Karne
New Member
Hello!
I am fairly new to this forum and fandom and building huge armors. But Reach was lots of fun and after a few sewing and Accessoires cosplays I made it’s time for something bigger. So, I want to tackle a Spartan.
Since I tend to start lots of stuff I never finish I want to start small in this topic and with just the undersuit at first. The other parts will follow in a different topic when I feel it’s time for them. Since I am bad at tutorials I named this thread what it is - kinda a building diary with ups and downs. And most likely huge breaks, because I work in a different place and am only home on weekends.
To get myself more organized I made a To Do List:
1. Gather ressources [will never be finished]
2. collect references
2.a Shopping
3. build a tape dummy
4. make a pattern
5. sew a draft
6. adjust draft and pattern
7. sew final undersuit
Step 1: Gather ressources
This was a huge part. I came across this forum very early and then left again because I was overwhelmed. After a bit of struggle with screenshots, wikis and the lots of different Spartan armors there are I came back. I needed help of people who are way more into Halo than I am right now
I will Link a few threads I found very helpful:
Kat
Undersuit
Ref pack [links will follow as soon as I am home from work]
+ the tutorials linked in the pinned forum posts.
Also thanks to the guys on discord who told me about the Halo Archive and Blender. Even as a first time user I could get very helpful screenshots from it while playing around with the program there.
Step 2: References
I saved lots of screenshots from Blender, I made some during play and also there’s this whole internet thing full of pictures. What could be nice to have is saved.
Step 2a: Shopping
Yeah this step is a bit early… but I was overly motivated! I went through my list of shops I already knew from other projects and got different kinds of fabric and a zipper. With a pattern and draft I could probably have saved on material costs, but leftovers will go into a box and could be used in different projects. I also have stuff from other projects, so for example I won’t have to buy snaps or clips or Velcro to attach armor later. I will add a picture of what materials I got once they arrive.
Step 3: Tape dummy
This is a step to follow in the next days or weeks. I have to bribe my husband to help me in lot just wrapping me, but also cutting me free later xD I’m very excited for this upcoming first physical step.
I plan to then wrap the tape dummy in different tape again and make the sewing pattern from there (I do not have a mannequin with my measurements because I’m mostly somewhere between female and male puppets and it always looks strange then. Even outside costumes I have a few „female“ pants because they simply fit me better )
I am fairly new to this forum and fandom and building huge armors. But Reach was lots of fun and after a few sewing and Accessoires cosplays I made it’s time for something bigger. So, I want to tackle a Spartan.
Since I tend to start lots of stuff I never finish I want to start small in this topic and with just the undersuit at first. The other parts will follow in a different topic when I feel it’s time for them. Since I am bad at tutorials I named this thread what it is - kinda a building diary with ups and downs. And most likely huge breaks, because I work in a different place and am only home on weekends.
To get myself more organized I made a To Do List:
1. Gather ressources [will never be finished]
2. collect references
2.a Shopping
3. build a tape dummy
4. make a pattern
5. sew a draft
6. adjust draft and pattern
7. sew final undersuit
Step 1: Gather ressources
This was a huge part. I came across this forum very early and then left again because I was overwhelmed. After a bit of struggle with screenshots, wikis and the lots of different Spartan armors there are I came back. I needed help of people who are way more into Halo than I am right now
I will Link a few threads I found very helpful:
Kat
Undersuit
Ref pack [links will follow as soon as I am home from work]
+ the tutorials linked in the pinned forum posts.
Also thanks to the guys on discord who told me about the Halo Archive and Blender. Even as a first time user I could get very helpful screenshots from it while playing around with the program there.
Step 2: References
I saved lots of screenshots from Blender, I made some during play and also there’s this whole internet thing full of pictures. What could be nice to have is saved.
Step 2a: Shopping
Yeah this step is a bit early… but I was overly motivated! I went through my list of shops I already knew from other projects and got different kinds of fabric and a zipper. With a pattern and draft I could probably have saved on material costs, but leftovers will go into a box and could be used in different projects. I also have stuff from other projects, so for example I won’t have to buy snaps or clips or Velcro to attach armor later. I will add a picture of what materials I got once they arrive.
Step 3: Tape dummy
This is a step to follow in the next days or weeks. I have to bribe my husband to help me in lot just wrapping me, but also cutting me free later xD I’m very excited for this upcoming first physical step.
I plan to then wrap the tape dummy in different tape again and make the sewing pattern from there (I do not have a mannequin with my measurements because I’m mostly somewhere between female and male puppets and it always looks strange then. Even outside costumes I have a few „female“ pants because they simply fit me better )