Introduce Yourself - The Sequel!

[PixelDragon]

Welcome!! Do you have pics I'd love to see what you have built, or are working on!

Thank you!
I've been on a bit of a cosplay hiatus these last couple years, so most of my costume pictures are a bit outdated at this point. orz
I've attached the blender file of my silly custom Infinite spartan (who is gonna be my main reason for using this forum) as well as a picture of the last time I went "out" in a finished cosplay, lol. I have a couple other costumes currently in the works from: Sonic the hedgehog, Dragonball Z and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

 

[First Strike]

Thank you!
I've been on a bit of a cosplay hiatus these last couple years, so most of my costume pictures are a bit outdated at this point. orz
I've attached the blender file of my silly custom Infinite spartan (who is gonna be my main reason for using this forum) as well as a picture of the last time I went "out" in a finished cosplay, lol. I have a couple other costumes currently in the works from: Sonic the hedgehog, Dragonball Z and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

These are awesome! Can't wait to see how your OC turns out!!! And she isn't silly she looks like a badass you got this

 

[TurboCharizard]

First Name: Emily
Profession? Student?: Artist and Gardener
Age: 23
Favorite Hobby: Drawing or Gaming
Favorite part of Halo: Playing multiplayer with friends!
Favorite Halo: Reach/3:ODST for story, Infinite for gameplay :0
Favorite Video Game: I can never choose just one.,,.,. Okami maybe?
Other Interests: Cosplaying, Writing
Favorite Food: I'm not picky.., food is just yummy, enjoyed a bao bun a minute ago thoe.
Favorite Band: I'm not sure I have one? I enjoy too many types of music. Shoutout to my girl Hatsune Miku, though ig.
Favorite Movie(s): Recently a Spiderverse and Barbie enjoyer.
What do you hope to learn here?: There's genuinely too much to list? I have a vague idea of the steps needed to cosplay my spartan, but getting a better feel for what methods I should invest my time in would be a big one.
Have you built/made a costume before?: Lots of costumes! But I've never sat down and committed to an armor build before, but the idea of cosplaying my spartan has always haunted me... And now me and my partner are doing other halo projects together...
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Never any literal "communities" quite like this one, no.
Other: Writing in the halo universe while being mindful of the canon timeline is way harder than I expected. Also I think my old account got yeeted into the void, whoops. o(-(

Hello friend!

 

[PixelDragon]

Hello friend!

Hello, friend!!
Thanks for always sharing halo cosplay stuff on insta, it's probably partially because of your posts that I even considered cosplaying my spartan. <3

 

[Wyvernruler5]

First Name: Daniel
Profession: Infrastructure Specialist (IT)
Age: 28
Favorite Hobbies: Boardgames, Videogames, 3D printing
Favorite part of Halo: "Sir, permission to leave the station?"
Favorite Halo: Halo 3
Favorite Video Game: Halo 3 or Destiny 2
Other Interests: 3D printing, electronics tomfoolery, VR, woodworking
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Bands: Weird Al, Metallica, Daft Punk
Favorite Movie(s): STAR WARS
What do you hope to learn here?: I'm hoping to learn whether or not cosplay fabrication is for me and some of the finer points of costuming
Have you built/made a costume before?:
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Nope

 

[d4nnmtz]

First Name: Danni
Profession: Retail Associate :/
Age: 20
Favorite Hobby: Gaming or anything art related
Favorite part of Halo: Multiplayer w/ Friends, The Lore
Favorite Halo: Infinite I guess??? (I've only played infinite so I don't really have a good answer, but the gameplay in infinite is great.)
Favorite Video Game: Hades, Baldur's Gate 3
Other Interests: Antiquing/Thrifting, Fashion, Reading, Drawing, Music (Both listening and playing instruments), literally an thing craft related.
Favorite Food: Mexican Food
Favorite Band: Hozier (technically an artist not band)
Favorite Movie(s): Prince of Egypt, Legally Blonde, John Carpenter's The Thing, Howl's Moving Castle
What do you hope to learn here?: Hope to learn new skills when it comes to costuming and props in general, along with maybe figuring out new ways to approach the craft <3
Have you built/made a costume before?: Made a couple costumes here and there but still pretty much a beginner.
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: I've never really tried to get invested in a community like this till now.
Other: I've never played Halo till I started PC gaming a couple months ago. I'm catching up on all the lore and everything and I absolutely love all of it! I've always loved cosplay even before I started sewing. I've been meaning to start up costume making/design again to regain my creative spark. (P.s. I have a very difficult time with sticking to my projects so I hope I don't fail this time. Anyways...super excited to start this new journey here!!!

