Halo 2/ Halo Reach ODST [Pic Heavy]

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OverKill

Member

• Mar 16, 2012

• #1

Whats up 405th? Havn't been making armor for awhile. I got a lot of pictures. Need to upload them 11 pics in all.
Decided to make the Reach over H3 because it uses more basic and foam friendly pieces, I used TD2253's Foam Templates.

I added a flash light and a mount for my mp3 on the helmet.

Red LED lights a on the inside with some headphones.


I also have a problem with attaching the H3 ODST Chest piece to the Marine chest. Have any Ideas?

 

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Noskey

Member

• Mar 16, 2012

• #2

Have you been able to upload any pictures yet? And I was thinking that maybe you could try magnets to attach it. I'm not too sure how well it would work out, but in theory, it may be able to.

 

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OverKill

Member

• Mar 16, 2012

• #3

Noskey said:

Have you been able to upload any pictures yet? And I was thinking that maybe you could try magnets to attach it. I'm not too sure how well it would work out, but in theory, it may be able to.

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Pics are up. The problem I'm having is that the H3 chest is curved and the Reach Marine chest isn't.

 

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Noskey

Member

• Mar 16, 2012

• #4

Oh okay, I'm seeing that now... Maybe have buckles underneath pulling the plate towards the "vest"? I'm not sure if that makes sense...

 

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OverKill

Member

• Mar 16, 2012

• #5

Yeah it makes sense Noskey, I was thinking of a screw or some type of string to attach them the same way. But Buckles could work.

 

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Noskey

Member

• Mar 16, 2012

• #6

I think buckles might work a little better, that way it's more mobile/temporary, and not so permanent. Although, I'm not too sure. It's your build, and after all, it's just a suggestion.

 

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Cereal Killl3r

Well-Known Member

• Mar 20, 2012

• #7

Looking good so far.

 

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OverKill

Member

• Mar 20, 2012

• #8

I attached the shoulders and Chest piece to the Chest piece, used buckles from my H2 ODST armor and some extra Nylon strapping.

Here is the Chest, I cut the "rib" armor to make it easier to put on, the shoulders are attached with buckles too. They are hot glued on.

I wanted a neck guard used in reach or a similar version, But with the H2 ODST helmet with a lower and more protrusive jaw I went with this. It look more like the H3 Marine neck guard.

What I have so far. I have a knife I made just to have one, I was thinking of attaching it to one of the thigh plates.

 

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Cereal Killl3r

Well-Known Member

• Mar 20, 2012

• #9

Nice progress, its all coming together nicely
Great foam work!
cheers,

 

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OverKill

Member

• Mar 20, 2012

• #10

Thanks Cereal Killl3r. Need to buy more straps and buckles for the Belt and thighs plate. Just cause the 405th is awesome, I showed a couple friends armor that was made by fellow 405thers... they are now thinking of making some armor

 

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OverKill

Member

• Mar 30, 2012

• #11

I got 3 yards of strapping to finish attaching the pieces of armor to each other. I made the "butt pad", groin plate, and a forearm.

The groin plates attached to the chest instead of the belt because the buckle is in the way. It works out better, to prevent the ab plate for moving too much

I used hugh's H3 ODST Fanny pack for the size and shape to foam it. The Pad is painted in the green color like the rest of my armor.

I made the forearm but found out after I cut it and put it together that its length was too short and the circumference was to0 big, I cut about 1" from the circumference and added half an in. to the length. I think it's still too short, but I would like a second opinion about fitting. I only have half a sheet of foam left for one forearm and detail for both.

 

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Noskey

Member

• Mar 30, 2012

• #12

They're all coming together quite well, but I agree, I think the forearm is a little too short. still looking great though!

 

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OverKill

Member

• Mar 31, 2012

• #13

Reach Marine/ODST shins

Noskey said:

They're all coming together quite well, but I agree, I think the forearm is a little too short. still looking great though!

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Thanks Noskey I need to scratch build the other forearm then. I'm trying to complete the suit before AP exams have 6 of them. The Reach marine shins, I need to buy more foam for, I couldn't find a template for them so I'll have to make my own.

I'll see if I can get a good pic of test fitting of all the armor I have finished too.


I have made templates and the shins themselves with foam. I could find any template of Reach shin, so I decided to make my own and share it with the 405th, they are made by looking at game pics and other people's finished shin for scale and look.

Here's a link for the templates, sorry for the lines, marker is almost empty. http://www.4shared.com/office/qtfLf2Sn/Reach_ODST_Shin.html

Picture of the shins, Still need to paint them.

 

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OverKill

Member

• Apr 13, 2012

• #14

Finally got a picture of a test fit of the Armor. Still working on the forearms, its hard to get them to fit and look right. The shins are almost finished, they need some silver paint and straps.

 

drack

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European Regiment

• Apr 13, 2012

• #15

Looking awesome man! I am loving how people are making foam builds look more legit There are even hardcore glass/bondoers now moving to the medium.

 

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OverKill

Member

• Apr 14, 2012

• #16

Thanks drack, Foam is becoming really popular. Foam is so easy to work with and cheap

 

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p bro

Jr Member

• Apr 14, 2012

• #17

Pretty good stuff, I quite like those thigh plates in particular. Interesting concept as well, I haven't seen the Halo 2 ODST helmet in a long time.

 

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OverKill

Member

• Apr 14, 2012

• #18

Thanks p bro, I used that vs the H3 ODST helmet because I had it peped already and I wanted something easy to strengthen. I didn't use resin and fiberglass. I used cardboard to add a layer of strength and paper mached(wood glue) it. I was thinking of using it for airsoft. I know it can handle it, used multiple test peices, hot glue is awesome and so are multiple layers

So I don't double post. I was thinking of changing the color of my armor, since its not ODST colors. Its Satin Oregano, which is master chief's color, Should I keep the color or change it to a gray and black like the pic above?

 

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OverKill

Member

• May 9, 2012

• #19

So I haven't been able to do much because of AP exam and studying. I had a chance to modded a pep of Salem Mask from Army of Two, into a foam friendly template(no eye sockets, more vision).

It uses 2 pieces of foam. I wanted to make it as seamless as possible. I took awhile to get the templates right. If anyone would like then I could upload them to 4shared. Used a heat gun to foam the jaw better and the plastic visor.
Back to Halo I made 2 sets of ODST shoulders. Used Hugh's shoulder as a template. Didn't add the indent or "out-dent" of the shoulder to bicep portion, made it so the shoulder would be the least amount of seams too, 4 pieces in all.

 

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Noskey

Member

• May 18, 2012

• #20

Sorry I haven't replied in quite some time, but this is looking pretty great. I'm hoping to finally start my build some time in the next week or so. Let's hope!