This weekend I get to embark on a journey every parent dreams of. I'm turning my daughter into a grunt.

[PapaBraus]

Hi, I'm Braus, you may no me from other builds such as "the TRASHCAN" and that's pretty much it.

Me and the wife finally convinced our daughter to dress up as a grunt for comicpalooza, so half of my group is going to consist of Kaylee from Firefly, a halo Grunt, and a walking trashcan with a minigun on its side. Group cosplays are the best.

I have checked my foam reserves and I have 10 sheets of Eva. I am gonna eyeball and spitball this build because it's for a child and I'm going to be using this opportunity to work on my foam slicing.

Friday can't get here soon enough.

 

[TurboCharizard]

Hi, I'm Braus, you may no me from other builds such as "the TRASHCAN" and that's pretty much it.

This is the content I live for.

 

[Spidermonkey60]

Scrolling down and saw that title, I thought it was going to be a something sweet and cheesy like Im having a Daughter. Stopped and actually read it and ended up chuckling pretty hard at work lol.

In all seriousness, turning a child into a grunt should be everyones goal as a parent. Congratulations! Youre doing it!

 

[PapaBraus]

I thought it was going to be a something sweet and cheesy like Im having a Daughter.

You won't ever see that level of seriousness from me good sir. I make dad jokes all day long, but cheesy moments are not for sharing.

Except that time me and the kid beat Halo 1, 2 , and 3 together. That was good stuff.

 

[Spidermonkey60]

Except that time me and the kid beat Halo 1, 2 , and 3 together. That was good stuff.

Quality wholesome content right here

 

[PapaBraus]

Quality wholesome content right here

You spelled "death of my enemies wrong"

 

[RandomRanger]

You talked her into becoming a grunt!!?

Any Midwesters have photos of that kid grunt from HOD?

 

[PapaBraus]

Any Midwesters have photos of that kid grunt from HOD?

 

[RandomRanger]

Omg that tartarus cosplay is amazing! Anyone know who it is?

 

[PapaBraus]

Discord ate first.

I tried going off of a grunt photo but this is the first time I've actually went this deep with EVA foam. I'm not using pep, I'm not using a pattern. I've just got a ruler and a heat gun and a knife.

I am eyeballing the hell out of this thing and I dare say it looks close enough that at 50' Master Chief might soil himself with laughter.

Who cares what that old Spartan thinks. As long as the kid is happy, that's all that matters.

 

[Cadet]

Little kid Grunts are the best!

 

[Spidermonkey60]

I love freehanding stuff, its so quick and satisfying when it all works out

 

[PapaBraus]

I love freehanding stuff, its so quick and satisfying when it all works out

I glued my hand to my shirt.

 

[Spidermonkey60]

I glued my hand to my shirt.

Aaahhhhh so satisfying

 

[PapaBraus]

Aaahhhhh so satisfying

Didn't need that hair anyways.

This is my first time properly dipping into EVA for a costume And for fleshing things out I didn't realize it was this "easy". I do a lot of material work by trade and it sortof works with foam. There will be some efficiency issues and some wasted foam, but by and large I think I can make this work.

 

[Spidermonkey60]

Didn't need that hair anyways.

This is my first time properly dipping into EVA for a costume And for fleshing things out I didn't realize it was this "easy". I do a lot of material work by trade and it sortof works with foam. There will be some efficiency issues and some wasted foam, but by and large I think I can make this work.

I cant tell you how many times ive burnt my thumb gluing foam, that my big issue. Theres a little bit of a learning curve with foam but man when it clicks, it clicks

 

[PapaBraus]

I cant tell you how many times ive burnt my thumb gluing foam, that my big issue. Theres a little bit of a learning curve with foam but man when it clicks, it clicks

Agreed. I think it clicked today.

 

[PapaBraus]

Finished the back up last night after the child went to bed. No measurements, just messing around. Holy moly it's perfect.

 

[PapaBraus]

Okay. Chunk by chunk and bit by bit.

Proper planning isn't fun, but sometimes the results end well.

 

[Cadet]

Great progress so far, keep it up!