 

[marinesniper]

First Name: Emily
Profession? Student?: Artist and Gardener
Age: 23
Favorite Hobby: Drawing or Gaming
Favorite part of Halo: Playing multiplayer with friends!
Favorite Halo: Reach/3:ODST for story, Infinite for gameplay :0
Favorite Video Game: I can never choose just one.,,.,. Okami maybe?
Other Interests: Cosplaying, Writing
Favorite Food: I'm not picky.., food is just yummy, enjoyed a bao bun a minute ago thoe.
Favorite Band: I'm not sure I have one? I enjoy too many types of music. Shoutout to my girl Hatsune Miku, though ig.
Favorite Movie(s): Recently a Spiderverse and Barbie enjoyer.
What do you hope to learn here?: There's genuinely too much to list? I have a vague idea of the steps needed to cosplay my spartan, but getting a better feel for what methods I should invest my time in would be a big one.
Have you built/made a costume before?: Lots of costumes! But I've never sat down and committed to an armor build before, but the idea of cosplaying my spartan has always haunted me... And now me and my partner are doing other halo projects together...
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Never any literal "communities" quite like this one, no.
Other: Writing in the halo universe while being mindful of the canon timeline is way harder than I expected. Also I think my old account got yeeted into the void, whoops. o(-(

Welcome to the 405th we are glad your here

 

[marinesniper]

First Name: Daniel
Profession: Infrastructure Specialist (IT)
Age: 28
Favorite Hobbies: Boardgames, Videogames, 3D printing
Favorite part of Halo: "Sir, permission to leave the station?"
Favorite Halo: Halo 3
Favorite Video Game: Halo 3 or Destiny 2
Other Interests: 3D printing, electronics tomfoolery, VR, woodworking
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Bands: Weird Al, Metallica, Daft Punk
Favorite Movie(s): STAR WARS
What do you hope to learn here?: I'm hoping to learn whether or not cosplay fabrication is for me and some of the finer points of costuming
Have you built/made a costume before?:
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Nope

Welcome to the 405th if need any help on anything just reach out

 

[Arcane]

Hello All! Our former Introduce Yourself thread has grown to a massive 421 pages so it is time to lock that one down and start fresh!
First of all - welcome to all of our new family! We want to know all about you, but let's start with these few questions!
First Name:
Profession? Student?:
Age:
Favorite Hobby:
Favorite part of Halo:
Favorite Halo:
Favorite Video Game:
Other Interests:
Favorite Food:
Favorite Band:
Favorite Movie(s):
What do you hope to learn here?:
Have you built/made a costume before?:
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?:
Other:

 

[zyamaha]

Hello everyone!

