Reach UNSC Trooper WIP

[TD2253]

Hello and thanks for stopping by. This is my first Halo armor build after doing quite a bit of research and reading on this forum. So here goes.

Since my original thread was titled inappropriately, I decide to post a new thread about my Reach UNSC Trooper armor build.

Since there were no known pep file for UNSC trooper armor other than the helmet and EOD shoulder plates, I decided to make my own chest and back plates, ab plates and drop thigh plates from scratch. Just a quick summary of what I've done to start this project:

1. I made drawings on card stock paper based on the McFarlane UNSC figures to use as a template.



2. Then I built the chest from foam board but it didn't look quite right to me.



3. So, I decided to build the armor using 1/2" inch foam rubber mats. I used super glue for assembly and dremel'd the edges and sides to clean it up a bit. The first pic was shot without using the flash to show the angles.







I will update this thread again in about a week with the rest of the body armor, hopefully! Thanks for looking!

[JMann]

Looks great so far. Will be nice to see another personal take on foam. Good Luck!

[TD2253]

Thanks JMann! I've never worked with foam rubber before so this will be a very interesting build for me.

[alix965]

Thanks JMann! I've never worked with foam rubber before so this will be a very interesting build for me.

off to a great start. MOREPICSPLEASE.

[Sean C84]

Looking very good so far. I suppose that foam carving would also be a smart way to do the chestplate for an ODST, as opposed to Pepping it. Good luck with the rest of your build!

[TD2253]

Thanks guys! Yeah, I'd rather use foam rubber as opposed to pepping the parts since its very time consuming. Cutting the parts with a hot knife makes it really easy and it probably doesn't dull the blade as much.