Halo The TV Series Master Chief full build

[Nimitz]

Nice! Totally agree. It also forces you to ensure wearability is at the forefront of a build. At 66, wearing a full costume (Mando, Cooper Howard, Dalek , MC) for 8-10 hrs at a time is impossible without that. The 20 something crowd can put up with a lot of 'issues' when wearing a costume ... not me

I started cosplay by jumping off the deep end in 2020 when i decided to build a full scale Dalek and at that time the only thing i literally knew about electronics was that the red wire wire went on the positive battery terminal & the black on the negative. Roll forward to today & Dalek Nim has 3 Arduinos running 8 different systems and I even figured out how to take apart an electric wheelchair and retire it nevermind all the fiberglassing techniques I had to learn along the way.

This is one reason each new build is selected so that I have to learn at least one new skill .... MC provides both the opportunity to learn "advanced" armor scaling techniques plus a whole bunch of sewing ...

 

[Brother Drim]

Nice! Totally agree. It also forces you to ensure wearability is at the forefront of a build. At 66, wearing a full costume (Mando, Cooper Howard, Dalek , MC) for 8-10 hrs at a time is impossible without that. The 20 something crowd can put up with a lot of 'issues' when wearing a costume ... not me

I started cosplay by jumping off the deep end in 2020 when i decided to build a full scale Dalek and at that time the only thing i literally knew about electronics was that the red wire wire went on the positive battery terminal & the black on the negative. Roll forward to today & Dalek Nim has 3 Arduinos running 8 different systems and I even figured out how to take apart an electric wheelchair and retire it nevermind all the fiberglassing techniques I had to learn along the way.

This is one reason each new build is selected so that I have to learn at least one new skill .... MC provides both the opportunity to learn "advanced" armor scaling techniques plus a whole bunch of sewing ...

I was having this conversation with someone the other day. It is amazing that we can develop so many different skillsets from a hobby like this isn't it? I've been in technology for years but some of the weird super niche things ive done here have made me explore areas of tech I never thought I would, which in turn actually played back into my proffesional career. Have to love when a hobby also helps you develop

 

[Nimitz]

Ok, it took the better part of 8 hrs but I've completed scaling and fitting all 21 pieces that make up the chest armor and the 6 that make up the COD and then used MesjMixer to disassemble each fully assembled piece and now I have what should be perfectly fitting armor more of less ready to print.
The forearms, biceps and shoulder caps are already printed & ready to paint and I've also made one set of calf/knee armor that fits over my foot in one piece but I think I'm going to throw it into MeshMixer & Blender to see if I can do a little bit more form fitting as its a little loose now that I have the process down, this only leaves the thigh armor which I need to wait unit my undersuit pants are done to fit them corrcetly.
While painful, it was not a wasted one time effort as I already have next year's cosplay costume on the drawing board ... a complete Fallout T-60 Power Armor set where I'll need to do the exact same scaling & fitting process which should go much quicker assuming I remember what 'm doing ...
I'll take one more look at the armor in a day or two to ensure I'm still happy with the fitting and then its on to some marathon printing ...