Zachturner009's Halo Reach Commando Foam Build

[Zach 009]

My sister got a new cat last week, and it did cat things to my reach chest, so remaking it and locking the progress in the workshop...love cats so much.
Here is the new neck piece, much cleaner this time.

 

[TillXValhalla]

It dint just give you some nice battle damage? Very clean neck piece.

 

[Zach 009]

It dint just give you some nice battle damage? Very clean neck piece.

Pssst I wish, it was too jagged and fuzzy and the little twerp ate the corners

 

[Zach 009]

I got alot of the chest done, just suck at actually taking progress pics. But here is my current progress, I like how thick it is.

 

[TillXValhalla]

Pssst I wish, it was too jagged and fuzzy and the little twerp ate the corners

Thats a shame. Your build is looking good cant wait to see it progress to finish

 

[Zach 009]

Progress has been slow been working on a prop for halloween, but here the semi-finished back piece.

 

[Zach 009]

Been working too much, finally got some free time and decided to make a more detailed bicep, this one is too small so its a prototype to go off of.

I like the thickness of this so, I will just make it an inch larger overall and call it done.

 

[Zach 009]

Alright, got two biceps done at my scale, so that's cool, working on my security shoulder now, thinking of layering my foam up, it helps me alot with gluing depth like my biceps.

 

[Zach 009]

Also some pics of the biceps.

I still have one more piece of these guys to do, but done with it for now.

 

[Zach 009]

Got the lower half of my security shoulder somewhat built, just using 4mm and 10mm together. I'm using the 4mm on top of the 10 to give it the "raised" edges, easier to show than to talk about.

Something like that, the reason for me of doing this is to have a "smootherish" back side so I can put, I guess I'll call it "armour padding" kinda like this, I know it's a Commando shoulder but I like the padding behind it.

You might have to zoom in on it, but that's the goal.

 

[Zach 009]

Also got more progress done on the shoulder, ran out of the sun, so done for the day, buuuut, it's looking like something now.

Still deciding if I want it on the right shoulder with a kukri or the left shoulder, anybody got some input?

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Still deciding if I want it on the right shoulder with a kukri or the left shoulder, anybody got some input?

I'd say it depends on your dominant hand - if you are right handed, put it on your left shoulder, and vice versa. Makes it easier to grab

 

[Zach 009]

I'd say it depends on your dominant hand - if you are right handed, put it on your left shoulder, and vice versa. Makes it easier to grab

Hmmm good point, but I was talking about making it either the right shoulder that has a kukri or left shoulder without the kukri

 

[Zach 009]

Made a little progress this morning, just got to add some of the padding to it.

The ruler is to help hold the shape, I use with alot of my fantasy suit.

The outline is where 4mm foam will go, so I will round it to the line. And us a full sheet like this hopefully and score a "rectangular grid"

 

[Bucky]

Progress looks great man. Where do you buy your foam?

 

[Zach 009]

Progress looks great man. Where do you buy your foam?

A holy place and a tool place (Hobby Lobby and Harbor Freight) also thank you sire.

 

[Zach 009]

I got the back padding done now, I didnt have enough black foam to have "complete" coverage but the bicep will hide the pieces that sidnt get the coverage.

 

[Zach 009]

Next is the commando shoulder. Going for a high detail version, just got done scaling now converting to foam and hopefully will be done with it by Sunday, then forearms

 

[Zach 009]

I forget that I have like a load of high density foam in the shed.

These, best description, it the "bridge" to the Commando shoulder plate thingies.
And this is is some of the lower sections built so far.

I will dremel all the edges to make it, well better looking, but that is what I got so far.

 

[Zach 009]

I decided commando will get in the way so doing Mk V shoulder, got the back plus back pad of it done. I can always make the commando later, but the Mk v will be my primary piece.