Higdog827's Masterchief Build (NOW COMPLETE!)

[NayrDeath]

Also higdog827 I just rememberer this when I did my helmet I noticed that the visor was uneven on my helmet and it was off by a little slant what I found to be a quick and easy fix was mighty putty its this nasty smelling crap thats hard to kneed but it does the job and you can sand it and paint it.

So mighty putty IS a good gap filler? Hmm.. interesting. BTW I love your signature lol.

 

[BlueSol]

Good work glad to see you decided to make your own helmet

 

[higdog827]

Good work glad to see you decided to make your own helmet

Well unfortunately, its for a friend, not me... Oh well.


Ok, i just got back from home depot where i picked up a can of bondo and some new fillters for my respirator. My friend changed his mind and said that he now wants it smoothed, but this is good, because itll give me some bondo experience for when i finally get around to finishng up Masterchief.
Now i know this seems like a really nooby question, but is there a certain way your supposed to open the can? I mean, I was planning on just taking a knife to it, but is there a less savage/better way to open it?
I plan on getting the bondo on the helmet and sanding tomorrow, then probably painting sunday.

Also, Lawacr, thanks for the tip with the mighty putty, I think i remember my grandma saying she has some in her basement somewhere, so i might just have to try that out!

Stay tuned, updates either tonight or tomorow.

 

[Spitfire22V]

A large slotted screwdriver usually works well for opening cans like the Bondo one. At least that's what I use.

 

[higdog827]

Alright everyone, ive begun bondoing, and its coming along well! Heres what I have done so far.

Heres a view of the front

Here is the inside, I put some to support those little tab things that are on top of the visor

Heres a bit of the top and the other side



Ok, its going pretty good, but I have a question. Are you supposed to just bondo and sand the parts that need smoothed, or are you supposed to cover the whole thing? I think you just do the parts that need smoothed, but im not positive, so i figured id ask you guys before I screw the thing up.
Hope to hear from you guys soon, I plan on doing some more tonight. Ill keep ya posted.

 

[NayrDeath]

Now i know this seems like a really nooby question, but is there a certain way your supposed to open the can? I mean, I was planning on just taking a knife to it, but is there a less savage/better way to open it?
I plan on getting the bondo on the helmet and sanding tomorrow, then probably painting sunday.

Use a paint can opener, they sell 'em for like $1 at the painting department.

 

[higdog827]

Hey, ive finished the bondo on the helmet! And god, there was SO MUCH SANDING!!!!!!!!! And of course, i dont have a mouse sander, so i had to do it all by hand... Anyway, heres a look at my bondo work! Also, i taped a visor in that made out of a 2 liter bottle and some very light coats of gold spray paint. Its actually really easy to see out of! (If youre ever in need of a real quick, easy, and effective visor, you should try it!)

On this picture, the painters tape in in there to temporarily hold in the visor.

As you can see, I already added a bit of the weathering and battle damage.



Ok, Im now begining to paint. Im crossing my fingers that i dont screw up, put im a pretty experienced painter, so i should be ok.

Next thing to do is to put a coat of black on, then tape off the black areas, then spray it red!
Also, if anyone has some good pics of the back of the recon helmet, itd be a huge help to me! (I actually have recon in ODST and reach, but im really looking for a pic of the back of the halo 3 recon helmet. Id do it myself, but i still need two vidmasters before i can haz H3 reconz!!)

 

[higdog827]

Good news guys, i finished the painting! And i think it came out great! It still needs a bit of weathering and all that, but so far, its really good! Here, check this out!

Ok, what do you think? I want to know your opinion! Also, if you guys have any suggestions for how i should weather it, those would be greatly appreciated as well!
Thanks for checkin it out!

 

[sandy1973]

Looks very nice I like it

 

[xcal13]

You'v inspired me to make a knife now

I never realised how big the thing was

 

[higdog827]

You'v inspired me to make a knife now
I never realised how big the thing was

Well, Im very happy i inspired you!

(And yes, the thing IS quite large!)



Alright everyone, I was really working fast on that project last week, however some things have came up in my schedule that have drasticly lowered my produdctivity (mainly mass amounts of graduation parties). Anyway, Im really trying to get as much done as i can, and ill probably have the weathering done and visor installed (along with some other finishing touches) by wednesday or so. stay tuned!

 

[sk8almostbay]

You'v inspired me to make a knife now

I never realised how big the thing was

Cool, check out my knife, i think it's on page 8 or 9 of my EOD build thread. Comments welcome

 

[xcal13]

Well, Im very happy i inspired you!

(And yes, the thing IS quite large!)


Alright everyone, I was really working fast on that project last week, however some things have came up in my schedule that have drasticly lowered my produdctivity (mainly mass amounts of graduation parties). Anyway, Im really trying to get as much done as i can, and ill probably have the weathering done and visor installed (along with some other finishing touches) by wednesday or so. stay tuned!

Did you draw that?
oh and i'm really bad at finding things...

turns out my parents took the camera with them so i should have a video tomorrow
Heres the video

 

[higdog827]

Cool, check out my knife, i think it's on page 8 or 9 of my EOD build thread. Comments welcome

Woah dude! Your bondo work is awesome! Now looking back on it, I reaaaallly wish id had some bondo back when i did that knife, it would have looked much better. But dont get me wrong, Im still extremely happy with it! By the way, when do you plan on painting it, because I CANT WAIT to see that thing finished!!!

