Master chief h4 build!

[Saint of God]

Hello 405th!

My name is Ryan!

About 2 1/2 months ago, I found this website and thought everything on here was pretty amazing! I made a goal to make a full suit myself and get it all finished in time for Halloween and the midnight release of Halo 4. I had no idea what I was in for because it took a lot of time, money, work, and dedication to complete something of such great magnitude!

I'm a huge Halo fan! After seeing Adam Grumbo's armor and all the other fantastic suits at comic-con and rtx, I wanted one sooo bad! So, my adventure took off and I decided to do Master Chief because why on earth would I not want to?!

This is my first ever build of anything like this, so I was new to everything! I got pepakura on my computer and went crazy! So Let's see some progress pics, shall we?

But, first, before I do that, I want to say I couldn't do any of this without the amazing work from the talented "Kingrahl", "Monkeyfuj", "Robogenesis", and "Rhinoc"! You guys ROCK! I hope I can learn 3-D animation and be as good as you guys!

Estimated working time: 400 hrs
Approximate materials cost: $350

*UPDATE* FINISHED COSTUME!

So, now on to the pics! The first ones are, of course, the peps!

 

[ajfromnj]

Looks great man! For your first time it's coming out very well. Keep it up!

 

[Saint of God]

I used fiberglass and rondo for the helmet. Everything else I just used rondo because fiberglass was just a pain in my rear! So now it's time for the resin and bondo stage pics!

 

[Saint of God]

Primer stage!

Then I did one coat of Satin green on the whole armor!

Then I did a camouflage green for the highlights to give it color variation!

....and now the fully painted armor!!!

My hand plate and finger pieces!

 

[ajfromnj]

Fanstastic work!

 

[Saint of God]

Fanstastic work!

Thank you! I still need to put in the padding, straps, visor, and led lights by Halloween! Hopefully I can get it done and post some sweet pics of me actually wearing it!

 

[JetFireRR]

Looks like you did a great job on your build!

How does it fit (so far)?

 

[Saint of God]

Looks like you did a great job on your build!

How does it fit (so far)?

Everything seems to be about the right size for me. I think once the padding is in, everything will fit just right. My only concern is I think I made the thigh pieces too big. I feel they will be rubbing against each other when I walk. I won't know till the padding is installed.

 

[JetFireRR]

Awesome, keep us updated!

 

[Mstruvmgc]

Wow this is great

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Inspiring work. Your painting skills are magnificent too.

 

[ajfromnj]

Inspiring work. Your painting skills are magnificent too.

Agreed. You did a good job with the weathering and the scarring on the armor itself.

 

[Saint of God]

Thank you guys for the comments! It's been a lot of work! Overall, I spent about 400 hours making it and spent $350 on supplies!

 

[wizardofcoz]

great job man!

 

[Camaro91]

This looks stunning! You have mad painting skills!!

 

[Saint of God]

I got a lot done tonight! I'll update pics soon!

 

[Camaro91]

Sweet, updates should be even more awesome on this one!

 

[Saint of God]

I installed the visor and some led lights! I've got one more day to work on it till Halloween! Just gluing in straps right now. I'll post finished pics soon!

 

[ViperB77]

Great job there man! At first, it was a pretty good, but the weathering really brings out your armor!

 

[Camaro91]

Almost there, cant wait to see it all suited together