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Backyard FX had a video on how to make the functional system for under 60USD. It doesn't look pretty, but after you get the system functioning, you can spend a few more dollars to craft a casing for it. They made it out of tent pegs, keyboard tray slides, springs and mirror wire plus leather...

Not a mistake greyklipse. Robogenesis's pdos are designed for Master Chief's height of 7'2", with a scale factor of 86. What becks meant is that you put in a scale factor of YOUR height in inches and it will be proportionate. No need to calculate some complicated scaling factor; if you're 5'...

Thedigitalfix and Halogoddess have pepped the models for the Female Spartan III armor from Reach. Links are found here: http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/26156-Reach-for-the-ladies! You can mirror the models in Pepakura Designer to get the left/right versions of the thighs, arms and biceps...

First, take a look in the stickies. That's why we have them. Second, you need Pepakura Designer (shareware) and the pdo files that go with (in the stickies, or at the halo costuming wiki). All of the supplies (Bondo, paper, scissors, resin, RESPIRATOR, etc) can be purchased at Walmart, Home...

There was something I wanted to add to the safety measures from the beginning of the thread. If you are not using a full face respirator when working with resin, do NOT wear contact lenses. Soft lenses are made of porous materials that absorb stuff floating around in the air. This includes the...

Since the description doesn't mention Organic Vapor anywhere, I'd return it and get one of these: http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=908087&Ntt=908087&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber

An easy way to scale your armor is to find a full picture of the armor in game. In this case, find a picture of Master Chief that shows him standing up straight, that shows the armor from head to toe. Crop the image so it cuts off right at the bottom of the feet and top of the helmet. Now...

If you feel that you messed up, don't move on to the resin stage, yet. Go back and fix what you messed up. If you can't fix the problem, start over. I had a whole suit of MkVI pepped before I decided that it wasn't up to snuff and decided to start over. Pep is, like said above, is the cheap and...

As said before, use the spray can for smoothness. But make sure that you don't start spraying while aimed at the helmet. Always start and stop OFF the piece you're doing, otherwise piling occurs. Piling looks awful. AWFUL. (Piling BTW, for those who don't know, is when the paint layers thickly...

Credit goes to Hozy over at forums.xbox-scene.com. You can find his original tut over there. I don't think Hozy is a native English speaker, so I've cleaned up his tutorial a bit. Bear in mind that this was written with painting casemodded Xboxs in mind, but the principal still applies. I've...

As far as quality goes, regardless of what the module actually outputs, you want the highest quality sound file possible. If you have a 700kbps file and the module can only output 320, it will downscale the file to 320kbps. On the other hand, if it can do 320 and you start with a 192kbps, you're...

Then what you want to do is read through the sticky threads about how to construct your helmet. There are plenty of youtube videos to help guide you through creating a helm that can be dropped from a height of 6 feet or more without cracking. None of the creation methods you'll find here are...

For an automatic, I'd suggest wiring in an autofire switch and circuit, like on an aftermarket 360 controller that has "turbo". That way, you could switch between auto and semi-auto fire. I see what you're saying about letting the manufacturer program it, my suggestions were for a more game...

Scaling pep over the base is, like the other guys said, probably the easiest. I feel we'd be remiss in not saying that you should not construct over a motorcycle helmet you intend to use while riding. Adding over the actual helmet can restrict sight, since the opening of an MC helmet is limited...

I'm not sure of your exact motivations, but I'd say a four second burst is probably preferable to a 30 second burst. In my head, a SFX module in a replica gun would produce a sound each time you pull the "trigger" to replicate the sound of whatever type of burst your gun would have. In this...