under suit

[smiler007]

Hi
I have 3d printed the helmet and suit but i can not find what to attach the suit to ,i went to MegaCon 2024 Orlando this month and talk to the guys there and they use a suit that unzips in the middle ,Amy/navy stores do not carry so i am stuck ,any ideas,an

please ,and yes that is a full length chain mail suit i made although it might made a good cross over event

 

[KaeSpoon]

Welcome to the 405th Smiler007!

For a basic undersuit, you will want a "Dive Skin" made of lycra or a Morphsuit. Avoid Neoprene if possible, you will overheat in a material like that.
Here are a few examples:

Amazon.com

Amazon.com

(At one point there was an Etsy seller that sold Halo 5 undersuits, but I cannot find them at the moment)

IMPORTANT: If you are a male, I recommend buying a "dance belt" to wear underneath your suit as well.


Here are a few tutorials to help you mount your armor:

Strapping Guide: Making, and sizing it.

SO, I have had a few people asking about strapping recently. After making several suits for my husband @Kusak , I have learned a few things on what has worked for us. So, when @Lobbster contacted me to help him make his strapping I jumped on it. Our plan is to place the strapping inside his...

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(Tutorial)Snap Fasteners. Seamless armor to under-suit attachment, with no sewing!

This is a tutorial on how to attach your under-suit to your armor without the use of sewing or buckles creating a seamless attachment to your armor that can also be taken off. The method I used was inspired by PaiganBoi and Sean Anwalt to attach armor to under-suit using snap fasteners. quick...

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If you are looking to make your own custom undersuit, we have plenty of threads about doing so.

Foam - Ranger's Halo: Reach Build

I'm bored at work, waiting for my script to run so I figured I'd create this thread. I'm going to be building a Halo: Reach suit, likely using the CQB helmet and other random components that I think look cool, cause that's how I customize my character in game. Yes, I currently have 2 other...

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Pipninja's Reach Spartan Undersuit

So finally the time has come where I show my process of making my Reach undersuit!! First and foremost, I want to give initial credit to WandererTJ , Because He is the one who made the pepakura model of the undersuit that I used to make my patterns, and KitKatGoose , Who I originally got the...

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Reach Jun Build (Foam/fibreglass + custom undersuit)

In depth tutorial for undersuit on page 9 Finished suit

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Detailed Reach armor + Undersuit

Hey everyone! This will be where I post progress and details of my new Reach suit. I've created two Reach suits in the past, one for myself and one for a friend. Hopefully this one will be even better looking and better functioning. This suit will be pretty much all foam, made with pep patterns...

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Best of luck!

 

[N8TEBB]

I wear black compression clothes under my suit. I made a belt with suspenders to hold up the thigh pieces. I’ll link the post in my build thread for how I did my under suit

N8TEBB's Mk 7 Build!!!!!

It’s looking really good Nate! :) can’t wait to see it finished

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