Halo 4 Recon Foam Build

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jun 22, 2013

• #1

hey, i've been busy since November 2012 making this build, and Slowly it is starting to take shape.
here is a what i plan on making:



Progress:
Helmet: Done, Painted, and installed visor
Torso: Done, Painted
Shoulders: L & R Done, and Painted
Forearms: L & R Done, and Painted
Shoulders: L & R Done, and Painted
Thighs: L & R Done, and Painted
Shins and Knees: L & R Done, and Painted
Bum flap: Done, ruined by bubbled plasti-dip
Boots: Done, not painted

Undersuit progress:
Top half: WIP
Bottom half: not started yet


thanks,
CrazyDav0

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jun 22, 2013

• #2

Pep Files Used:
Helmet: Recon Helmet by monkeyfuj
Torso: Recon Torso by brokenvisr
Shoulders: Recon Shoulders by fat-hi555
Forearms: Recruit Forearms by monkeyfuj
Legs: Contoured legs by brokenvisr


Enjoy,
CrazyDav0

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jun 22, 2013

• #3

Finished Parts:


Recon Helmet:



Recon Torso:



Recon Shoulders:



Recruit Forearms:



Contoured Thighs:


Latest vid

Hope you like,
CrazyDav0

 

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BiGHARYSCOTSMiN

Member

• Jun 22, 2013

• #4

Hey Dav0, long time no see!

Are you going to build the Contoured leg set when that comes out? Curious.

Wonderful work you've done here.

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jun 24, 2013

• #5

BiGHARYSCOTSMiN said:

Hey Dav0, long time no see!

Are you going to build the Contoured leg set when that comes out? Curious.

Wonderful work you've done here.

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hey man, i took a break from this site for a while, because of all the glitches in it and stuff, but im back now that its working again.

i actually have the contoured leg pep files but haven't got them unfolded yet.

and thanks,
CrazyDav0

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jul 6, 2013

• #6

Update: (sort of)

i recently bought some EPS off the interwebs, and started making a Halo 4 M6H (Magnum)
i have pretty much finished, i just need to plasti-dip it and paint it.



i think it's pretty good for my first Styrofoam weapon, i think once i buy and apply some plasti-dip it'll fix up some of those messy parts :/
i am gonna make another magnum before i do a bigger gun, for practice, and so i can dual wield 'em

thanks,
CrazyDav0

 

Caboose vs Grif

Well-Known Member

Colonial Regiment

Member DIN

S737

• Jul 6, 2013

• #7

Wait! Don't put plasti dip on the gun or else it will ruin the foam! Use acrylic paint to paint the gun and it will not ruin the foam at all. I've heard that tip from a few sources. Just don't use spray paint or plasti dip on the EPS foam. Looks good otherwise! Keep up the good work!

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jul 6, 2013

• #8

Caboose vs Grif said:

Wait! Don't put plasti dip on the gun or else it will ruin the foam! Use acrylic paint to paint the gun and it will not ruin the foam at all. I've heard that tip from a few sources. Just don't use spray paint or plasti dip on the EPS foam. Looks good otherwise! Keep up the good work!

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i had heard that aerosol erodes EPS, but have also heard that aerosol plasti-dip doesn't.
what i was going to do anyway was test it on a scrap piece, then see how it actually goes.

i'll also have a deeper look into why some said that it doesn't erode EPS

and thanks
CrazyDav0

 

Caboose vs Grif

Well-Known Member

Colonial Regiment

Member DIN

S737

• Jul 6, 2013

• #9

Yeah someone I know that builds polystyrene foam weapons told me that. I would be careful not to ruin your good work!

 

RTWHOCKEY

Active Member

• Jul 7, 2013

• #10

Caboose vs Grif said:

Yeah someone I know that builds polystyrene foam weapons told me that...

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That was probably me

But from my experience, EPS foam is melted by plastidip. Do 3-4 layers of acrylic paint first, then you can spray it whatever color you want. Or you can seal it with PVA glue like many people do with Eva foam then spray it.

 

rainbow dash

Well-Known Member

• Jul 7, 2013

• #11

Great work on the undersuit.

 

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BiGHARYSCOTSMiN

Member

• Jul 7, 2013

• #12

Cr4zyDav0 said:

i actually have the contoured leg pep files but haven't got them unfolded yet.

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You have a contoured file? I can unfold that and distribute it (if you choose to)

If you don't have time to unfold it yourself or just don't want to... hey. *wink [no homo]

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jul 7, 2013

• #13

BiGHARYSCOTSMiN said:

You have a contoured file? I can unfold that and distribute it (if you choose to)

If you don't have time to unfold it yourself or just don't want to... hey. *wink [no homo]

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yea, i literally just finished unfolding all the contoured leg parts, but i dont want to upload them till i have tested them myself.

if you really want them i can upload and post them, but i might need to repost them later on

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jul 20, 2013

• #14

UPDATE!! So, i've spent the last 2 weeks on a few different things.

first things first, i started and finished my gloves for my undersuit (ignore my really bad camera quality):




extent of movement:


So i STILL haven't finished my magnum yet, but i applied an undercoat to it:




Lastly i started making a Halo 4 Master Chief Helmet.... Why?
why not, its an awesome helmet. BUT im not a full master chief helmet:



first time i've used plasti-dip:


only half finished painting:


aside from the terrible quality photos, i am pleased with the stuff i've completed/started recently.

enjoy
CrazyDav0

 

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aries

New Member

• Jul 22, 2013

• #15

hey just wondering if u have the files for both top and bottom of the undersuit ? and great build btw.

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jul 22, 2013

• #16

aries said:

hey just wondering if u have the files for both top and bottom of the undersuit ? and great build btw.

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thanks,
and i have a link to the top part of the undersuit in the second post.
but i haven't yet unfolded the bottom part yet. i'll post them up when they're all unfolded

 

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BlueFreeze128

Member

Colonial Regiment

• Jul 23, 2013

• #17

WOW Loving the suit and i especially love the gloves! Very realistic! what kind of gloves did you buy for this?

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Jul 23, 2013

• #18

BlueFreeze128 said:

WOW Loving the suit and i especially love the gloves! Very realistic! what kind of gloves did you buy for this?

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thanks,
i got the idea from Doc Daileys Halo 4 Build. So i bought some motorcross gloves off ebay, got the in-game pep files and combined the 2


thanks again,
CrazyDav0

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Aug 14, 2013

• #19

UPDATE: so i have finished my magnum, and have already started another one. My first magnum wasn't too bad:


so this is what my SECOND one looks like atm:

i have painted it with 3 undercoats already, and this is the weapon skin its gonna have

got all the gold paint and can't wait

although i haven't made much progress on the actual armor, i thought i might give this thread a bump

Enjoy,
CrazyDav0

 

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Cr4zyDav0

Active Member

Australian Regiment

• Sep 8, 2013

• #20

UPDATE: so ive been having slow-ish progress, of this continuous build. anyway i built both contoured thighs:






and ive almost finished painting my second magnum:




i still have to draw on the silver details to the handle and add some grain to the wooden parts

thanks
CrazyDav0