ODST Medic

[ODST479]

I'm doing an ODST build so i thought you guys might be able to help me.

 

[cujo3131]

ODST479,

Welcome to the 405th. Here are some links to the threads suggested by Ral Partha and a few other helpful discussions:

Orientation vido:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...entation-Video

Materials required:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...lete-Noob-List
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...480#post486480

How to use Pepakura to create the paper models. These might be useful templates for a cardboard build:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...-Mjolnir-Armor

How to "scale" your paper creation to fit you:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...r-Tutorial-V.2

An "All in One Pepakura" package to work with:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...-Pepakura-Pack

The forum's rules and best practices:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...s-and-Offenses
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...HIS-NOW-PLEASE!

Helpful videos made by 405th members:
http://pepvids.cz.cc/

Finally, there is no doubt you will still have questions. However, if you are serious about completing a costume, please consider joining the mentoring program. Here, experienced builders will be happy to provide one to one help with your build. When you sign up, mention you request a mentor with cardboard building experience.

http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...-Programme-2.0

Again welcome to the 405th!

 

[Patryn]

Yep nothing wrong with being new and asking questions. BUT, help yourself first, read the stickies, read the stuff like "New Members sticky index and such. Journey forth and learn...

 

[chitwood1775]

all of this is making me want to do something in the area of medic

 

[cmJackal09]

Thanks guys for all the ideas, but im not sure about doing a white primary, im hestiant about it being to much of a "Hey look over here! Shot at me!" so i might tone it down to a silver, unfortunitly i didnt know about the red helmet stripe being for odst leaders...i need to do more ODST related research before i finish my project. COuld anyone direct me to someplace where i could gain such info?

 

[dung0beetle]

I don't know how I missed this thread, but here's a decent shot of a medkit from the Halo universe.

It looks like it would be pretty easy to scratchbuild. Maybe alter Sean's ODST backpack to incorporate the medkit, or maybe just slap it on the lower portion of the pack.

 

[CasualCosplayer]

Another ODST medic :O thats cool iam building a medic too .
Good luck with your build and welcome to the 405th

 

[Toacrabman]

Thanks guys for all the ideas, but im not sure about doing a white primary, im hestiant about it being to much of a "Hey look over here! Shot at me!" so i might tone it down to a silver, unfortunitly i didnt know about the red helmet stripe being for odst leaders...i need to do more ODST related research before i finish my project. COuld anyone direct me to someplace where i could gain such info?

Im talkin about just the chestpiece. Have you played H3 ODST in a while. Changin primary only changes the chestpiece, and detail only changes the helmet and the shoulders. The rest is black, because it has to be. Also, hey look at me, is always good at conventions.

 

[Sgt Freezer]

Another idea is that you put a patch with the medical emblem similar to the medref patch on the ODST shoulders. Also paint a third of the of your chest plate light gray with the red cross emblem on it. Can't wait to see this done, theres not many medic builds out there good luck.

 

[Toacrabman]

That's exactly what I said, just put a red cross on a light colored chestplate. Nobody else gets it.

 

[Sgt Freezer]

I think its the white chest plate that people don't get. The light to medium grey is that people can tell your a medic but its not like a big target on your chest

 

[Toacrabman]

Yeah, just enough so people know, not where its like, "okay we get it youre a medic"

 

[cmJackal09]

here's what i plan to do so far

 

[Toacrabman]

Yeah kinda like that, except not a spartan.

 

[Smiggly]

Not to be picky, but technically ODST's don't have medics. Because they're Marines they have corpsmen. Not a huge difference, but definitely one that an actual corpsman would point out. As for light/heavy/normal armor for a corpsman, I would think that it would just be normal. In a squad, every member has his or her own specific job. In H3: ODST we see this with Mickey being the demo expert, Romeo being the designated marksman, etc. And while they have slightly different armor permutations because of this, the basic ODST armor package is still there. So, I would imagine an ODST corpsman having the basic armor but with a slightly modified rucksack and maybe a medical pouch on a leg-drop platform. As for markings, I'd go with a red cross on the shoulder that doesn't have the "UNSC MED REF" tag and the surgeon symbol on the chest. Just my personal opinion.

As for color, I think that's totally up to the operator. I'm not sure where the "leaders wear red" came from seeing as in H3, H3: ODST, and Reach anyone can wear red regardless of rank. Also, Buck doesn't use red as his color and Mickey does. So, if you want your coloring to be red, go for it.

 

[Toacrabman]

Yeah, they still serve a basic ODST combat role, they're just also a medic. I think Romeo might be some kind of corpsman, if those things on his shins are Biofoam canisters.

 

[cmJackal09]

i'm not sure that romeo is a medic/corpsman, i believe that Mickey was the one carrying the biofoam in his backpack.

 

[Toacrabman]

No, i mean, look at all those things on the side of his shins, are those biofoam canisters?, also theres at least 4 of them.

 

[cmJackal09]

ahh, i see them, they look too small to be biofoam canisters, cant find a good enough picture to identify them

 

[Sgt Freezer]

I think those are mini flares or something to that nature. I don't think that the squad actually had a designated medic since they had a different mission where a smaller squad would be more to an advantage.