Foam Halo 4/5 Master Chief

Felipe06

Member

Canadian Regiment

Nouveau Montreal

• Oct 5, 2015

• #1

With Halo 5 on its way, I decided to put my Spartan build on hold in case I find a piece of armor that I'll want to build. I decided to make a quick foam MC build for now to improve my foam skills and here's what I got up to now:



Since I'm using the Halloween helmet for the build, I'm not looking to invest much time and money into this build and will keep it for my future custom Spartan [emoji14]
It'll be a quick build with few details.

I also recently bought a Halo 4 Battle Rifle kit, so when that comes along I'll share building progress

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Skullboy134

New Member

• Oct 5, 2015

• #2

Looking good so far!

 

JD of Asgard

Active Member

Southern Regiment

Member DIN

S757

• Oct 6, 2015

• #3

haha love that purple foam. Makes it look like you've already got some paint on there.
Looks really good. A lot better than some of my first attempts at foam. Uneven lines and shakey cuts everywhere! Keep it up!

 

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vincentallen2

Jr Member

• Oct 6, 2015

• #4

Haha I'm doing the exact same thing! I bought the helmet specifically just to build a suit for Halloween. The helmet is what usually takes the longest in my opinion.

Your cuts look great by the way! Any tips on how your cuts look so clean? I'm using a wood burning tool now, but I wish my forearm would look as good as your torso piece.


P.S. Good work on the banana pistol, it looks realistic

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locostorm

Jr Member

Midwest Regiment

• Oct 6, 2015

• #5

i am making my build pretty quick too. for my helmet i just put foam on a old motorcycle helmet i had and it turned out pretty good.

 

Felipe06

Member

Canadian Regiment

Nouveau Montreal

• Oct 6, 2015

• #6

Thank you all for the support !

vincentallen2 said:

Haha I'm doing the exact same thing! I bought the helmet specifically just to build a suit for Halloween. The helmet is what usually takes the longest in my opinion.

Your cuts look great by the way! Any tips on how your cuts look so clean? I'm using a wood burning tool now, but I wish my forearm would look as good as your torso piece.


P.S. Good work on the banana pistol, it looks realistic

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Felipe06

Member

Canadian Regiment

Nouveau Montreal

• Oct 6, 2015

• #7

Thruster nozzle/tube came out better than expected

Thruster #2 on the way [emoji14]

JD of Asgard said:

haha love that purple foam. Makes it look like you've already got some paint on there.
Looks really good. A lot better than some of my first attempts at foam. Uneven lines and shakey cuts everywhere! Keep it up!

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I checked your reach build, what kind of plaster/filler did you use for the gaps? Was it any good?

Edit: you should see my first ODST thigh pieces, big mess xD

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Emers

New Member

• Oct 6, 2015

• #8

Wow, that'll be awesome if you're done in time for Halloween.

 

Felipe06

Member

Canadian Regiment

Nouveau Montreal

• Oct 6, 2015

• #9

Emers said:

Wow, that'll be awesome if you're done in time for Halloween.

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Or the Halo 5 launch[emoji14]

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JD of Asgard

Active Member

Southern Regiment

Member DIN

S757

• Oct 7, 2015

• #10

Felipe06 said:

I checked your reach build, what kind of plaster/filler did you use for the gaps? Was it any good?

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I used regular bathroom caulk on my reach build. I wouldn't recommend using that. It was hard to sand down and left these bulging spots in the gaps. For my halo 4 build I'm using wood filler and it's much better. Easier to sand and if you wet sand it it's even better.

 

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vincentallen2

Jr Member

• Oct 7, 2015

• #11

Quick question, what thickness in foam are you using on this build? It looks like your using thin "foamies" for the chest.

I bought several packs of 1/2 inch thick anti-fatigue (EVA) foam from harbor freights and was about to start my torso piece as well until I saw your build. Made me re-think about what I was doing

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Felipe06

Member

Canadian Regiment

Nouveau Montreal

• Oct 7, 2015

• #12

They're slightly less than an 1/2 inch, I never saw any thinner or thicker ones where I go, so I went with this. Not sure what people usually use, but this works fine [emoji14]

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Felipe06

Member

Canadian Regiment

Nouveau Montreal

• Oct 7, 2015

• #13

Spartan selfie!

Chest isn't done yet, but I couldn't resist

JD of Asgard said:

I used regular bathroom caulk on my reach build. I wouldn't recommend using that. It was hard to sand down and left these bulging spots in the gaps. For my halo 4 build I'm using wood filler and it's much better. Easier to sand and if you wet sand it it's even better.

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Wood filler it is than [emoji14]

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