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    I don't have any tutorials, just a video showing me do a piece of armor start to finish. I used EVA Foam and Craft Foam. As for the helmet, I plan on making it out of foam as well. But that will be after I finish everything else. Please read through the thread links I gave you. They'll explain more than I can in a single visitor message.
    R
    Foam is cheap (money wise) and can look cheap, but it can be great if you put time and effort into it. Foam and fiberglass are just two different methods for people to choose from, and which you choose is really just up to which you prefer, or find easier to work with. 405th is stock full of tutorials on the pepakura/fiberglass method, but since foam is rather new, I'm afraid I can't really point you to any specific tutorials, since tutorials on foam really haven't been done yet. Definitely check out Nick Nack Patty Wack's thread on his foam build, check out drack's work too. They have some of the best foam suits so far. If you choose to go with pepakura, there are plenty of stickies in the various build sub-forums. Goodluck.
    LongShot X
    I did it this in this order:
    light resin on the outside - then let it harden
    light resin on the inside - let it harden
    light resin on the outside - let it harden
    thick coat of resin on the inside - let it harden
    light resin on the outside - let it harden
    thick coat of resin on the inside
    While its sticky start to apply the fiberglass cloth on the inside then brush on more resin to saturate the cloth. Make sure that there are no bubbles under the cloth. - then let it harden.
    light resin on inside and apply the fiberglass cloth again (same process as the 1st layer) - let it harden
    light resin on inside and apply the fiberglass cloth again (same process as the 1st and 2nd layer) - let it harden
    RONDO is not needed.
    Then apply the bondo/rondo ONLY WHERE NEEDED on the outside.
    Then sand and paint

    Hope that helps
    LongShot X
    I RESINED the inside and outside 3 times. Then I fiberglassed the inside with 3 layers. Do NOT fiberglass the outside.
    Bondo. I only used bondo where it is NEEDED and no where else. eg. to fill holes and imperfections. To cover up the polygons that are supposed to be round and smooth (you'll have to look at game reference pictures for those locations)

    :)
    L05T V1K1N6
    Well, from the begining, I never really had any formal blueprints to start with, as none existed at the time, so I had to make my own. As such, my dimensions ended up a little off, but it still looks like a DMR so I guess I got lucky on that one lol. By now I'm sure you could find acurate blueprints of the DMR on here somewhere. But anyway, after I had my blueprints printed out and to relative scale, I made the individual pieces to exact size according to what the blueprints called for. I also used reference picture to help me where my blueprint couldn't. Now I know the construction will be a little different for metal working, but the proccess should be similar in nature. I actually originally wanted to make mine in metal as well, but I didn't have the resources or the metalworking knowhow, so I stuck to what I knew best, and in that regard I'm afraid I'm not as much help. Anyways, I hope that was helpful, and if you need anything else just let me know.
    Cheers and good luck :)
    LongShot X
    I'm not quite sure what you mean by the size differences in the "Inner part" and the "Outer part"? The chest piece 1-15 represents your chest "width". As I stated in my post this worked for myself and may not work for everyone. The purpose of using this measurement is to make sure that the torso "FITS". Now that is fully assuming that your body build is similar to mine (skinny).

    I don't know what your doing, but it should not make the chest to a huge size. Sound like your doing something wrong with the scaling and or the measurments. Remember, your not taking a measurment AROUND your body. The best way to describe it is a straight meaurment of the "width" of your body/shadow. You need to get the 1-15 piece to match that measured width.

    Hope that helps. :)
    J
    I will definately look into that. I have also done a bit more research and I have found vaccuum forming. I have found different ways of even making that cheaper, so I will let you know the results. Again, I am trying to find the cheapest and best ways to do this before I follow through. I will keep you posted.
    Jona
    N
    Thats all you have to do. Just cut out that extra material and you'll have the halo reach recon helmet. And thanks for that info about the recon add-on.
    N
    Actually the smooth recon helmet V2 is the same helmet as the one in reach the only slight difference between the two helmets is in the visor part of the helmet. If you actually look at the recon helmet from halo 3 and the one from halo reach you'll notice that the visor on the recon helmet from reach looks a little bigger than the one from halo 3. This is because in halo 3 the visor for the recon helmet is supposed to be almost like an arched oval whereas the visor on the recon helmet from halo reach has a little more definition to it. That and if you actually look at the smooth recon helmet V2 in the pepakura viewer you'll see that the area where the visor is has an inset in it. Upon further inspection of the will reveal that part of the helmet in the visor area sticks into the head area, that part can be cut out after the whole helmet is built.
    N
    Actually I asked for the file for the recon helmet. That particular helmet is from halo reach. Its the helmet that you get with the game.
    LongShot X
    LOL... no I still have not gotten around to that. I still want to do it. I just have to find the time and motivation to do it.
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