Dragunity's Halo Reach armour build from the head down! (WIP PIC HEAVY)

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Hi 405th!!!
My name is Steve Israel and I come from BC Canada and I live in a quaint little city by the ocean called Nanaimo. I stand 6'5'' and am built like a **** brick house. lol. 220lbs. Just as a vague description of what this armour suited on me will make me even bigger. I've been visiting this site for years seeing all the amazing projects and tutorials and just all the wonderful awe inspiring work produced by many talented people and fans. So it got me thinking...I should finally start my own armour build and give it my all! Seeing as I am a stickler for detail myself and being so would take alot of the guess work out of any possible future hiccups. So here I begin my own "great journey'', to build my halo reach, Cqb helmet to start. Armour to come once I get my helmet 100% complete. Here's what I've got thus far, from pep start, to resin and hardening. Please suggest anything to aid in this as possible. Ive absorbed so much over the time from reading up and watching all the possible tutorials available out there! Thanks again 405th for being my source of inspiration and joining the spartan ranks. spartan-III-153 Dragunity.

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And for those who see the blue cqb helm. That one was too large even for my massive head lol so i did a 10% down scale and the pink, yes pink one is the golden boy lol and also here are some more pics of my progress thus far :)

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I am a big noob and this is my very first go aswell so bare with me. As I had said I am going all out with this build including a proper undersuit that will be fitted for myself. Here is a coat of spray paint to show off any imperfections before i even bondo this sucker. Here comes more sanding to go!! sand sand, fill, resin..then sand some more then bondo and sand some more XD it goes on forever!

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Annndddd the hiccup...i did fibre glass inside the helmet and well...warp!! I shall fix it asap with some fine cutting with my dremmel tool ugh :( well onward and upward hooahh!

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also..side note. tried a foam rough trial of a forearm and well hmm im new to this foam building business aswell lol but heres a rough trial go!

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some work to be done well ahead of me to get this helmet anywhere near completion :) but im in it to win it!
 

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Nice pep work so far dude! I'm in the bondo stage right now as well.... Seems to take forever haha
 
Thanks so much! Haha yea :s i havent even begun to apply bondo yet XD gah but once i fix the warp and re apply some resin :) the bondo shall commence!
 
Nice to another bigger guy on here. Everyone Ive seen whos done a full armor build has been around 5' 8". Ready to see what else you can put together.
 
Your helmet's looking great so far, clean looking pep work. Looking forward to seeing the armour take shape :)

Hey thanks man! Im trying to fit in as much armour time as possible between work and baby boy on the way XD so updates may be staggered for the time being :) but I will definitely get more done and posted as of this weekend!

Nice to another bigger guy on here. Everyone Ive seen whos done a full armor build has been around 5' 8". Ready to see what else you can put together.
Hells yea! Ive noticed for most builds on here aswell that alot of people arent exactly giants lol but the amor sets regardless are amazing and well. lets make a near close to scaled size spartan as possible hey? I know of one guy, wts, worlds tallest at like 6'11'' like damn guys a giant! lol but thanks for showing support :D Ill do my damndest and show my skills ablilities and overall tenacity and never give up to finish this project through and through :D
 
So far everything is looking pretty good :)
To fix the warp in the helmet, maybe try a heat gun and gradually fix it that way. I myself have not tried this method, but it is a method others have talked about :)
Hope that helps with that.
Also not to bad on the foam forearm, keep up the good work
 
I forgot to mention in my previous post, a little trick I found that really speeds up the bondo shaping. When the bondo is still tacky, I like to use a sharp utility knife blade to quickly shape it roughly. It won't be perfect on curves and such, but it can get you closer to your final shape with a lot less sanding!
 
Oh man thats a great idea!! *smacks forehead* DOH! I didnt even think of that! lol Ill definitely have to give that a go :O slowly but surely unwarp it to save the hard work put into this bad boy would be greatly relieving XD haha! I appreciate the input I really do Mstruvmgc :D Im going to purchase a heat gun since i dont have one as of yet..and with the foam building aswell ill need it regardless! And again thanks! The foam forearm is a trial go with a template i found but wasnt fond of, so instead found an even better one thanks to the 405th 4shared file base and its amazing! :D gonna work hard at this and make the best damn super sized spartan there is XD lol
 
I forgot to mention in my previous post, a little trick I found that really speeds up the bondo shaping. When the bondo is still tacky, I like to use a sharp utility knife blade to quickly shape it roughly. It won't be perfect on curves and such, but it can get you closer to your final shape with a lot less sanding!

O_O well, heat gun and this trick/tip will definitely help for my future projects XD haha but ill definitely keep that in mind flyinPhil! thanks man :D
 
Soooooo, that warp i had posted and whined about...is GONE! :D thanks to some awesome tips from you guys whove replied so far to my thread. I used a high heat blow drier and this is the result, held in place and re hardened with some added resin and some electricians tape :D it looks goood!! gah i can finally bondo after all this bs! haha XD


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YAY!!!! Im glad the you were able to fix the warp.
lol so whos hair dryer did you use?

Pics look good, keep em coming
 
YAY!!!! Im glad the you were able to fix the warp.
lol so whos hair dryer did you use?

Pics look good, keep em coming

Oh man I am soooo damn glad the warp was able to be corrected. Even at this point in the game I was far into the helmet and no way in H*** was i gonna start over again XD phew!!! And i used my fiances actually she even said to use it since i dont currently have a heat gun XD doh! but since my 26th birthday is on its way aswell as my fiance and my soon to be baby boy is two days due after my bday lol. Ive asked family and friends for armor supplies etc as gifts and the requests have been heard :D haha. heat gun, soldering gun and solder all the fixens ooooh man gonna be good :D and thanks MSTRUVMGC! Bondo is on route for tomorrow actually and pics will be posted asap once I can get em up and photobucketed lol XD.
 
AAAAANNDDD a final reshaping and test fit before I finally Bondo this son of a biatch! lol Gah I know Ive posted alot of pics of my helmet but i want to make this thing so damn perfect! Time consuming and being anal isnt a bad thing when it comes to this sort of thing. and effort seems to definitely pay off :D hoorah!

here are some pics. well 8 to be exact XD haha!

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Nice! I'm 6'2" 230lb glad to see a big guy build. DC rocks.

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