First Name: Zac
Profession: IT Manager
Age: 24
Favorite Hobby: Definitely gaming, collecting (Legos, Transformers, Pokémon), and then automotive projects.
Favorite part of Halo: The ending of Halo 3... gives me chills every time.
Favorite Halo: Halo Reach, closely followed by Halo 3 ODST (probably unpopular opinions).
Favorite Video Game: Currently, Sea of Thieves. Of all time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Other Interests: PC building, tinkering with electronics, hiking, camping, biking (motored and non-motored), the list goes on.
Favorite Food: Hands down Mexican food (I wish it liked me as much as I like it).
Favorite Band (artist): Rozen does great work with the remixes they do.
Favorite Movie(s): All 6 Star Wars movies (there are only 6, no more, no less)(Okay I can count Rogue One, so 7).
What do you hope to learn here?: I want to use this forum to help me get ideas on a work of my own, which is going to be the spartan in my profile picture from Halo: Reach. I also really enjoy seeing the projects that other people have made just to admire them. And then actually being in a community sounds cool, since I'm usually alone for stuff like this.
Have you built/made a costume before?: I built one a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Okay, maybe in the same galaxy, but it sounds better the other way. I made a grunt costume when I was about 13 years old and took it up to the Emerald City Comicon. It was an awful costume, but was fun to make anyways... I think I still have it in a closet somewhere.
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: That's a negative, this is my first one.
Other: Something I would like to mention is the impact that costumers have on those around them that fuel inspiration and creativity. When I was a kid (around 12 years old) and I saw people costuming as Spartans I thought it was the coolest thing ever and always wanted to make my own set of armor.

That's where my first costume came from, and although it was bad (it really was) I still loved walking around in costume and meeting the Spartans, but this time standing with them instead of being in awe from a distance. That moment is when I knew I wanted to push forward into costuming. After my grunt costume, I made a creeper helmet (from Minecraft), a plasma cutter (from Dead Space), and then a Hylian Shield and the Master Sword (from The Legend of Zelda). Each one I worked on got better and better, but then... radio silence.

I slowly forgot about the hobby and fell out of it. Life moved on and I got busy with everything else. But years later, I went to a different convention (Portland Retro Gaming Expo) and was reminded of the inspiration to it all in the first place... Halo. I purchased a 3D printer (Ender 5 Pro) and was ecstatic to begin printing my armor, which I got from NerdForgeDesigns. I printed out the helmet, the forearms, and 3/4 of the chest piece and look forward to finishing it.

Now that I've started, there's no stopping, so I'll see y'all around the forums.

Cheers!

 

[JammedMite942]

Hello everyone!

First Name: Zac
Profession: IT Manager
Age: 24
Favorite Hobby: Definitely gaming, collecting (Legos, Transformers, Pokémon), and then automotive projects.
Favorite part of Halo: The ending of Halo 3... gives me chills every time.
Favorite Halo: Halo Reach, closely followed by Halo 3 ODST (probably unpopular opinions).
Favorite Video Game: Currently, Sea of Thieves. Of all time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Other Interests: PC building, tinkering with electronics, hiking, camping, biking (motored and non-motored), the list goes on.
Favorite Food: Hands down Mexican food (I wish it liked me as much as I like it).
Favorite Band (artist): Rozen does great work with the remixes they do.
Favorite Movie(s): All 6 Star Wars movies (there are only 6, no more, no less)(Okay I can count Rogue One, so 7).
What do you hope to learn here?: I want to use this forum to help me get ideas on a work of my own, which is going to be the spartan in my profile picture from Halo: Reach. I also really enjoy seeing the projects that other people have made just to admire them. And then actually being in a community sounds cool, since I'm usually alone for stuff like this.
Have you built/made a costume before?: I built one a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Okay, maybe in the same galaxy, but it sounds better the other way. I made a grunt costume when I was about 13 years old and took it up to the Emerald City Comicon. It was an awful costume, but was fun to make anyways... I think I still have it in a closet somewhere.
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: That's a negative, this is my first one.
Other: Something I would like to mention is the impact that costumers have on those around them that fuel inspiration and creativity. When I was a kid (around 12 years old) and I saw people costuming as Spartans I thought it was the coolest thing ever and always wanted to make my own set of armor.

That's where my first costume came from, and although it was bad (it really was) I still loved walking around in costume and meeting the Spartans, but this time standing with them instead of being in awe from a distance. That moment is when I knew I wanted to push forward into costuming. After my grunt costume, I made a creeper helmet (from Minecraft), a plasma cutter (from Dead Space), and then a Hylian Shield and the Master Sword (from The Legend of Zelda). Each one I worked on got better and better, but then... radio silence.

