Your Armour

I was talking about how TurboCharizard and I pack our armour to haul it over the Rockies and back again, and figured I may as well pull our armour crates out and chronicle what I'm talking about (as well as pull things out in need of repair, repaint, and washing of soft-bits) Nothing we do is...

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