Fallout New Vegas, NCR Veteran Ranger Armor

Kommissar · Nov 22, 2010

or as some know him: "that cool looking dude on the front cover of the new vegas game"

pretty fond of the design of this guy, so i decided to try my hand at making the best i can for him.

Edit: wow! Elite showcase! well for those who want a spoiler, here what the finished project looks like

checkout page 19 & 20 for gallery links and more shots

i was eager to try out foam armor techniques i see popping around, and wanted to see what different thickness foam will do when combined..
so i started with the armored riot vest first.

i drew a paper plan by hand, eye'ballin' it and then copied a symetrical version of it to card stock till i was satisfied,
after that i cut the shapes in foam.

and rounded the edges

started to form them into good shapes with some heat.

and then glued them down, as well as using some elastic strapping to make a "rig" for the vest to be wearable.

the black duster is a place holder till i make the proper coat, but it's to give an impression of how the coat will hang on the armor.

a little dorky right now, but i think it's ready for some battle damage, weathering and some stencil paints.

all and all, i'm pretty happy with how this was this weekend's work.
and a rainy weekend at that! which usually sucks the creativity right out of me.

StevePerv · Nov 22, 2010

HOLY! Please tell me how you did the rounded edges, and this is a very nice build you have going on.

Z0M8I3 · Nov 22, 2010

StevePerv said:
HOLY! Please tell me how you did the rounded edges, and this is a very nice build you have going on.

^ x2!!!

Great work on the plating, Looks really good!

glen · Nov 22, 2010

Wow!!!!, This looks great already. I love how you did the rounded edges also, just makes it look more realistic. Please tell us how you did that.

hedtrip · Nov 22, 2010

super nice So far, keep it up.

Kommissar · Nov 22, 2010

glen said:
Wow!!!!, This looks great already. I love how you did the rounded edges also, just makes it look more realistic. Please tell us how you did that.

That would be a belt sander, big power tools are great for the foam.
i use a band saw to cut the shapes also, to get nice clean lines, and no tearing.

tazzy · Nov 22, 2010

those look so nice!!! What kind foam ya use?

glen · Nov 22, 2010

Cool, Thanks I appreciate it.

StevePerv · Nov 22, 2010

tazzy said:
those look so nice!!! What kind foam ya use?

Its EVA Anti static foam mats that he is using.

Kommissar · Nov 22, 2010

StevePerv said:
Its EVA Anti static foam mats that he is using.

eva anti fatigue (they generate alot of static, ive been zapped, or zapped others while holding the stuff)
got from harbor freight.
good stuff, pretty much what everyone else uses for their foam builds

Night Stalker 0722 · Nov 22, 2010

Dude that turn out great! Are you gonna make the helmet as well? I can't wait to see it finished. ^_^

NayrDeath · Nov 22, 2010

Wow, this is really making me wanna try foam as a new median! Great job!

Kommissar · Nov 22, 2010

Night Stalker 0722 said:
Dude that turn out great! Are you gonna make the helmet as well? I can't wait to see it finished. ^_^

gonna make it all, otherwise it's not a very good costume.
the helmet will be all metal, the mask will be either a pep build or based off one.

Night Stalker 0722 · Nov 23, 2010

Kommissar said:
gonna make it all, otherwise it's not a very good costume.
the helmet will be all metal, the mask will be either a pep build or based off one.

Awesome! Are you gonna have the visor light up like in the game? Oh and you should make the Ranger Sequoia and AMR for weapon props. :3

Late to the meeting · Nov 23, 2010

if you are going to make the visor light up I have an Idea. If you invest in some red cellophane and two flashlight bulbs cut the cellophane and then shin the lights on the cellophane from the inside of the helmet make sure there not to close to your eye's or you won't be able to see out of the cellophane (make sure is tinted cellophane not matte colors.)

mitch81292 · Nov 23, 2010

I just..I just dont....it is too....*head explosion* dood flippin ossem concept and good luck with the helmet! any plans on how to do that?

Sumofl · Nov 23, 2010

You and I have the same idea around the same time huh? (foam armor that is,)

I've got a group of 3 friends going to a convention later this year as Rangers, keep us updated, this may be a guideline for our projects!

EDIT: there's a bunch of peps for the helmet floating around, Hugh Holder made a awesome pep file for it.

Hugh Holder said:
http://www.4shared.com/file/ZwEE_NR5/Fallout_NV_NCR_Veteran_Ranger_.html

Kommissar · Nov 23, 2010

thanks for the suggestion on the lenses, but i plan to just get some stick on red window tinting, and attach red EL wire around the edges of the lens to give the glow.

as for how i will build the mask? not sure yet, probably from plastic, once i've tested around with some pepakura first.

as for weapons, not building an AMR, im already working on an odst sniper as well, and i dont feel like two sniper rifle costumes.

revolver, and an NCR flag will suffice i think.

the helmet is going to be a ground down m1 ww2 US army helmet, 10 bucks from the local army surplus.

Kommissar · Nov 23, 2010

can't edit my posts for some reason, so
Sumofl, thanks for the suggestion, that's exactly what i'm using, Hugh showed it off on someone else's ranger build thread.

Sumofl · Nov 23, 2010

TO edit your posts you have to click the Advanced edit thing. Just an extra step, but it doesn't work otherwise.

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