Halo Reach Suit (WIP)

[R8b]

I've found myself having a lot of free time inside with winter on its way. I didn't see myself actually making this many things pieces after starting in July. Soon found out that I really like constructing and building out Halo helmets, and now full suits. This time around I wanted to make a HD suit from Reach. My Mark V suit came out great but overall it only took a few days to pep out all the low res pieces. I've seen a lot of Mark VI suits on here and didn't want to make one of those. A lot of people like them and they're all over the forum, but I like the customization of the Reach suit. So far I plan on building out the most basic for of it and will add different attachments later. As of now I have a Mark V and VI helmet that I can wear with the suit. I plan on painting the Mark VI with the Reach color scheme because I really like how the brim is painted black. Right now I haven't settled on what colors to use but I was thinking maybe a maroon and grey/silver look. Everyone that saw me on halloween knew I was Master Chief or thought I was Bumblebee because of my orange/yellow color. That became annoying pretty quick, though it did offer more photo ops with women lol. Right now the MK VI is sized correctly, but I have to do some trimming to get my head in the Reach MK V. I like having the option of multiple helmets for this go around. I plan on taking my time with the different pieces mainly because the amount of pages and parts that go with each. That also is another reason I'm excited to start this new project.
This is what I've done so far

[mitch35542]

That's really good. Can I have it?

[R8b]

That's really good. Can I have it?

Haha Thanks Man! Appreciate the feedback.

[Scar 405]

that looks sweet why doesn't anybody post files on the wiki pep file index any more cuz its hard having to scour the treads for files

[R8b]

that looks sweet why doesn't anybody post files on the wiki pep file index any more cuz its hard having to scour the treads for files

I know what you mean... I'd love it if the Pep file tab actually worked and didn't have to look through every post to find the files I want.

[MRCustoms]

Nice job on the helmet, what color are you painting it?

[R8b]

Nice job on the helmet, what color are you painting it?

As of now I'm thinking maroon but that may change in the coming months... I probably won't be able to do any thing besides pep out the pieces until late april when its warm out again... sadly

[MRCustoms]

I know what your talking about, right now I can't do any work to my helmet due to rain all I can do is build mine.

[Scar 405]

yea weather sucks over here where i live i have to wait for summer to do my resining or at least spring

[R8b]

Welcome to 36 pages of fun! I officially started on my second suit. Knowing me I'm going to spend way too much time into this right away and finish peping too soon. It would be great if I can finish the pep work quickly, but since I can't harden or do anything with them till april I hope it takes awhile. I think I'm the first person who doesn't want to get the pep work out of the way lol.
Spent a few hours cutting out the parts and scoring the folds and taping the taps last night. I like to match them right away so all I have to do it fold and glue when I have everything cut. My system of building is pretty much set so I don't spend hours just trying to get all the pieces together.