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Hey 405th, posting here instead of the RPF to show the development of my Halo Combat Evolved Marine cosplay. I'm using this EXTREMELY helpful thread for nearly all my references (thank you Jubal for all the shots!). So far I've done the bulk of the helmet, done the shoulders and now working on...

(SPANISH) Buenos dias gente de la 405th, hoy tengo tiempo libre, asi que voy a subir todos mis progresos de mi otro cosplay del videojuego de Gears of War, en especifico, el de la armadura de la Coalicion basica (que lo llevan los soldados de la COG, Baird, Minh y los Carmine), con la variacion...

Hello, is this in the right section? :) Woohoo I won a $200 voucher from a cosplay supply, er, supplier. Before ordering some foamy goodness I wanted to ask what are the generally accepted foam thicknesses best used for an ODST (except helmet which I've 3D printed)? I've done some trawling...

Hey gang, been...well FOREVER!!!! anyways I have been try to get better and work more on stuff with halo. so instead of me making a rifle 6 times and a pistol, well you get it I went right up to the big guns. I am a huge heavy weapons user in the games so I wanted my rocket launcher. Then...

Hey everyone! This will be where I post progress and details of my new Reach suit. I've created two Reach suits in the past, one for myself and one for a friend. Hopefully this one will be even better looking and better functioning. This suit will be pretty much all foam, made with pep patterns...

Over on the RPF, I started a thread on a firing Halo CE Magnum, built from the Nerf Firestrike Elite. Because this is the 405th, I thought people might be interested to see it. Firing Halo CE Magnum Replica I've been collecting resources from CE and putting them there as well. PS. If this is...

I have a Halo 4/5 scout helmet made in pep that sits pretty loosely on my head. I can put soft foam on the top of the inside to keep my head at the right height and at the back as to prevent the helmet from sliding forward when I look down. The problem I’ve encountered previously is keeping...

"Greetings, humans, and welcome to Installation 405. Ignore prior warnings, and please continue on this thread." So here the gist: I'm almost done hot-gluing my Mk. IV Spartan Armor, and it's coming high timey time to start to paintn' the pieces silly. Now, I live in the sweet, sweet college...

Hello, first post! I've recently made my first ever helmet, and attached images to this thread. I was wondering what the easiest way to fill in the cracks and make it seem smooth is? I live in the UK so any suggestions of what to buy or where to buy would be really helpful! Thanks in advance...

Wondering about the pros and cons of using a regular knife (X-Acto or Razor Blade, Etc.) vs a hot knife. If there's a thread already out there sorry for a repost but just wondering what works best!

So, I'm wanting to make a set of ODST armor for use in Airsoft (ANSI-Rated eye protection being worn under a metal mesh visor for anyone curious) using the AndrewDFT templates, with some modifications to make them more accurate to the H3: ODST version of the armor. The problem is, while durable...

Hola, aquí dejo todo mi progreso del armado del HeliosKrill con la combinación del casco Venator (No domino el ingles muy bien así es que el traductor me va hacer el esfuerzo de traducir todo :p)...

Hey there guys I'm getting ready to get started on my bills and I just wanted to ask a couple questions first. First off how much foam does it take in general to make a full suit? I will most likely be buying packs of harbor freight floor mats. Second does anyone still use pressure suits for...

Hi I'm Lemonade and I'm making Halo: Reach female spartan armor. 7 years ago I made a pepakura/fiberglass orange Master Chief suit (Grif), and now that it's old and worn, and I've lost some weight between now and then (go me!), I figured it was time for something new. So while this isn't my...

Hello ! I'm making a halo reach armor for like ~4 years ( Ingeneering school doesn't help ) . So now I have some time to work on it. So this is what I want to do : I learned a lot about how to do ( scale / pepakura ) on this forum . I know the differents methods : pepakura+resin etc.... /...

Hey everyone! I don't know about the rest of you but I'm someone who's just a little too obsessed with the soldiers we all know and love as ODSTs. It's an armor style I've always found to be interesting and figured after years of dreaming and going through life said to myself: "Hey, why don't...

I have been on here a long time, but i haven't completed a halo costume since 2012, which is disappointing. So i thought I would try my hand at foam. I want to document the whole build from start to finish, and hopefully we'll get some questions answered along the way. I will be using the foam...

Hello! I have been up and down through the forums, and there are a lot of good things going on, but nothing seems to be close. Anyone out there in the Ogden area active? I'd like to get together and set up a build party. Help each other out, help with scaling, techniques, that sort of thing. I...

Hello everyone, it has been several years since I've even been on this website and my old username is long gone. This first post is going to be quite long as I have been working on my armor intermittently for about a year and a half. This is not my first attempt at making armor. I have tried...

Thanks to the awesome PerniciousDuke; I’ve got the Foam Files for the Hellcat Armor in my grasp, I’m gonna get cracking on the build but I need aaaaaany last minute tips, tricks and advice to get the job done the right way the first time around. Against my better judgement I’m gonna be using...

So getting back into building, I remember now that the original foam I’ve been working with; Walmart and Harbor Freight EVA; and be regarded to as, well, poop. So I’m putting out the suggestion call, what’s the spiciest foam a crafter can get their grubby mitts on and how much is it gonna...

Hi all, I am in urgent need of help. Would someone be able to convert the pep Noble set into foam? I've tried my best but I am really not up to snuff with converting sets. Any help would be gladly appreciated.

Hey there, I’m trying this again, so I’ll get to the point. Between my lack of experience, lack of effective equipment, and busy work schedule; I can not properly adjust pepakura files to foam, I tried, I can’t do it. I plan to get experience at another time with someone actually helping me out...

This should be the last struggle-help post I make for a while; at least I hope so anyways. Basically my issue is; I found the pep files for the armor I want to craft; Hellcat to be precise. Halo 5: Guardians - MJOLNIR GEN2 - Hellcat My issue is I wanna build it out of Foam and these are Pep...

So, while I was working on my custom Mark IV, I had a realisation that the 405th does not actually posess any up to date files of the Halo 2 ODSTs. Luckily, with the help of the Master Chief Collection - I enlisted the help of AbiSV (whose files I was using for the custom Mark IV) and...