First Armor build WIP thread

The Red Baron · Jul 17, 2011

As a n00b to 405th and armor building, I thought I'd let you guys watch my progress on my first armor build.

It's Mark V armor from Halo Reach and it is my custom, in-game armor.
Helmet: HAZOP
Shoulders: GUNGNIR
Chest: default
Knee-guards: Grenadier
weapon: Assault Rifle

two of my friends are also building Reach armor as well, both of which I'm building their helmets (only after I'm done fiberglassing mine), so one of them is making my AR for me.

pictures in next post.

update:

The Red Baron · Jul 17, 2011

all pepped armor pieces so far (pitiful, isn't i?)

Notice the split up the back, I had to add an inch and widen the opening for it to fit my noggin

The HAZOP helmet, in all it's paper glory.

both knee-guards pepped, soon to be sanded (one was painted to test smoothness)

ventrue · Jul 17, 2011

The_Red_Baron said:

You have to use the images' URLs, not the URLs of the webpages that hold them.

You should also mind that not everybody has or wants Facebook, and those who don't have it can't see your pictures using the URLs you are using right now.

The Red Baron · Jul 17, 2011

thanks, i was seriously confused.

BlueSol · Jul 18, 2011

Your project is definitely coming along nicely. I always thought the Hazops was a cool helmet. Are you planning to fiberglass them soon?

Toacrabman · Jul 18, 2011

Are you using painting tape to pep?, or is that just to make the edges even. Most of the time i see a helmet with tape on it the resin makes it peel off, leaving an unresined area. This seemed to absorb the tape. What type of tape is that, some kind of masking tape?

The Red Baron · Jul 18, 2011

Toacrabman said:
Are you using painting tape to pep?, or is that just to make the edges even. Most of the time i see a helmet with tape on it the resin makes it peel off, leaving an unresined area. This seemed to absorb the tape. What type of tape is that, some kind of masking tape?

I think it's scotch tape for painting and at first I was worried about whether or not it would work with the fiberglass.
But it turned out better than expected.

The Red Baron · Jul 18, 2011

Your project is definitely coming along nicely. I always thought the Hazops was a cool helmet. Are you planning to fiberglass them soon?

Actually, I'm planning to fiberglass next weekend, but I have no money and no materials left over, so I'm going to have to just keep pepping the rest of the armor.

Matronoke · Jul 18, 2011

very nice pep work. Never seen tape used that way before but it looks like it works and keeps you from inhaling super glue fumes all day lol

Keep up the good work!

The Red Baron · Jul 19, 2011

Update 7-19-2011 11:54:
Pepped the right forearm piece, both boot toes and about to start pepping the left forearm.
pictures soon!

The Red Baron · Aug 8, 2011

Update: 8-6-2011 2:40
all armor is pepped, my friend is doing my biceps in exchange for his helmet.
Pictures soon.

The Red Baron · Aug 16, 2011

Okay, good news and bad news.
Good news: I started fiberglassing yesterday and a lot of them are done.
bad news: The helmet warped and the assault rifle my friend made for me broke. So now I'm left with a cruddy EOD helmet.

Pictures soon!

Vigilnt sniper · Aug 16, 2011

well im sorry. just keep at it. you will do fine.

The Red Baron · Aug 17, 2011

update 8/17/2011 1:52 pm

I did my Operator helmet, so if I scrap the HAZOP, I can use that.
Do you guys think I should keep the HAZOP? It looks too wide to me, but I'd like another opinion.

forearms

operator

my fat hazop

gonna have to redo part of the chest.

forearms again

boot toes, buckles and handplates

shins

codpiece (soon to be fiberglassed)

thigh plates

ab plate and helmet attachment (soon to be fiberglassed)

shoulder plates (soon to be fiberglassed)

biceps (soon to be fiberglassed)

Vigilnt sniper · Aug 17, 2011

looking good.

Spitfire22V · Aug 17, 2011

Did you resin pieces with the tape on? It's my understanding that resin will dissolve tape adhesive, and if that's what's holding the pieces together it will fall apart.

On another note, I hope the tape doesn't mess up the outer look of the pieces too much. That would be shame in this case since your Pep pieces look very good. That's why it's not advisable to use tape since it ruins the looks of a piece without lots of Bondo work.

Carpathia · Aug 17, 2011

Spitfire22V said:
Did you resin pieces with the tape on? It's my understanding that resin will dissolve tape adhesive, and if that's what's holding the pieces together it will fall apart.

This is true, although I don't know about it falling apart. I accidentally left a few pieces of tape on a pep that I resined the other day and when the resin cured, I found that the tape started to come up and was hardened in an up-curled state. It's going to require some work to smooth out those areas.

Road Kill · Aug 17, 2011

looks awesome so far man, and you sure do like using that tape =P but keep up the great work and can't wait to see it finished
good luck =D

The Red Baron · Aug 17, 2011

Spitfire22V said:
Did you resin pieces with the tape on? It's my understanding that resin will dissolve tape adhesive, and if that's what's holding the pieces together it will fall apart.

On another note, I hope the tape doesn't mess up the outer look of the pieces too much. That would be shame in this case since your Pep pieces look very good. That's why it's not advisable to use tape since it ruins the looks of a piece without lots of Bondo work.

Believe it or not, it actually bonded as well as the fiberglass did.

Road Kill said:
looks awesome so far man, and you sure do like using that tape =P but keep up the great work and can't wait to see it finished
good luck =D

Thanks, all this cyber-love is what's been keeping me going.

The Red Baron · Aug 17, 2011

What do you think, guys?
Make another helmet or keep working with this one?

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