Grenadier Spartan III

[tahu505]

I always give respect when it’s due. I can not for the life of me achieve that level of detail with a pep file. That helmet looks super clean. Keep up the good work!

The first helmet was peped years ago, new one is 3d printed. Also a little secret, the pep has a giant dent in the back haha.

 

[KingBadger13]

The first helmet was peped years ago, new one is 3d printed. Also a little secret, the pep has a giant dent in the back haha.

You say dent I say battle damage from a sneak attack from a brute

 

[tahu505]

Foam

 

[tahu505]

Got a fan kit from Henry's Helmet Fans on Etsy and installed it. Didn't take long to do.

It does work for clearing up fog!

 

[tahu505]

Foam cut out for the mid section of the boots.

 

[tahu505]

Last of the foam has been cut out. Just need to find the time to glue it together

 

[tahu505]

Got the back of the boots put together today. There were some weak points that I wanted to reinforce but didn't have scrap foam with me so I grabbed some scrap vinyl.

 

[tahu505]

Boots are made! Still need to go back to add foam clay, sand, and reinforce but the main body is done for them! I haven't done foam in 5 years so I'm glad I could improve since then

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Boots are made! Still need to go back to add foam clay, sand, and reinforce but the main body is done for them! I haven't done foam in 5 years so I'm glad I could improve since then
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Killer foamsmithing! Great job!

 

[tahu505]

Decided to full send and paint the good visor

Glued it in and added some weathering

 

[RandomRanger]

Looks great!

 

[Spartan513]

Decided to full send and paint the good visor
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Glued it in and added some weathering
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I love the grit on the visor. I have always thought about how one would add "dirt" or "damage" without totally obscuring your vision. Well done!

 

[Dire]

Yeah, about the vision, what's it like with weathering? Thought about weathering my visor too

 

[tahu505]

Yeah, about the vision, what's it like with weathering? Thought about weathering my visor too

weathering doesn't affect vision too much on my visor. I hit the edges harder than the center.

 

[Dire]

weathering doesn't affect vision too much on my visor. I hit the edges harder than the center.

Cool, I'm still hesitant to do it, alot of work to get the finished visor color

 

[tahu505]

Haven't done an update in a while so here we go. A while back I used foam clay to fill in the gaps on the boots and sanded them using 320 grit

I also redid my attachment point for the grenadier shoulder using the same files for the commando and it is much stronger. (I forgot to take a pic and I'm too lazy to take it out of the box it's in so here's a goofy video I made for tiktok showing it off [hope you like Better off Alone])

 

[tahu505]

Plastidiped the boots

 

[tahu505]

Painted the boots

Quick leg test

 

[tahu505]

Got all the decals done today

I noticed that the left arm has yellow triangles whil the right has black.

I didn't have clear sticker paper so for the UNSC I made a stencil l.

It didn't come out the cleanest but I'm sticking with my heavy weathered back (cool guys don't look at explosions) so it should still work out.

I also added velcro straps near the top magnets for the chest, extra security. Plus padding around the neck and I covered gaps in the back with foam.

 

[tahu505]

Started some of that cool guys don't loom at explosions weathering. I've only added black acrylic so far.