Adam Anderson's Halo 3 Marine

[Adam Anderson]

hi guys and gals, im starting my marine for dragon con and comic con. i want to finish for comic con, and make improvements for dragon con. its the halo 3 marine, with a few custom changes. ive pepped most of the suit, i havent finished the greaves(shins) and i have to redo the shoulder and the boot cover. the boot cover turned out too small, and i accidentally resined it to the cardboard box i was resining on. the shoulder, eventhough was using the supports, warped considerably. so i have to redo that. also the small shoulder extra piece was scredew up when i experimented with casting plastic to pep. tip- resin first to seal the pep so plastic doesnt go through it. i also dont know what type of camo i should get. i dont want to get some really expensive ones, but i want some good ones. so if any one has old ones that they dont wear anymore, you could send me a pm about them. anyway, on to the pics!!

this was screwed up by the plastic also- the elbow piece

gotta redo this

more to come later, and comment!

 

[Sniperbaas]

Looks pretty good. Some guys just wear a plain bdu (no camo/black/grey) under their suits. If you can find an old army/navy store or any old sporting good store that sell used clothes, you should be able to find a cheap camo jumpsuit. (Also works well for turkey hunting ) BTW: diggin' the xbox360 shirt. Oh, smart idea of labeling your pieces, but you'll have to relabel after resin/bondo. In relation to your resining the piece to the cardboard, I'd suggest taking a dremel drill with a "buzzsaw" attachment and cutting the sucker out. Then do a little bit of work with a sander or file and you're good to go!





Cheers!

 

[Adam Anderson]

yeah i was thinking army surplus store, but the closest one to me is 2 hour drive. so that cant happen. and the labeling the pieces, i feel is kind of necessary because of the smaller pieces. the peice that i resined to the card board was the boot cover that was too small. and i had to redo it anyways. i tried to just pull/rip it off the cardboard, and the piece ripped in half. so i reprinted that piece tonight.

 

[A Guardian]

Sweet work.

And maybe ill see you at Dragon-Con.

Dont know if im going, but hope to, an hope i have my recon finished by then.

 

[Adam Anderson]

sweet, hope that you can make it!

more pics

and i said that im doing a few custom changes. heres one of them

 

[rvalera11]

Hey good job man keep it up, so are you going 2 use for the camo then?

 

[Adam Anderson]

yeah im thinkin desert or woodland camo for it, just got ta find some that arent 60 and up (dollars)

 

[Roadwarrior]

The leg camo to me, looks like a desert color scheme with an urban print. Looks good so far.

 

[GiR3892]

For the camo i would check adam's photo shoot pictures, so far the camo style i would go with the digital style it really looks awesome i will be following this project along when making mine as well



check army surplus stores or possibly ebay if your lucky , as for your suit so far so good keep it up dude

 

[Adam Anderson]

thanks i just bought those goggles, and i just bought my dragon con membership.

 

[mkshane81]

looks good so far Adam. I'm liking the goggles.

 

[Adam Anderson]

Thanks I'm using them with the helmet

 

[Adam Anderson]

sorry to double post, but i am asking for a favor.in the gallery, there is not really any good refrences of the halo 3 marine shinand knee cap armor, or the boot cover armor. can somebody please get me a few pics of these areas? i would do it myself, but my halo 3 doesnt play in my 360 anymore for some reason. and the odst marines are different. so if anyone could get mesome pics, i would be greatly thankfull.

 

[GiR3892]

sorry to double post, but i am asking for a favor.in the gallery, there is not really any good refrences of the halo 3 marine shinand knee cap armor, or the boot cover armor. can somebody please get me a few pics of these areas? i would do it myself, but my halo 3 doesnt play in my 360 anymore for some reason. and the odst marines are different. so if anyone could get mesome pics, i would be greatly thankfull.

okidoki i should have some lying around somewhere ill post them when i find them



EDIT*



i found these i dont know if they are extremely helpful but here they are



this is from vrogy's flickr of his kit

marine concept

H3 screenshot

WETA marine

hope this helps

 

[mkshane81]

Hey Adam. Try downloading the reference pack from the costuming wiki. The location is here. Hope it helps. I found a few of pictures like you requested in there. If you're building the marine, it would definitely be worth having.

 

[Adam Anderson]

Hey Adam. Try downloading the reference pack from the costuming wiki. The location is here. Hope it helps. I found a few of pictures like you requested in there. If you're building the marine, it would definitely be worth having.

thanks, im downloading now.

 

[Adam Anderson]

okidoki i should have some lying around somewhere ill post them when i find them



EDIT*



i found these i dont know if they are extremely helpful but here they are

this is from vrogy's flickr of his kit

hope this helps

thanks, those helped alot. also, the gogges are scheduled to arrive on the 25(my birthday!)

 

[Adam Anderson]

ok i realize that i havent updated in a while, so here we are. i fully fiberglassed the chest and back, and put 1 appication of bondo on, then sanded it.this weekend was slow for my armor, because of my recent intrest in airsoft. so saturday was spent playing airsoft, and sunday was spent doing homework, and getting a little bit of bondo on my chest and back. my goggles will arive tommorow, and ill update again tommorow with more progress tword total completion.

pics!

there we go, not much, but at least i got something done this weekend.