Elite ideas, I need to bounce em, and have some bounced off me.

[GAMMA NET]

I plan to make a ranger(BoB more specifically), im curious, as to what those of more experience think, given, I have none, and the friend who recommended me here is not consistently available.

firstly: are there any EVA variants make ups, as the ranger helmet is very similar.

second: I have seen some other ideas on the forums, the legs are set for me, the idea I have should work rather well. however, given the natural ratio of arm to leg, my human arms would not be long enough to accompany the legs, so im curious what would be suggested to make this more natural a ratio?

third: the head. rangers look alot like spartans, but still are elites, so I wonder, if I would have to make a head like holder, or if I could just make a elongated normal helmet.

I realize there are no finished elites(that I could find) and thus all this is using simple logic and creativity. I am curious what the more experienced members of this community think, and given I have no person experience with creating armor, and likely should not start with an elite, but I have always loved BoBs and cannot choose a single armor set for spartans....

 

[Agent Arizona]

1. There are no pep files for this elite if thats what your asking. You will have to make this on your own
2.stilts are what most people make for the lower leg. The natural position elites stand is make them bend at the knees. So you thigh will go over your knees the down to your shins and you will stand on stilts.
3. Again, your going to need to be creative here. You could make the pep elite head to give you a good base. Everything on the helmet and heads is all going to be custom to your build.

There are finished costumes out there. Most are not that good and are amateurish. but there are some good ones THIS is the best one iv ever seen but THIS tends to be more average

 

[GAMMA NET]

1. I asked about spartan EVA helmets,as the ranger helm is VERY similar to them.
2. I asked about arms, as I already have the stilts planned out, and how I could do the arms, and restore the natural armt o leg ratio.
3. mmk.

thanks for the links.

 

[GAMMA NET]

okay, came to this conclusion: scale elite to spartan structure, this make the ranger practically a spartan by construction, but stilts are now involved, where the stilts need to give you a minimum height increase.....allowing for a naturalistic arm to leg ratio.

 

[ODST479]

I believe spartans are 7 feet tall and elites are 8.

 

[GAMMA NET]

8.6 on average, to be precise. but as I said, I plan to make the elite the size I am currently, as to prevent unwanted arm-leg ration errors. now I will contemplate color and armor smoothness.

 

[tsau mia]

A couple of years ago, I came across a video for werewolf stilts to make your legs look bent the proper way. Here are the plans http://sites.google.com/site/gryphus/werewolfstiltblueprint.jpg

Look online for "digitigrade stilts" or "werewolf stilts" and it should come up pretty easily. They're the best way that I've seen, and they move fairly realistically. I don't know if you could run in them, but they would work.