Xtreme TACTICS 101
Well-Known Member
Hey everybody!
As some of you may have noticed, my progress has slowed here on the forums. This Thread, or "WIP" will explain everything.
Just 2 weeks ago, I finally came to the conclusion that I would not be able to finish my Weta ODST armour in time for the “Halo 3:ODST” launch on September 22 of this year. So, I began to think of a way I could be ready for the next game release. So, since the next game I’m very interested in seeing and playing is the new Halo game, “Halo Reach”. Now, what better way to show I’m a hard-core Halo fan by going to EB Games dressed up as the Master Chief.
Now, the traditional thing to do would be to make the Halo CE, Halo 2, or Halo 3 version armour. I chose to go with the far cooler looking armour. The armour from the “Starry Night” Halo 3 commercial. Its slightly differs from the Halo 3 version armour. It has more detail, its somewhat more practical, and plain and simple looks far cooler.
From there, I had to choose weather I would do the traditional Resin, Fiberglass, Bondo and Spot Putty option, the 100% sculpt and mold option, or the Clay over pep and mold option. After carefully looking at my options, I chose option #3, Clay over pep.
Since I had never used clay before, I began researching the best clay to use for this kind of thing. I came across this clay from a company named “Van Aken”. Because the clay was Sulfur free, was not very expensive, and was available at my local Michaels, I chose to use that brand of clay.
Because I had never sculpted before, I chose to sculpt a hand plate first. I started with finding a reference picture of the Starry Night hand plate that I could use. I then drew up some blueprints for the hand plate. I would have used a pep hand plate, but the shape of the Starry night hand plate was somewhat different from the Halo 3 version.
I then constructed a basic cardboard hand plate as a base for the clay. Shortly after, I Poked a bunch of little holes in the hand plate to help the clay stay on the cardboard.
Then I added about 5mm of clay to each exposed side of the hand plate.
From there, I began to sculpt the basic shapes of the hand plate.
Now I simply smoothed the hand plate out..
I still have a bit of work to do before molding it, but so far, it looks awesome in my opinion for a first-time sculptor.
I also have the Helmet pepped, Resined, Fiberglassed and ready for clay. Pictures of that soon.
Now, I have a few people I would like to thank for the help they have given me with the sculpting, and soon to be molding.
-Newspartancreator-For the large amount of help from making the basic shape of the hand plate, to the final details and soon to be molding and casting
-Ben Streeper-For the advice on molding materials
-LastSpartan-For helping me choose the right materials and continued support
-Mjolnir Folower-for the continued support and advice throughout this project, and my many other projects
I will update as much as possible. Wish me luck on the rest of the costume.
Cheers!
As some of you may have noticed, my progress has slowed here on the forums. This Thread, or "WIP" will explain everything.
Just 2 weeks ago, I finally came to the conclusion that I would not be able to finish my Weta ODST armour in time for the “Halo 3:ODST” launch on September 22 of this year. So, I began to think of a way I could be ready for the next game release. So, since the next game I’m very interested in seeing and playing is the new Halo game, “Halo Reach”. Now, what better way to show I’m a hard-core Halo fan by going to EB Games dressed up as the Master Chief.
Now, the traditional thing to do would be to make the Halo CE, Halo 2, or Halo 3 version armour. I chose to go with the far cooler looking armour. The armour from the “Starry Night” Halo 3 commercial. Its slightly differs from the Halo 3 version armour. It has more detail, its somewhat more practical, and plain and simple looks far cooler.
From there, I had to choose weather I would do the traditional Resin, Fiberglass, Bondo and Spot Putty option, the 100% sculpt and mold option, or the Clay over pep and mold option. After carefully looking at my options, I chose option #3, Clay over pep.
Since I had never used clay before, I began researching the best clay to use for this kind of thing. I came across this clay from a company named “Van Aken”. Because the clay was Sulfur free, was not very expensive, and was available at my local Michaels, I chose to use that brand of clay.
Because I had never sculpted before, I chose to sculpt a hand plate first. I started with finding a reference picture of the Starry Night hand plate that I could use. I then drew up some blueprints for the hand plate. I would have used a pep hand plate, but the shape of the Starry night hand plate was somewhat different from the Halo 3 version.
I then constructed a basic cardboard hand plate as a base for the clay. Shortly after, I Poked a bunch of little holes in the hand plate to help the clay stay on the cardboard.
Then I added about 5mm of clay to each exposed side of the hand plate.
From there, I began to sculpt the basic shapes of the hand plate.
Now I simply smoothed the hand plate out..
I still have a bit of work to do before molding it, but so far, it looks awesome in my opinion for a first-time sculptor.
I also have the Helmet pepped, Resined, Fiberglassed and ready for clay. Pictures of that soon.
Now, I have a few people I would like to thank for the help they have given me with the sculpting, and soon to be molding.
-Newspartancreator-For the large amount of help from making the basic shape of the hand plate, to the final details and soon to be molding and casting
-Ben Streeper-For the advice on molding materials
-LastSpartan-For helping me choose the right materials and continued support
-Mjolnir Folower-for the continued support and advice throughout this project, and my many other projects
I will update as much as possible. Wish me luck on the rest of the costume.
Cheers!
