flashyinc
New Member
Hello!
It's been a hot minute since I built anything halo related, sirca 2013 to be exact, But now that i'm finally out of school and got that sweet big boy job with a bit of disposable dough. It's time to come back and make something that sweet younger me wanted to make back when I was still a dependent with a tight budget. I’ve come a long way from when I was still green and silently lurking and learning within the 405th, this community taught me a bunch of skills that I utilized while pursuing my art degree and was, and hopefully still is a bed of creativity. I still have a lot to learn, but I feel like I now have the time to partake in this community again.
So my plan is to start my travels of halo costuming at a familiar port of harbor for everyone, the grand ODST. While most of the build will be the standard ODST kit, I wanna also incorporate pieces of other gear to create a more cobbled together feel. My inspiration is thinking about the fall of harvest and the 5 year bloodbath that took place up until it was glassed. I'm sure the troops there would grab whatever gear they could to repair their own armor and continue the good fight.
For now I wanna just switch out the right shoulder and forearm and left knee and leg, in part because I like a bit symmetrical of asymmetry in design but also because i'm excited to play with new forms and challenges. I'm also toying with the idea of incorporating part of a helm of an elite, as I think cuvi armor has cool designs that don't traditionally lend themselves to incorporation in human builds. I will probably still make the replaced pieces so that I can have a full set, but let's play, you folks have any ideas?
While I do plan to pep most of the gear I also plan to mix in foam components at joints to make the armor more comfortable to wear and move in. I have had less experience with foam and think the new challenge will be fun to overcome.
I've started printing, cutting and building the pep files, my goal is to get the paperwork mostly completed by the end of april so that once the rainy, muddy season switches to summer weather I can hit it hard with the resin work.
Anyways thanks for reading my book, Looking forward to a new year and a new adventure.
It's been a hot minute since I built anything halo related, sirca 2013 to be exact, But now that i'm finally out of school and got that sweet big boy job with a bit of disposable dough. It's time to come back and make something that sweet younger me wanted to make back when I was still a dependent with a tight budget. I’ve come a long way from when I was still green and silently lurking and learning within the 405th, this community taught me a bunch of skills that I utilized while pursuing my art degree and was, and hopefully still is a bed of creativity. I still have a lot to learn, but I feel like I now have the time to partake in this community again.
So my plan is to start my travels of halo costuming at a familiar port of harbor for everyone, the grand ODST. While most of the build will be the standard ODST kit, I wanna also incorporate pieces of other gear to create a more cobbled together feel. My inspiration is thinking about the fall of harvest and the 5 year bloodbath that took place up until it was glassed. I'm sure the troops there would grab whatever gear they could to repair their own armor and continue the good fight.
For now I wanna just switch out the right shoulder and forearm and left knee and leg, in part because I like a bit symmetrical of asymmetry in design but also because i'm excited to play with new forms and challenges. I'm also toying with the idea of incorporating part of a helm of an elite, as I think cuvi armor has cool designs that don't traditionally lend themselves to incorporation in human builds. I will probably still make the replaced pieces so that I can have a full set, but let's play, you folks have any ideas?
While I do plan to pep most of the gear I also plan to mix in foam components at joints to make the armor more comfortable to wear and move in. I have had less experience with foam and think the new challenge will be fun to overcome.
I've started printing, cutting and building the pep files, my goal is to get the paperwork mostly completed by the end of april so that once the rainy, muddy season switches to summer weather I can hit it hard with the resin work.
Anyways thanks for reading my book, Looking forward to a new year and a new adventure.
