Hey guys/gals, my name is Sam and I'm from the UK. I like many of you have always had a fondness for Halo and recently decided I wanted to try my hand at making a suit of my own. I had originally planned on buy the Rosie's set, but the quality/accuracy did not appear brilliant, so i thought a custom suit would both feel and fit better, and my look better depending upon how good I manage to do. I have to say there have been a lot of builds on 405th that have inspired me, but Cereal's videos and advice has been my main inspiration, so thank you.
I can't upload any photos just yet since my phone died and I'm waiting for the new Nexus, but I thought I'd get this build blog underway and share my experience so far.
1. NEVER fibreglass the outside. It becomes rock solid, it very hard to shape and trying to cut it with a Dremel just produces a lot of noise and dust without much result. Note to self, read ALL instructions on 405th before "just doing it".
2. A sharp knife is your friend. When cutting the Pep designs, a blunt knife on fiddly bits is just an invite for crumpled card and rips on smaller parts.
3. Gluing in small parts is more accurate, but hard to join them together. I started by joining any two parts together that i could find, a bit like playing "snap" with the numbers. By the end I have two large pieces that may not be that easy to join with a quick setting glue.
I'm going to spend the next few days/weeks cutting and gluing the Pep, and until I get my new phone there wont be any photos, but I'll be putting a list of parts/prices together so that the guys in the UK can get an idea of things before they start. I've already invested about £150 as I didn't have any tools/materials required.
I also plan to attend a workshop on fiber-glassing next month (£10, cant say no to that) so hopefully I'll have a much better idea of what I'm doing and how much material I'll need to finish the suit.
Boy do I like to write.
I can't upload any photos just yet since my phone died and I'm waiting for the new Nexus, but I thought I'd get this build blog underway and share my experience so far.
1. NEVER fibreglass the outside. It becomes rock solid, it very hard to shape and trying to cut it with a Dremel just produces a lot of noise and dust without much result. Note to self, read ALL instructions on 405th before "just doing it".
2. A sharp knife is your friend. When cutting the Pep designs, a blunt knife on fiddly bits is just an invite for crumpled card and rips on smaller parts.
3. Gluing in small parts is more accurate, but hard to join them together. I started by joining any two parts together that i could find, a bit like playing "snap" with the numbers. By the end I have two large pieces that may not be that easy to join with a quick setting glue.
I'm going to spend the next few days/weeks cutting and gluing the Pep, and until I get my new phone there wont be any photos, but I'll be putting a list of parts/prices together so that the guys in the UK can get an idea of things before they start. I've already invested about £150 as I didn't have any tools/materials required.
I also plan to attend a workshop on fiber-glassing next month (£10, cant say no to that) so hopefully I'll have a much better idea of what I'm doing and how much material I'll need to finish the suit.
Boy do I like to write.