Halo 5 Guardian Spartan Locke Build

[Ronin Armory]

Hello everyone, I'm from Singapore and this is my first ever Halo costume I'm making. This costume has been in the works since mid Jan 2017 and was completed on 31st March 2017. There was a lot of issue building it from scratch as I could not find any foam pepakura files, so basically I free hand everything.

At the beginning I just build the helmet for fun to see if my free hand and observation skills are of any good. The helmet turned out pretty good, so I decided to build the rest of the suit. There was a lot of frustration and complication along the way as some parts for e.g the under suit chest piece was off proportion, the chest piece was too small. I had to redo all the parts that I personally feel was off and that took a lot of my time.

I'm currently in my final year of Animation course and I had little to no time working on this costume, what actually kept me going was looking at what the final product would look like.

Materials I used Eva foam 6mm and 5mm. Craft foam 2mm and 1mm. Coated with Plasti dip and everything was then hand painted.

 

[Ronin Armory]

This is the older version of the abs plate, The post above is the new version. I did not like the look of it so I had to redo some parts.

 

[Ronin Armory]

Everything is already pretty much plasti dip already, test fitting some parts.


Installed led lights into the shoulder piece, front abs plate and the back.



Finished painting and installing led into the helmet.

 

[Dirtdives2424]

Dude.....This is PSYCHOTIC!!! Free hand? I can't even begin to think what you can do w/ templates. Fantastic job on the helmet....

 

[Ronin Armory]

Dude.....This is PSYCHOTIC!!! Free hand? I can't even begin to think what you can do w/ templates. Fantastic job on the helmet....

Hey thanks dude! It was really frustrating and I had to redo some parts of the armor like multiple times to get it right.

 

[Dirtdives2424]

I know that feeling.......

 

[Ronin Armory]

This is the Final outcome of the armor itself, Pretty satisfied with it! though there are some parts which could be improved!
I will work on slightly weathering the armor and maybe redo the boots (which I did not show because it is not good)
I will update this thread with some photo shoot done with this Bad Boi!

 

[PaiganBoi]

My friend.... that is simply amazing. A freehand build in roughly 3 months. I bow down to your skills and dedication.
Bravo.

 

[vivalablake89]

This is absolutely amazing, and free hand?!?! My brain just shattered into a billion tiny pieces... Awesome work, hope to see the rest soon.

 

[SavedbyGraceG12]

Agreed! Nice work bro! Full body pics please!

 

[Thom A293]

I agree with the rest, amazing build! Let us see those boots . Quite a nice job for free handed work, especially in three months time, that's quite fast for a build.

 

[ArcticGhostXCV]

Oh my goodness, how I wish I had your skill! Even more commendable hearing that you done this in three months, freehand (mindblown). Fantastic job on the build mate, you should be proud

 

[mike bike]

Everything is already pretty much plasti dip already, test fitting some parts.
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Installed led lights into the shoulder piece, front abs plate and the back.
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Finished painting and installing led into the helmet.

Those lights are sweet on the back piece and helmet

 

[SI3RRA 117]

Awesome build..... one of my boys wanted me to do them a Locke build. But I suggested something else as I didnt think I could have pulled it off. You made it look easy to pull this off in 3 months.

 

[Ronin Armory]

Hi all thank you for your kind comments, well here is a full body shot of what my build looks like.
I apologized for the late reply as right now I am in a middle of my school assements.

I finished this build one hour before the cosplay event starts and yeah It was a huge risk.
The reason why I do not like the boots is because I just finished the arms and the whole lower body just the day before
and finished installing the led lights an hour before the event started.

 

[Ronin Armory]

Well these are the photos taken by a friend of mine during the competition.
I made it to the top 20 Finalist but I did not got into top 3.
Well this was my first competition but I will do better next time.
Halo isn't really that well known in my country but I met a lot of anime friends in this comp.

PS. I LOVE ALL YOUR WORKS!

 

[Ronin Armory]

Awesome build..... one of my boys wanted me to do them a Locke build. But I suggested something else as I didnt think I could have pulled it off. You made it look easy to pull this off in 3 months.

Yeah dude I can totally understand I almost gave when I started doing the oblique armor on Locke.

 

[Ronin Armory]

My friend.... that is simply amazing. A freehand build in roughly 3 months. I bow down to your skills and dedication.
Bravo.

Thank you! It was really though, Time management is really important.

 

[Ronin Armory]

This is absolutely amazing, and free hand?!?! My brain just shattered into a billion tiny pieces... Awesome work, hope to see the rest soon.

Thank you! I'm not really sure how to use pepakura unfolds and the program itself, so I relied on freehand instead to train myself up! I hope i can get better in the future.

 

[EndlessForrest]

Thank you! I'm not really sure how to use pepakura unfolds and the program itself, so I relied on freehand instead to train myself up! I hope i can get better in the future.

From the looks of you did an amazing job I'm very glad you included all the photos you did. It makes me want to build this!!