1st Build Mk.7 Build (Foam and 3D printed parts)

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Figured I might as well toss my hat in the ring and show off what I've been working on. Decided to try my hand at my first full armor set with the Mk.7! I'm at a point of not being completely done but almost there and thought I should post here since this is where I got the pattern for it!

Mind your step around all the info dumps and excuse me if this is a mess because I have no idea how to do posts. (most of these pics were taking off my Instagram story cause I didn't save them as individual pictures lmao)
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First up was the Shoulder pieces! After seeing how nicely this came out I went full steam ahead with the rest of the build! I added/changed some details a bit to give it a bit more dimension but not too sure if I will keep some of them yet.

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Next were the Knees and Forearms! A great and easy addition to the otherwise growing mess, most went together nicely but had some cleanup to do here and there on all the pieces so far.

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If you cant tell I'm terrible at taking progress pictures, but then the shoes and hand plates were done! took some liberties to omit some details that'll never be seen or just were too small, the hand plates I templated and made up myself to save some time and hassle from putting the tiny foam pieces together form the original patterns.

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Then with a wave of my magic wand, they were sealed and painted like that! I'm glad I took a full 360 screenshots of the color scheme because it wasn't included in the new Beta so rip lol. The shoulders and Biceps are completely done, attached together, and painted but this was taken before I had them done.

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At this point I was starting to burn myself out from working on it so much and the Thighs and Shins were just not how I wanted them to turn out, so I took a break and did the helmet!

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Speaking of helmet, tada! the pictures wouldn't go in progressive order soooo, sorry! I got the file off of MoeSizzlac's Thingiverse and eventually got it printed and all done (after I resized it to the correct size, make sure you read the description before you print something out) I eventually plan on adding the actual lights and fans to it, but for now its good enough! I Dremeled in the vents to have holes so I can add the fans for fresh air, led lights, as well as a portion in the back to add in an AI chip like on Chiefs helmet, not canon but I think its cool. The visor is a temporary one till I can vacform a new one, and I originally had gotten a gold and silver vinyl to see which I liked in this helmet more, but someone stole the gold one right out of my mailbox so silver it is!

After all this I took a little time off from making stuff in general. My original idea was to get the entire suit done within a month (before the games release on the 8th and I started this project Nov 6th) but then realized/came to terms that I'm not gonna finish in time, and that if I rush it I'm not gonna be happy with how it turned out and that its alright to take breaks and step back for a bit. which brings us to yesterday!
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I was indeed able to finish and fill in the gaps and stuff yesterday to make both thrusters into a one day build, and eventually I want to add in a really cool idea that I'm totally stealing form ImpactProps on one of their old Spartan builds (the Co2 Cartridge thrusters), cause who doesn't love that extra bit of detail! Speaking of details, I also have this side project going on!

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I know some others are absolutely making a working Grapple Shot as well and doing a better job at it, but I wanna make my own just cause I wanna be that extra. Still in the early stages of it being printed and working on the firing and tethering but that san update for later down the road.

Thank you for sticking by this long and complicated post! Hopefully I have more updates to show in the coming days/weeks. Until then, Take care! Do Good and Be Great!
 
No big updates so far, but I got my Sidekick almost done printing. (definitely a bit too big but it should be at least accurate to a real Spartan lol) modified the original files so there is a moving slide and a removeable magazine for the extra details and for photo shoots, plus why not be a little extra. Printer has been acting up so no progress on the mk.7 helmet either but hopefully a better update soon!
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The files for the Sidekick were from Purple Hazey off the 3d printing index on here.
 
Aaannndd right in the middle of making the Mk.7 helmet my printer decides to throw a fit and give me the middle finger, sooo no more helmet progress for a bit! now at least I have another reason to get back to work on the armor itself lol at least I got the sidekick done! Since I'm gonna remake it I figure I should do a different color scheme, and went with ZetaSky! Cause different shades of blue totally don't clash :lol:
 
Man talk about taking my time! Didnt think it would take this long to make an update. I've made significant progress and figured dumping some pictures would be easiest. Essentially got everything but the belt fininshed at this point, then it's onto strapping and the undersuit. The biggest killer of this suit was work taking all of my time and energy, after seeing it collecting dust on the shelf I figured "it's about time I got off my butt and finished it" and i'm so glad I took a break cause i've come back stronger than ever! I wanted to use the Cloven Seafoam armor coating but it just didn't feel like.. me, So I changed some of it up! I'm loving this way more now that it's more my style and colorful. I modeled up the "flash bangs" and the Sol testing ground emblem and i'm actually pretty happy with em, also printed up a Mjolnir upgrade puck and hopefully I can toss these files up for anyone who wants em! More updates to come hopefully soon! The helmet and some of the bits on the suit are 3D printed while everything else is foam. Been keeping a better log of it on my Insta for more behind the scenes with it's own story, but i don't plan on leaving this as dry as it's been.
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Figured I might as well toss my hat in the ring and show off what I've been working on. Decided to try my hand at my first full armor set with the Mk.7! I'm at a point of not being completely done but almost there and thought I should post here since this is where I got the pattern for it!

