Spartan 058 incoming! -or- A dude making Linda Armor (Extremely Pic-Heavy)

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Hi there everyone!
Most of you might not know me since Im registered "forever" but dont really post much about my projects around here. ANYWAY, as a Veteran in Halo and foam-armor I decided do start my 3rd Halo suit. (Yeah thats right Ive come a long way ^^'. pics of my older projects below. )
First foam suit: Gen2 Multiplayer
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2nd suit. Halo2-Anniversary with Hermes Helmet. Helmet cast- Armor freehand foam build.

Since Halo5 happened, I realy liked the design of Lindas armor. Also the guys and girls around the European Division liked the idea of doing a blue team group, since we already have Chief and Fred.
Thats were I more or less decided to do Linda as my next costume.

Ill try to keep this thread as updated as I can, since Forums and I aren't necessarily best freinds in terms of usabillty (lol)
Anyway, have fun, and feel free to ask me stuff! :D
 
Ok I started off a while ago and modeled a sniper rifle to go with the costume.
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I still need to print some parts, but thats what I cranked out recently so far.
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Still needs the bipod and carry-handle as you can see. :3
As for the torso, (and overall armor later on) ill use a mix of pep-based and freehandes EVA + 3d-modeled and printed details(Details have been smoothed and primed already.)
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Hell yeah! :D
Following the build closely and totally not molesting your for more pictures, muahahaha! :D

But wow, somehow I had no idea you made that red Spartan in the past! O_O I remember seeing this picture somewhere... but had no idea it was you. O_O
 
This build will be foam with printed details :) I will use pep-files and convert them, IF there are some. The chest for the templates is mostly based upon the pep-file. Just scatchbuilt some parts for the thrusters.
As for the helmet I already purched a file from the incedible DutchProps. Just need to scale and print it.
ATM Im just planning the sniper in Lindas custom skin :3
 
Hell yeah! :D
Following the build closely and totally not molesting your for more pictures, muahahaha! :D

But wow, somehow I had no idea you made that red Spartan in the past! O_O I remember seeing this picture somewhere... but had no idea it was you. O_O

No worries! :D Im trying to throw as much pics in here as I can xD

Now for the red suit, this was my first foam project ever. I built htis guy so intensively, I totally forgot to do a build thread lol. And yeah you remember correctly, I posted it somewhere around here, but thats ages ago already :'D

Also my old Username is somewhat "incognito" cuz I dont use it anywhere else :3
 
yessss! i like the Nornfang skin a lot!
What about electronics - Argus Helmet has space for a go pro, maybe?
 
yessss! i like the Nornfang skin a lot!
What about electronics - Argus Helmet has space for a go pro, maybe?

Yeah I like that skin alot too :3
Go-Pro seems like a really nice idea. I might consider doing that. For elctronics I platted definately some fans for the helmet and maybe some accent LEDs for different armor parts. Nothing too fancy for now.

Btw here are some photos of today progress. Completed the back and thrusters today. Also modeled some details
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For your first project it looked great! :D And that chest it looking amazing, really.

Pardon me, but I always thought Linda had ballz of steel, being so badass. Now she literally will have... ehehhe. :D
 
Hahah well I noticed already that some female charakters indeed have more "balls" than the male ones. xD Never thoguht about that so literally though x'D

Thanks alot! :3 Now I was pleased with the suit at the time, but when I figured out better ways to do stuff(and watched alot of youtube tutroials concerning foam craftig) I got annoyed by how certain parts look, since I didnt really pay attention to clean edges and stuff. Thats why I started all over again for my recent one :3
Linda will be an additional suit -which will be much more compact for transport, since the grey/orange one is hard to transport due to all the bulky parts D:
 
Designed some small pieces today. These are basically details for the Backparts of the thrusters and backplate. My printers being busy all day to crank those out :p Ill hopefully have them all printed out the next few days :3
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So today was a busy day! I managed to fill the remaining gaps in the torso-piece with acrylic caulking and plastidipped the whole thing once the caulking had dried. (Photos will follow)
Also started on the Thigh-pieces. Since I dont have any pep-files for them I pretty much scratchbuilt them using reference material.
It started out with the pattern, which I sized to my thigh by wrapping paper around it and draw in the rough basic shapes. I then took it off an defined the shapes to fit the reference more acurately. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the process. However, heres a photo of the finished pattern :3
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I then traced all the parts onto the foam. Two times. (One set mirrored for the left leg)
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I ended up with one basic thigh without any details(for now) and another one still to be assembled. Looks pretty rough for now. I will smooth everything down once I got them both entirely assembled :3
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I never thought that 3D printed pieces could be attached to a foam build so easily......and change the look so dramatically. Very Papeesheewoosh!!!
 
Nice progress! (y)
I look forward to seeing this completed.
Thank you! :D I do my best to keep moving on steadily without rushing anything! Also the builds from other members around here keep me motivated! :3

I never thought that 3D printed pieces could be attached to a foam build so easily......and change the look so dramatically. Very Papeesheewoosh!!!
Thank you! :D Well I just fooled around a bit with glue, foam and some test printed pieces to see if it works lol. As you can see it actually works. Is it a better alternative to foam details? Really depends imo. But it can help to get difficult to build pieces fairly easy. Modeling the stuff however takes time, not to mention the printing process ...
Gorilla Glue gets my vote for MVP
I havent really tried gorilla glue yet since I live in Europe where it isnt easy accessable, but the next thing to that might be regular superglue, which works fine too. I attached my details with contact-glue however :)

Last but not least, heres some progress! :D
So my Base-paint arrived yesterday and I took the opportunity to give my chestpiece its first base-layer of paint. As I mentioned, I filled and sealed it prior to this. I really love how all the different materials blend into one solid piece after the first layer of paint. Heres some pictures.
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However, it has some imperferctions which I have to get rid of, until I move onto the actual paintjob and weathering. But I guess it gives a good impression of how itll look finished up! :D
I also continued on my scratchbuilt thigh-pieces. Just need some printed details for them
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Well I definitely know what I'm using my 3d printer for now. Lol. That is looking superb! Not only does it have lots of detail, but since the circle parts are printed they are true circles!
 
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