I slowly forgot about the hobby and fell out of it. Life moved on and I got busy with everything else. But years later, I went to a different convention (Portland Retro Gaming Expo) and was reminded of the inspiration to it all in the first place... Halo. I purchased a 3D printer (Ender 5 Pro) and was ecstatic to begin printing my armor, which I got from NerdForgeDesigns. I printed out the helmet, the forearms, and 3/4 of the chest piece and look forward to finishing it.

Now that I've started, there's no stopping, so I'll see you guys around the forums.

Cheers!

Sounds like you fit right in! Welcome to the 405th, and good luck with your build, we wanna see it!

 

[BAM x Camoblur]

First Name: Adam
Profession: IT (You guessed it)
Age: 35
Favorite Hobby: Sailing knots
Favorite part of Halo: H3 BR 4-shot dance
Favorite Halo: Halo 3
Favorite Video Game: Halo 3 (honestly, you'll see just how true this is...)
Other Interests: Xbox Repair, Sailing, Cybersecurity
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Band: Not so much band, more just "Synth-y Techno"
Favorite Movie(s): Original Korean "Oldboy"
What do you hope to learn here?: The best way to create armor that lasts.
Have you built/made a costume before?: Yes, 1. Batman - Foam armor, cowl, everything! 2. Darth Vader - Full cosplay, Voice changer, the works!
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Not until about 15 minutes ago.
Other: I'm definitely looking to connect with the local San Diego community. I host xbox 360 LAN parties, and have been wanting to plug into 405th if at all locally as well as online.

 

[Arcane]

First Name: Adam
Profession: IT (You guessed it)
Age: 35
Favorite Hobby: Sailing knots
Favorite part of Halo: H3 BR 4-shot dance
Favorite Halo: Halo 3
Favorite Video Game: Halo 3 (honestly, you'll see just how true this is...)
Other Interests: Xbox Repair, Sailing, Cybersecurity
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Band: Not so much band, more just "Synth-y Techno"
Favorite Movie(s): Original Korean "Oldboy"
What do you hope to learn here?: The best way to create armor that lasts.
Have you built/made a costume before?: Yes, 1. Batman - Foam armor, cowl, everything! 2. Darth Vader - Full cosplay, Voice changer, the works!
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Not until about 15 minutes ago.
Other: I'm definitely looking to connect with the local San Diego community. I host xbox 360 LAN parties, and have been wanting to plug into 405th if at all locally as well as online.

Glad to see more people from the San Diego area!

 

[marinesniper]

First Name: Adam
Profession: IT (You guessed it)
Age: 35
Favorite Hobby: Sailing knots
Favorite part of Halo: H3 BR 4-shot dance
Favorite Halo: Halo 3
Favorite Video Game: Halo 3 (honestly, you'll see just how true this is...)
Other Interests: Xbox Repair, Sailing, Cybersecurity
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Band: Not so much band, more just "Synth-y Techno"
Favorite Movie(s): Original Korean "Oldboy"
What do you hope to learn here?: The best way to create armor that lasts.
Have you built/made a costume before?: Yes, 1. Batman - Foam armor, cowl, everything! 2. Darth Vader - Full cosplay, Voice changer, the works!
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Not until about 15 minutes ago.
Other: I'm definitely looking to connect with the local San Diego community. I host xbox 360 LAN parties, and have been wanting to plug into 405th if at all locally as well as online.

welcome to the 405th well you sound like you know what you want to do if you have questions just ask we are here to help.

 

[BAM x Camoblur]

welcome to the 405th well you sound like you know what you want to do if you have questions just ask we are here to help.

Well, thank you much! I'm going to bone up on fiberglass tuts, because EVA Foam wasn't as durable for batman. I think connecting with local San Diegan's is most appealing.

 

[Waldo534]

Hello All! Our former Introduce Yourself thread has grown to a massive 421 pages so it is time to lock that one down and start fresh!

First of all - welcome to all of our new family! We want to know all about you, but let's start with these few questions!

