(Almost) Finished Halo Reach Pepakura and Foam Hybrid Spartan Suit

[CEMETERY WIND]

actually this is what I have built so far

 

[CEMETERY WIND]

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I'd be interested to know how it looks in person first. I'd also like to be able to sit, is hardened foam going to restrict that?

honestly I have not built it in person ,nor worked with foam before.

 

[Flaminshotgun]

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honestly I have not built it in person ,nor worked with foam before.

Ah alright, thanks anyway

 

[Sean Anwalt]

WandererTJ did an outstanding job on his Suit using foam. It straight up legit looks like it came from the game. I don't think it's wise to give up on the foam so quickly.

 

[WandererTJ]

WandererTJ did an outstanding job on his Suit using foam. It straight up legit looks like it came from the game. I don't think it's wise to give up on the foam so quickly.

Thank you.

And OP, feel free to check my build thread out or my Foam Guide. Lots of buried treasure in the guide.

 

[Flaminshotgun]

WandererTJ did an outstanding job on his Suit using foam. It straight up legit looks like it came from the game. I don't think it's wise to give up on the foam so quickly.

What? I’m not giving up on foam, I love foam. It’s what I’ll be remaking some of my pieces out of. I don’t know where you got that notion from.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

I dunno.

 

[Flaminshotgun]

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I dunno.

Never thought I’d see Elmo on a 405th thread XD that made my day

 

[xXDashIVXx]

Never thought I’d see Elmo on a 405th thread XD that made my day

405th approved(maybe)!

 

[TurboCharizard]

Never thought I’d see Elmo on a 405th thread XD that made my day

Never doubt the things that'll be brought into the 405th by a Fireteam Off the Rails member. Good job Sean Anwalt!

 

[Sean Anwalt]

#represent #of course

#

 

[Flaminshotgun]

Little update. I finished the thighs, shins, and codpiece. It'll be a couple days before I get the chance to button them up and fit them to my undersuit. But as soon as that's done I'll take another picture of the whole suit.

 

[Iveycraft]

It's been a year in the making, but I am FINALLY 99% finished. The only thing left to do is put the visor into the helmet and pad it so it can actually be worn. Hope it looks good, tell me all what you think please!

Dude that's looking freakin awesome. well done!!

 

[Supre_]

That armour is looking bad ass!

 

[Flaminshotgun]

And here are all of the new pieces all fitted and formed. The legs and codpiece are new, and I added an ab plate. It's a little too high in this picture, the torso kind of hides it. Unsurprisingly I'm still unsatisfied XD . I'd like to remake the helmet out of foam some day, make it a bit smaller, and remake the chest plate out of foam and find a better way to hook it to myself . But with nowhere to apply plastidip or airbrush for the forseeable future I don't know if that will happen any time soon. Honestly I wouldn't even know where to begin making a helmet out of foam.

 

[he4thbar]

awesome job on those new pieces. looks great

 

[DefineLuck]

I think that your suit looks incredible. It just needs some color and a few details added that you could easily do with foamier. Painting and weathering is my speciality so I will help you. Also if you can afford it, look up noble 6 helmet on Etsy by Jim McCrea. He makes a cast of the helmet and in my opinion there will never be one as good and as accurate as that.

 

[Flaminshotgun]

I think that your suit looks incredible. It just needs some color and a few details added that you could easily do with foamier. Painting and weathering is my speciality so I will help you. Also if you can afford it, look up noble 6 helmet on Etsy by Jim McCrea. He makes a cast of the helmet and in my opinion there will never be one as good and as accurate as that.

Yeah I know that casts are the way to go. It just feels like cheating. Like I would feel bad wearing it if I didn't make it myself. I will probably still buy a cast helmet some day though.
My painting and weathering skills are very basic. As you see here I did several coats of a dark grey, and attempted to shade the darker areas, thought it is difficult to see because the armor is already do dark. Then I added a bunch of scratches for wear and tear.

 

[DefineLuck]

Yeah I know that casts are the way to go. It just feels like cheating. Like I would feel bad wearing it if I didn't make it myself. I will probably still buy a cast helmet some day though.
My painting and weathering skills are very basic. As you see here I did several coats of a dark grey, and attempted to shade the darker areas, thought it is difficult to see because the armor is already do dark. Then I added a bunch of scratches for wear and tear.

I can definitely understand the viewpoint of feeling like a Cast could be cheating. I guess when I was building my noble 6 suit I wanted it to look the absolute best it could. And his noble 6 cast is flawless. There’s just nothing anyone could do to make one better. As for the painting goes....

im Going to explain this further in a tutorial I’m making for painting but the colors you choose are everything! People don’t realize the importance of color and how they effect one another. I think grey is a great base, but you need a light color to offset it. You need different types of dark and light dirt pigment to differentiate grime from settled dirt/sand. Here is an example of a anvil grey suit I am painting for my brother. The accents are a light cement grey that I painted in latex paint so that i could chip off some when dried with a penny. Here are the results after SPONGING brushed aluminum paint on the armor instead of dry brushing. As well as mud and wrought iron for weathering. These methods combined On your suit would make a world of a difference

 

[Flaminshotgun]

I can definitely understand the viewpoint of feeling like a Cast could be cheating. I guess when I was building my noble 6 suit I wanted it to look the absolute best it could. And his noble 6 cast is flawless. There’s just nothing anyone could do to make one better. As for the painting goes....

im Going to explain this further in a tutorial I’m making for painting but the colors you choose are everything! People don’t realize the importance of color and how they effect one another. I think grey is a great base, but you need a light color to offset it. You need different types of dark and light dirt pigment to differentiate grime from settled dirt/sand. Here is an example of a anvil grey suit I am painting for my brother. The accents are a light cement grey that I painted in latex paint so that i could chip off some when dried with a penny. Here are the results after SPONGING brushed aluminum paint on the armor instead of dry brushing. As well as mud and wrought iron for weathering. These methods combined On your suit would make a world of a difference

So have you built any of your suit or is it all cast?