Mind your step around all the info dumps and excuse me if this is a mess because I have no idea how to do posts. (most of these pics were taking off my Instagram story cause I didn't save them as individual pictures lmao)
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First up was the Shoulder pieces! After seeing how nicely this came out I went full steam ahead with the rest of the build! I added/changed some details a bit to give it a bit more dimension but not too sure if I will keep some of them yet.

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Next were the Knees and Forearms! A great and easy addition to the otherwise growing mess, most went together nicely but had some cleanup to do here and there on all the pieces so far.

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If you cant tell I'm terrible at taking progress pictures, but then the shoes and hand plates were done! took some liberties to omit some details that'll never be seen or just were too small, the hand plates I templated and made up myself to save some time and hassle from putting the tiny foam pieces together form the original patterns.

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Then with a wave of my magic wand, they were sealed and painted like that! I'm glad I took a full 360 screenshots of the color scheme because it wasn't included in the new Beta so rip lol. The shoulders and Biceps are completely done, attached together, and painted but this was taken before I had them done.

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At this point I was starting to burn myself out from working on it so much and the Thighs and Shins were just not how I wanted them to turn out, so I took a break and did the helmet!

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Speaking of helmet, tada! the pictures wouldn't go in progressive order soooo, sorry! I got the file off of MoeSizzlac's Thingiverse and eventually got it printed and all done (after I resized it to the correct size, make sure you read the description before you print something out) I eventually plan on adding the actual lights and fans to it, but for now its good enough! I Dremeled in the vents to have holes so I can add the fans for fresh air, led lights, as well as a portion in the back to add in an AI chip like on Chiefs helmet, not canon but I think its cool. The visor is a temporary one till I can vacform a new one, and I originally had gotten a gold and silver vinyl to see which I liked in this helmet more, but someone stole the gold one right out of my mailbox so silver it is!

After all this I took a little time off from making stuff in general. My original idea was to get the entire suit done within a month (before the games release on the 8th and I started this project Nov 6th) but then realized/came to terms that I'm not gonna finish in time, and that if I rush it I'm not gonna be happy with how it turned out and that its alright to take breaks and step back for a bit. which brings us to yesterday! View attachment 311871
I was indeed able to finish and fill in the gaps and stuff yesterday to make both thrusters into a one day build, and eventually I want to add in a really cool idea that I'm totally stealing form ImpactProps on one of their old Spartan builds (the Co2 Cartridge thrusters), cause who doesn't love that extra bit of detail! Speaking of details, I also have this side project going on!

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I know some others are absolutely making a working Grapple Shot as well and doing a better job at it, but I wanna make my own just cause I wanna be that extra. Still in the early stages of it being printed and working on the firing and tethering but that san update for later down the road.

Thank you for sticking by this long and complicated post! Hopefully I have more updates to show in the coming days/weeks. Until then, Take care! Do Good and Be Great!
Looks super good! I love seeing more mk7 builds! Keep it up :)
 
Remember how I said I wouldn't leave this as dry as I did, I'm willing to admit when im wrong :lol: The armor is pretty much done! Now its just small upgrades and quality of life improvements like new gloves and hip clips to make attatmentsand movement better. Here are some Tik Toks i've done with my current most popular one being the RvB skit! This build was a lot of fun and i've already decided the next build is gonna be an ODST! Now to figure out the best way to keep the shoulders attatched
 

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Remember how I said I wouldn't leave this as dry as I did, I'm willing to admit when im wrong :lol: The armor is pretty much done! Now its just small upgrades and quality of life improvements like new gloves and hip clips to make attatmentsand movement better. Here are some Tik Toks i've done with my current most popular one being the RvB skit! This build was a lot of fun and i've already decided the next build is gonna be an ODST! Now to figure out the best way to keep the shoulders attatched
Great looking set of armor. Love the color! When you figure out how to keep the shoulders up Let me know. I'm struggling thinking about how I'm going to do it.
 
Great looking set of armor. Love the color! When you figure out how to keep the shoulders up Let me know. I'm struggling thinking about how I'm going to do it.
Thanks! I appreciate it, the normal in-game colors was too bland so I wanted to spice it up more to my flavor. Originally the idea to keep them up was magnets connected to the torso on a strap, but they dont hold very well with too much stress. I'm thinking stronger magnets because the main goal was to be able to dress up entirely on my own. I'm thinking of just attatching magnets to the undersuit directly to make it as easy as I could lol.
 
So! I know its been a bit but now that I've officially taken this suit out to its first con, I feel some upgrades/improvements to the suit would be a good idea!

Starting off I'm remaking the shins, they didn't turn out great and I'm not happy with them, so I will be using the Reach MK.V shins and going for a custom look like how SpaceMeat did with his! (Eventually might remake the shins to the actual MK.7 ones)

Right now this is the list of things that really stood out to me that could be changed/ improved on,
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I will say I'm proud of how everything turned out and came together! The armor even won 2nd place in the costume contest! Now the only way to go is up!


Besides this I'm officially remaking my ODST and slowly start the pieces for my Halo 4 armor, which will also be a kit bash of a bunch of different armor pieces.

Didn't get much pictures of myself at the con but it was a ton of fun!
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