Grenadier Spartan III

tahu505 · Nov 24, 2022

KingBadger13 said:
I always give respect when it’s due. I can not for the life of me achieve that level of detail with a pep file. That helmet looks super clean. Keep up the good work!

The first helmet was peped years ago, new one is 3d printed. Also a little secret, the pep has a giant dent in the back haha.

KingBadger13 · Nov 25, 2022

tahu505 said:
The first helmet was peped years ago, new one is 3d printed. Also a little secret, the pep has a giant dent in the back haha.

You say dent I say battle damage from a sneak attack from a brute

tahu505 · Dec 2, 2022

Foam

tahu505 · Dec 3, 2022

Got a fan kit from Henry's Helmet Fans on Etsy and installed it. Didn't take long to do.

It does work for clearing up fog!

tahu505 · Dec 8, 2022

Foam cut out for the mid section of the boots.

tahu505 · Dec 13, 2022

Last of the foam has been cut out. Just need to find the time to glue it together

tahu505 · Dec 26, 2022

Got the back of the boots put together today. There were some weak points that I wanted to reinforce but didn't have scrap foam with me so I grabbed some scrap vinyl.

tahu505 · Dec 28, 2022

Boots are made! Still need to go back to add foam clay, sand, and reinforce but the main body is done for them! I haven't done foam in 5 years so I'm glad I could improve since then

DeltaAlphaZulu · Dec 28, 2022

tahu505 said:
Boots are made! Still need to go back to add foam clay, sand, and reinforce but the main body is done for them! I haven't done foam in 5 years so I'm glad I could improve since then
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Killer foamsmithing! Great job!

tahu505 · Dec 30, 2022

Decided to full send and paint the good visor

Glued it in and added some weathering

RandomRanger · Dec 30, 2022

Looks great!

Spartan513 · Jan 1, 2023

tahu505 said:
Decided to full send and paint the good visor
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Glued it in and added some weathering
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I love the grit on the visor. I have always thought about how one would add "dirt" or "damage" without totally obscuring your vision. Well done!

Dire · Jan 1, 2023

Yeah, about the vision, what's it like with weathering? Thought about weathering my visor too

tahu505 · Jan 1, 2023

Dire said:
Yeah, about the vision, what's it like with weathering? Thought about weathering my visor too

weathering doesn't affect vision too much on my visor. I hit the edges harder than the center.

Dire · Jan 2, 2023

tahu505 said:
weathering doesn't affect vision too much on my visor. I hit the edges harder than the center.

Cool, I'm still hesitant to do it, alot of work to get the finished visor color

tahu505 · Jan 18, 2023

Haven't done an update in a while so here we go. A while back I used foam clay to fill in the gaps on the boots and sanded them using 320 grit

I also redid my attachment point for the grenadier shoulder using the same files for the commando and it is much stronger. (I forgot to take a pic and I'm too lazy to take it out of the box it's in so here's a goofy video I made for tiktok showing it off [hope you like Better off Alone])

tahu505 · Jan 31, 2023

Plastidiped the boots

tahu505 · Feb 4, 2023

Painted the boots

Quick leg test

tahu505 · Feb 5, 2023

Got all the decals done today

I noticed that the left arm has yellow triangles whil the right has black.

I didn't have clear sticker paper so for the UNSC I made a stencil l.

It didn't come out the cleanest but I'm sticking with my heavy weathered back (cool guys don't look at explosions) so it should still work out.

I also added velcro straps near the top magnets for the chest, extra security. Plus padding around the neck and I covered gaps in the back with foam.