C2E2 2025 Info and Roll Call: April 11th, 2025 - April 13th, 2025
- Thread starter Fallen
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- Member DIN
- S402
With great effort (and much caffeinating) anything is possible!
- Member DIN
- S511
What kinda suit are you looking to do? Its doable but definitely not normally recommended for the faint of heart.
bearbot
New Member
An Adventurer 5M, a 24-pack of Red Bull, and a dream...
bearbot
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Doing a full Spartan with one of Moe's files and just started a couple weeks ago...It'll definitely be a multi-month build but if I end up going to the con I'll have to swing by and say hey.
nerdman234
Active Member
A foam marine can be done relatively quick, can roll with a hat instead of helmet, and if you get tight on time, looks fine missing some pieces.
bearbot
New Member
Great point! I've never actually worked with foam. Would be a fun learning process...
nerdman234
Active Member
If you're more down for 3D, Moe has those on thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3214211/files
If you go that route, I'd recommend doing at minimum the back plate from foam though. Easy build, comfortable, and not many landmines for a new foam-er.
bearbot
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Dope this is great advice, thank you!
- Member DIN
- S922
Can 100% confirm a foam marine can be done in time. Using DFT files it can be constructed even by someone who's a beginner w/ foam in a matter of days. 3D printing will depend on number of printers, speed of printing, how quickly you can finish, etc. but it's still possible to get enough for people to know you're a marine in time even if not "fully finished."
Negativecacti
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- S126
I second fallens' suggestion, DFT ar.or goes together relatively quick and a good introduction to foam work with it being not overly complicated.
bearbot
New Member
Appreciate all the tips! If I make it this year it'll be as a globby, disgruntled marine. Otherwise I'll catch you guys another time in (hopefully) a complete armor set!
WandererTJ
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Mark me down as coming +1 handler.
- Member DIN
- S410
For the folks who are staying at MNKr's; I assume we'll leave early friday morning to make it to the con in time for opening? Roughly what would those times look like?
If I have stuff that I want to display at the booth (helmets, flags, gravity hammer, etc) should I bring that when I arrive for con open friday morning? Or should I send it with someone with an exhibitor badge so it can go in earlier? Or is the booth entirely full of stuff and we can't fit anything extra?
Also, last year I remember we had a little closet sectioned off for storing suits. Do we have that again this year and will I be able to use it without an exhibitor badge? Or should I keep everything a few blocks away in the hotel? I'd prefer not to do that but I'll make it work if I don't have the option.
If I have stuff that I want to display at the booth (helmets, flags, gravity hammer, etc) should I bring that when I arrive for con open friday morning? Or should I send it with someone with an exhibitor badge so it can go in earlier? Or is the booth entirely full of stuff and we can't fit anything extra?
Also, last year I remember we had a little closet sectioned off for storing suits. Do we have that again this year and will I be able to use it without an exhibitor badge? Or should I keep everything a few blocks away in the hotel? I'd prefer not to do that but I'll make it work if I don't have the option.
- Member DIN
- S922
I'll be checking into my hotel Thursday evening, so I can't help you w/ the crew leaving MNKr's Friday. If you have items specifically for display you'd like me to stash in my hotel room though I can do that. The booth is not yet entirely full at this point.
These have been posted in various channels, but I never shared it here. This is the general layout planned for the booth. Longsword Battalion is providing the walls on the lefthand side, and Harvest Battalion is working on the walls for the little room. There are 3 prop racks in the setup, representing the pegboard rack, one is a turtle rack w/ double rifle rests setup, and one is either going to be another turtle rack or a new item that someone is working on. Other than the location of walls everything is subject to change when we're actually getting set up.
The room is not particularly large given the number of people we have going, so I'm adding this in advance that we won't be able to store everyone's crates inside that room. We are going to be located near where we were last year in the sense that those changing rooms that were near us last year will be close by again. I encourage you all to utilize those if anyone doesn't want to go back to their room to suit up or gear down.
These have been posted in various channels, but I never shared it here. This is the general layout planned for the booth. Longsword Battalion is providing the walls on the lefthand side, and Harvest Battalion is working on the walls for the little room. There are 3 prop racks in the setup, representing the pegboard rack, one is a turtle rack w/ double rifle rests setup, and one is either going to be another turtle rack or a new item that someone is working on. Other than the location of walls everything is subject to change when we're actually getting set up.
The room is not particularly large given the number of people we have going, so I'm adding this in advance that we won't be able to store everyone's crates inside that room. We are going to be located near where we were last year in the sense that those changing rooms that were near us last year will be close by again. I encourage you all to utilize those if anyone doesn't want to go back to their room to suit up or gear down.
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