GuitarMaster157
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Hello, 405th! My name is GuitarMaster157, and I've been lurking around on the forums and YouTube and such, and I've finally decided to post my progress on an ODST build I've been forging away on. To give some background, Halo 3: ODST is my favorite video game EVAR, just because of its awesome weapons, atmosphere, and awesomeness. So as soon as I had heard of pepakura, I was interested, and had to try it out. So I whipped up a few little things, and then started work on a full suit. I've recently decided that most of it will be made of foam, but some detailed parts are and will be pepped.
So enough of all that, on to progress!
Based on TD-0013's idea, I'll have a list of progress right here.
Helmet - DONE
Shoulders - DONE
Forearm 1 - ?
Forearm 2 - ?
Chest Plate - DONE
Stomach Plate - DONE
Side Plates - DONE
Chest Core - DONE
Belt Buckle - DONE
Fanny Pack - DONE
Crotch Plate - DONE
Hip Plates - DONE
Thigh 1 - DONE
Thigh 2 - DONE
Knees - DONE
Shin 1 - DONE
Shin 2 - DONE
1500/1700
88.235%
Alright, now on to pictures!
Here's the helmet, it's Kirrou's HD helmet pep, which is absolutely amazing! I'm currently in the process of wet sanding, and I've learned a lot of things while building it. I'm not gonna be able to cut the detail lines because the bondo turned out to be too thin to cut through. There's actually a good few spots of paper showing through, but it's not noticeable. I'm sure it will turn out great, but I might end up making another one after the rest of the suit is done.
Here's my workstation, or one of them. This is the one I work with foam at.
The chest plate (Kirrou's file). I built this one a while ago with plain old pepakura. Later, after checking out rino626's build, along with TD-0013's and higdog827's, (all awesome builds btw) I decided to start working with foam because I HATE working with bondo. So thankfully, I hadn't built much at that point, so I decided to rework all of my stuff, minus the helmet, out of foam.
Here are some stencils I cut out for the chest piece. On the left is my emblem, and DARK is my service tag.
Here's the chest core (Hugh's file). I don't know why this has given me so much trouble, but building it has just been a pain in the neck.
Here are the shoulders (Kirrou's file). They were pretty hard to figure out, but when I did, I finished them super quickly. I had pepped a shoulder piece, but decided to remodel it, and I'm glad because these turned out great! After trying to make that center box out of foam, I decided it would be easier to pep, so I made two, only fiberglassed the inside, and it fits in seamlessly! I used Hugh's shoulder base and hot glued it to the shoulder and it works perfectly! I plan on securing these with some strapping to the chest core when it's done. The reason they're at 95% is because I'm waiting for a good day to spray paint some red detail on the bicep part and then I have to weather it.
Here's a right forearm (Kirrou's file). I pepped it a while back, and it took forever! That's probably a good thing, because it's a beautifully detailed file. I'm gonna make two more out of foam. I have cut out some templates, but I'm gonna do some more stuff before I start these.
Working down the arm, here arm some cheap paintball gloves I got off of Amazon. I don't know why my first finger seems so stubby, looks kinda weird, lol. Anyway, they look great and will go perfectly with the rest of the suit. If anyone has any suggestions on an undersuit, that'd be great!
Here's the stomach plate (also Kirrou's file). I actually decided to pep this one because it was too detailed to make out of foam. Can someone give me a suggestion as to what I should use for the ring on the inside? I didn't want to pep it because I didn't want it to be all pixely.
Here are the side chest plates (Nightshade's file). Not much to say, pretty simple.
Here's the belt buckle (Hugh's file). I don't know why I've never seen anyone do this out of foam, it was such a simple file to modify. Just need to weather it.
The crotch plate (Hugh's file). This is such a simple file, there's nothing to really say about it at all. Oh! The little rings you can see on other peoples' builds, I couldn't figure those out, but I eventually was able to find them at Jo-ann's, they're called D-rings.
Hip plates (Hugh's file). Not much to say here.
So enough of all that, on to progress!
Based on TD-0013's idea, I'll have a list of progress right here.
Helmet - DONE
Shoulders - DONE
Forearm 1 - ?
Forearm 2 - ?
Chest Plate - DONE
Stomach Plate - DONE
Side Plates - DONE
Chest Core - DONE
Belt Buckle - DONE
Fanny Pack - DONE
Crotch Plate - DONE
Hip Plates - DONE
Thigh 1 - DONE
Thigh 2 - DONE
Knees - DONE
Shin 1 - DONE
Shin 2 - DONE
1500/1700
88.235%
Alright, now on to pictures!
Here's the helmet, it's Kirrou's HD helmet pep, which is absolutely amazing! I'm currently in the process of wet sanding, and I've learned a lot of things while building it. I'm not gonna be able to cut the detail lines because the bondo turned out to be too thin to cut through. There's actually a good few spots of paper showing through, but it's not noticeable. I'm sure it will turn out great, but I might end up making another one after the rest of the suit is done.
Here's my workstation, or one of them. This is the one I work with foam at.
The chest plate (Kirrou's file). I built this one a while ago with plain old pepakura. Later, after checking out rino626's build, along with TD-0013's and higdog827's, (all awesome builds btw) I decided to start working with foam because I HATE working with bondo. So thankfully, I hadn't built much at that point, so I decided to rework all of my stuff, minus the helmet, out of foam.
Here are some stencils I cut out for the chest piece. On the left is my emblem, and DARK is my service tag.
Here's the chest core (Hugh's file). I don't know why this has given me so much trouble, but building it has just been a pain in the neck.
Here are the shoulders (Kirrou's file). They were pretty hard to figure out, but when I did, I finished them super quickly. I had pepped a shoulder piece, but decided to remodel it, and I'm glad because these turned out great! After trying to make that center box out of foam, I decided it would be easier to pep, so I made two, only fiberglassed the inside, and it fits in seamlessly! I used Hugh's shoulder base and hot glued it to the shoulder and it works perfectly! I plan on securing these with some strapping to the chest core when it's done. The reason they're at 95% is because I'm waiting for a good day to spray paint some red detail on the bicep part and then I have to weather it.
Here's a right forearm (Kirrou's file). I pepped it a while back, and it took forever! That's probably a good thing, because it's a beautifully detailed file. I'm gonna make two more out of foam. I have cut out some templates, but I'm gonna do some more stuff before I start these.
Working down the arm, here arm some cheap paintball gloves I got off of Amazon. I don't know why my first finger seems so stubby, looks kinda weird, lol. Anyway, they look great and will go perfectly with the rest of the suit. If anyone has any suggestions on an undersuit, that'd be great!
Here's the stomach plate (also Kirrou's file). I actually decided to pep this one because it was too detailed to make out of foam. Can someone give me a suggestion as to what I should use for the ring on the inside? I didn't want to pep it because I didn't want it to be all pixely.
Here are the side chest plates (Nightshade's file). Not much to say, pretty simple.
Here's the belt buckle (Hugh's file). I don't know why I've never seen anyone do this out of foam, it was such a simple file to modify. Just need to weather it.
The crotch plate (Hugh's file). This is such a simple file, there's nothing to really say about it at all. Oh! The little rings you can see on other peoples' builds, I couldn't figure those out, but I eventually was able to find them at Jo-ann's, they're called D-rings.
Hip plates (Hugh's file). Not much to say here.
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