Did you draw that?

No, its a charachter from something called a rage comic (theyre comics with these sort of charachters, google rage comic, youll get a really good laugh out of some of them). And your knife is looking pretty good! Did you harden it by putting cardboard on the inside or something? Because i can see what I think is cardboard ribbing on the knife, but other than that, Its good! Are you making a sheath for it as well?

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Ok, so Ive finished up my friends Recon helmet! Its so cool, I relly dont want to give it to him! Unfortunately, a deal is a deal, and I shook on it. So as much as I hate to see it go, it must be done. Here, These are probably the last pictures ill be putting up of the helmet, unless my friend sends me some pictures of him wearing it. So here we go, the finished Recon helmet!

Me wearing the helmet, it fits pretty good!

This side has my his service tag on it (its actually Emile's service tag, but thats what he wanted).

And this side has UNSC and MISRIAH ARMORY on it.

A closer view of that side.

Heres a close-up on some battle damage i put on the top of the helmet.

This is a normal view of a portion of my work table.

This is a view of the same section of my work table while wearing the helmet, as you can see, the cheap, homemade visor is actually suprisingly easy to see out of!

And heres another shot of the finished helmet! It came out really good!

And of course, this is so that someone else cant say that they made it, not me. Of course, my friend is a good person, and he wouldnt do that. But of course, if he later sells it to someone else or something, the possibility is there. Im just being careful.



Well now that his helmet is done, its time for me to get working on my masterchief suit again. Im actually really glad that this opprotunity came along, because doing this helmet has given me a huge amount of practice with fiberglassing, painting, and especially bondo.

Alright everyone, thanks for checking it out! And Id really like to hear what you think!!!

 

[xcal13]

No, its a charachter from something called a rage comic (theyre comics with these sort of charachters, google rage comic, youll get a really good laugh out of some of them). And your knife is looking pretty good! Did you harden it by putting cardboard on the inside or something? Because i can see what I think is cardboard ribbing on the knife, but other than that, Its good! Are you making a sheath for it as well?

Yes i just finished the sheath today and it is cardboard on the inside i cut out bits of it to the right shape to support it as i'm using printer paper and also because i don't have resin or anything fancy

Congtratz on the helmet

 

[higdog827]

Yes i just finished the sheath today and it is cardboard on the inside i cut out bits of it to the right shape to support it as i'm using printer paper and also because i don't have resin or anything fancy

Congtratz on the helmet

Ahhh, yeah I dont know how well that regular paper and cardboard approch will work. Resin and cardstock is definately the best option in my opinion, but if its working well, then congradulations! although, im not sure if your paint job is going to ruin it though, because depending on the type of paint, it could really cause some serious damage to your knife. Just be careful with it ok?
And thanks for the congratz on the helmet!

 

[xcal13]

Gonna be using spraypaint as i did with my 1911 when i get around to it
i hope to when i get some cardstock build an ODST pistol then the helmet and hopefully the whole ODST armor
The helmet and the armor might take a very very long time though due to materials and school and costs etc

 

[higdog827]

Ok, I promise this is DEFINATELY the last update on the recon helmet. I used some foam I had laying around and added those little black things on each side of the front of the helmet, and that little black thing with the gray circle on the top of the front. They were just some final details I wanted to add in before I could officially say that this helmet is done. So here it is, the completely finished recon helmet!

Ok, I now declare this helmet FINISHED! It was a lot of work, but Im really happy that it turned out this good! Thats what I think is the most satisfying part of this hobby. Ya know, being able to sit back and look at whatever you just built, be extremely proud of it, and be able to say "Wow. I made that." Its really a great feeling. You guys who have made stuff in the past should know what Im talking about, and those of you who are still working on their first peice, or want to start or whatever, should look forward to it. It feels really good.

Ok, now that Ive gotten the emotional stuff out of the way, Im ready to get started on the last peice I need to pep. (que dramatic music) THE CHEST PEICE. This thing is huge. Im probably going to end up spending a week on this one peice! But Im ready. alright chestpeice, show me what you got!!!
Ok, maybe Im overexadgerating the chestpeice a little. But whatever way ya slice it, this thing is still gonna take me quite a while to finish. So I should probably get to work.

 

[Spitfire22V]

Looking good higdog, congrats on finishing the Recon helmet. I'm sure it was good practice for finishing techniques when you get to that point on your own armor.

I really like how those "scratches" turned up on the upper forehead area of the Recon helmet.

As for the chest piece, they seem to have unofficially, but uniformly been dubbed the "beasts", since they tend to require so much more work than the other pieces of an armor suit. Just keep chipping away at it and before you know it will be finished.

 

[xcal13]

Nice work on finishing the recon | know what you mean by when you've built something you want to keep it
I gave my 1911 to my friend for £2 and immediatly regretted it.
A week later i got it back

Now I hope i don't start derailing the thread here but i feel that i should post the sheath i'v finished

and tell you that i should hopefully be making an odst helmet

Would you mind if i post updates here or should i start my own thread?
The updates will be monthly at most.