First Halo Cosplay - ODST 3D print

[SmartAsh3184]

Hello amazing 405th community I have recently started the sizing stages of building my very first Halo cosplay the ODST armor!! Being new to cosplay and sizing with Armorsmith, I was wondering if anyone had any tips or suggestions about what I have so far (photos below). Any help would be appreciated. The cad files are from made 3D printable by MoeSizzlac Thingiverse Halo 3 ODST - Rookie - Full Armor Set.

 

[Parzival]

In my limited scaling experience my thoughts are below :

-The thigh appears the be the along the whole length of the leg, I think this could be restriciting if you attempt to sit, maybe a little less length there?

-The shin dips below the ankle and could be well into the footwear at that point.

-The gauntlet appears to also be along the whole length of your lower arm. This could restrict when you go to bend your arm, put your own helmet on, etc. (Imaged attached showing my setup) I believe you would want to lower that length along the arm. My elbow piece was roughly in line with my elbow when bent. I used FromTheBrink files for my gauntlet shown.

-Chest / Torso items look good to me

 

[SmartAsh3184]

In my limited scaling experience my thoughts are below :

-The thigh appears the be the along the whole length of the leg, I think this could be restriciting if you attempt to sit, maybe a little less length there?

-The shin dips below the ankle and could be well into the footwear at that point.

-The gauntlet appears to also be along the whole length of your lower arm. This could restrict when you go to bend your arm, put your own helmet on, etc. (Imaged attached showing my setup) I believe you would want to lower that length along the arm. My elbow piece was roughly in line with my elbow when bent. I used FromTheBrink files for my gauntlet shown.

-Chest / Torso items look good to me

Will update my sizing. Thank you so much!

 

[SgtSaint]

I hope these help:

Advice:
Just because this is new to you doesn't mean its new. You don't have to re-invent the wheel with making, finishing or painting techniques. With ANY new endeavor I urge people to scroll back in the forums and facebook pages about a year and just read, read, read. A day spent reading can gain you man-years of knowledge and insight. You see what gets asked over and over. You see the problems that pop up over and over. You see things like "after about 3 months these cracks appeared" and so on that you only get with the benefit of time.
YouTube: Instead of watching movies this week just watch YouTubes on printing, making armor, doing painting etc. There's nothing like WATCHING something happen both good and bad to be a great learning tool.

My "New Armorer FAQ" thread:
SgtSaint's FAQ post
<spoiler> I commonly recommend starting with a less unforgiving build as your first armor, then work up to one's like this with tighter and tighter tolerances after you've leveled up your scaling skills.</spoiler>

Read through some build threads where people detail the process, the scaling, the planning, the fails and successes, finishing, painting, strapping. These are a couple of mine but there are hundreds more. Also don't brush off build threads for armor different than yours. Just because it's a... Heavy Infantry Mandalorian, or whatever doesn't mean the lessons on scaling, padding and painting don't apply to your armor just as well.
Spartan:
• Build 2 - MK-VI gen-3. With some silver timeline influence
• MK-VI Silver team season 2 [2024 build]

ODST:
SgtSaint ODST build (AU regiment)

Specific to your photos:
I agree with Parzival about the lengths of your long-bone parts (arms and legs): They look too long and like they will lock up your joints. I **suspect** this is a lack of familiarity with Armorsmith and you're doing simplistic uniform scaling. Doing non-uniform scaling will get you a lot closer. For example you might need to be 110% around and 90% in length to match your body.