Another H2A ODST Cosplay – First Build
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ReclaimerODST
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Alrighty everyone following this thread! I’d lost some motivation, but have made a ton of progress since the last post, so here it is.
The majority of my time was spent working on the bags for the costume. There are 18 in total, with some sort of bizarre designs. I’m pretty new to sewing, so this was a huge struggle for me. I ended up finishing 5 bags, which will make up the front of the belt, leaving the large side bags, the back, and the four in the chest.
The pictures don’t quite show all the details since I was in a huge crunch and not taking a lot of progress pictures.
I also wanted to put together a holster for my SOCOM as a tiny side project, just traced the basic shape and added a strap to close it. The actual hip-mounting strap is a WIP.
In the last post I hadn’t even started sanding, and now I’ve gotten paint totally finished. A huge part of the appeal to the ODST armor is the strapping all over, and for the most part I was able to get them all in the proper placement, held in with hot glue. Other than a clear coat and the “ODST” decal on the back, the armor is completely done. Unfortunately I took almost zero progress pictures, but here they are all finished.
Lastly, I wanted a resin visor because I didn’t trust myself to vacuum form, so I ordered one from a printing service online. Following a guide from @spartan_hs92 on Instagram, I wet sanded it until it was transparent, and tried to dye it blue, but the dye didn’t hold. I’m gonna try another method using alcohol ink, but for now I’ve got a nice clear visor that looks and fits perfect! After dying, it’ll be coated on the inside with chrome paint for the (hopefully) mirror finish.
Before sanding, left; after sanding, right.
I should have more progress soon, no more huge gaps! The biggest struggle will be the last 13 bags, but I’ve gotten much better at sewing and think I could knock them out within two weeks or so. The armor itself, visor included, should be finished within a week. Thank you for anyone keeping up with this suit! I’ve learned a lot and have talked with some cool people.
The majority of my time was spent working on the bags for the costume. There are 18 in total, with some sort of bizarre designs. I’m pretty new to sewing, so this was a huge struggle for me. I ended up finishing 5 bags, which will make up the front of the belt, leaving the large side bags, the back, and the four in the chest.
The pictures don’t quite show all the details since I was in a huge crunch and not taking a lot of progress pictures.
I also wanted to put together a holster for my SOCOM as a tiny side project, just traced the basic shape and added a strap to close it. The actual hip-mounting strap is a WIP.
In the last post I hadn’t even started sanding, and now I’ve gotten paint totally finished. A huge part of the appeal to the ODST armor is the strapping all over, and for the most part I was able to get them all in the proper placement, held in with hot glue. Other than a clear coat and the “ODST” decal on the back, the armor is completely done. Unfortunately I took almost zero progress pictures, but here they are all finished.
Lastly, I wanted a resin visor because I didn’t trust myself to vacuum form, so I ordered one from a printing service online. Following a guide from @spartan_hs92 on Instagram, I wet sanded it until it was transparent, and tried to dye it blue, but the dye didn’t hold. I’m gonna try another method using alcohol ink, but for now I’ve got a nice clear visor that looks and fits perfect! After dying, it’ll be coated on the inside with chrome paint for the (hopefully) mirror finish.
Before sanding, left; after sanding, right.
I should have more progress soon, no more huge gaps! The biggest struggle will be the last 13 bags, but I’ve gotten much better at sewing and think I could knock them out within two weeks or so. The armor itself, visor included, should be finished within a week. Thank you for anyone keeping up with this suit! I’ve learned a lot and have talked with some cool people.
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Slayer241489
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Dude that looks really friggin good!!!! I love that you just made the pouches from scratch so that theyd have that tiny extra bit of accuracy to how the pouches actually look in game. I love the Halo 2A ODST definitely one of the more comfortable suits to wear. Id love to know how you made those pouches; did you freehand? What materials did you use?
I also really like how your adding in all the extra bits of detail seen in the model that are easy to over look; like patterning in the undersuit. Do you think youll shoot for tier 3?
I also really like how your adding in all the extra bits of detail seen in the model that are easy to over look; like patterning in the undersuit. Do you think youll shoot for tier 3?
ReclaimerODST
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Thank you!! I picked up some 600d canvas to mimic actual military bags, and just some black cotton bias tape for the edges. The black accent materials are just the wrong side of some leftover faux suede I had. For the patterns I just totally eyeballed it. I made some notes and sketches to figure out how big they should be, and then just went for it. The process for them was mostly
- make a basic rectangle bag template
- stitch on the black details
- close all the seams and add the bias tape
- stitch in the straps for the bags that need it
My first attempts I tried to have the flap together so it’s all one piece, but it made it a lot more annoying and you couldn’t even see the difference, so I just swapped to cutting it seperate and adding it on when the bag is finished.