First Name:
Profession? Student?:
Age:
Favorite Hobby:
Favorite part of Halo:
Favorite Halo:
Favorite Video Game:
Other Interests:
Favorite Food:
Favorite Band:
Favorite Movie(s):
What do you hope to learn here?:
Have you built/made a costume before?:
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?:
Other:

First Name: Jared
Profession? Student?: Truck Driver
Age: 24
Favorite Hobby: Gaming
Favorite part of Halo: The books
Favorite Halo: Reach, need to play more of them
Favorite Video Game: DCS Worle
Other Interests: Photography
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite Band: Too many to count
Favorite Movie(s): National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
What do you hope to learn here?: How to build some armor, hoping to get started on an ODST
Have you built/made a costume before?: Still building one
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: 501st Legion, Canadian Garrison

 

[zyamaha]

First Name: Jared
Profession? Student?: Truck Driver
Age: 24
Favorite Hobby: Gaming
Favorite part of Halo: The books
Favorite Halo: Reach, need to play more of them
Favorite Video Game: DCS Worle
Other Interests: Photography
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite Band: Too many to count
Favorite Movie(s): National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
What do you hope to learn here?: How to build some armor, hoping to get started on an ODST
Have you built/made a costume before?: Still building one
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: 501st Legion, Canadian Garrison

Welcome to the community! Can't wait to see how your ODST turns out! Great choice of movie too, btw.

 

[JPClaude]

HELLO!!!

First Name: Jean-Paul
Profession? Student?: Teleprompter Operator
Age: 42
Favorite Hobby: choreographing lightsaber fights
Favorite part of Halo: Lore and cutscenes
Favorite Halo: Halo Wars
Favorite Video Game: Red Alert 2
Other Interests: Star Wars, martial arts (I am a martial enthusiast)
Favorite Food: Yes (it's a problem)
Favorite Band: No one in particular. I enjoy listening to a lot of different music.
Favorite Movie(s): Star Wars, Kung Fu Panda
What do you hope to learn here?: More about Halo, Halo cosplay, and um... halo....
Have you built/made a costume before?: 90% of a Star Wars cosplay.
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Saber Guild
Other: I'm just a generally positive person who loves learning new things and meeting new people.

 

[SubXzeroXhero]

HELLO!!!

First Name: Jean-Paul
Profession? Student?: Teleprompter Operator
Age: 42
Favorite Hobby: choreographing lightsaber fights
Favorite part of Halo: Lore and cutscenes
Favorite Halo: Halo Wars
Favorite Video Game: Red Alert 2
Other Interests: Star Wars, martial arts (I am a martial enthusiast)
Favorite Food: Yes (it's a problem)
Favorite Band: No one in particular. I enjoy listening to a lot of different music.
Favorite Movie(s): Star Wars, Kung Fu Panda
What do you hope to learn here?: More about Halo, Halo cosplay, and um... halo....
Have you built/made a costume before?: 90% of a Star Wars cosplay.
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Saber Guild
Other: I'm just a generally positive person who loves learning new things and meeting new people.

Welcome JPClaude to the community. I'm sure you will fit right in.

 

[jtwographics]

First Name: Lee
Profession? Student?: Visual Effects Artist
Age: 46
Favorite Hobby: Too many to pick just one. 3d modeling, photography, race car driving, skydiving, reading . . .
Favorite part of Halo: "Wake me . . . when you need me."
Favorite Halo: Halo CE
Favorite Video Game: Arcade - Galaga, Darius Twin, Bad Dudes Console: How to pick a favorite game from Commodore 64, original NES, Super NES, GameCube, N64, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One???
Other Interests: Cooking, traveling, spending time with my son
Favorite Food: anything bad for me
Favorite Band: M83, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, 80's synth
Favorite Movie(s): Arrival, Dune (2022 & 1984), Interstellar, Tron, Tron Legacy, Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Knight
What do you hope to learn here?: Better build techniques - whether that's EVA foam or 3d printing
Have you built/made a costume before?: Yes - an R2D2 for my son when he was little. PVC pipe and posterboard - photos attached
Do you belong to any other costume communities? If so, which one(s)?: Replica Prop Forum
Other: