Kahnah's Reach Build
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drewdown94
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WOW!!!! i hope mine will turn out like that!
one question though:
where did you find the pep for the thighs?
one question though:
where did you find the pep for the thighs?
kahnah
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Well i found it here on sjsuspartans thread
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/23431-Reach-Armor-By-Spartan-029?highlight=sjsuspartan
you may have to look through it to find it, but if you take a look ing The Official Halo Reach Pep thread you should find it there along with a bunch of other peps that can be usefull
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/24086-*The-Official*-Halo-Reach-Pepakura-Files-Thread
drewdown94
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thank you very much kind person
kahnah
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not sure why but i cant edit my posts
anyways i meant to put in this picture
and also the reason i went ahead and made a new torso out of foam was because the last chest i built didn't allow my chest to expand when i breath.
on a much lighter note here is a picture of what i believe my reaction would be riding in a drop pod
anyways i meant to put in this picture
and also the reason i went ahead and made a new torso out of foam was because the last chest i built didn't allow my chest to expand when i breath.
on a much lighter note here is a picture of what i believe my reaction would be riding in a drop pod
kahnah
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Oh kahnah...
I'm in love with your build..
Your undersuit is fantastic! Any tips on how you did it? I've been looking into using rubber but it's just so expensive over here..
And stop making that face Spartan! Your supposed to be a battle hardened soldier!
well I used a crafts product called foames.
they come in sheets and im sure any arts and crafts store carry them.
but as far as making it i just cut out shapes and glued them over eachother
real easy stuff...
and as far as that face im sure master cheif made that face after he found out he was the last spartan lol.
IRSHCWGRL
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haaha, nice...
Hey man looks, amazing! I was just wondering, how do you paint it like that? it looks awesome!
kahnah
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even easier just find some flat black spray paint and give it three coats.
if you try and do it in one the foam will absorb it and you may gets spots of darker color instead of a nice even look.
Clean work! Gonna try and utilize as much of the foam stuff as I can.
The only criticism I'd offer is on your weathering. It already looks fairly good, but on the edges, it looks like spray paint. No one who doesn't mess with this stuff will probably know, but you may want to scuff the blue up a little bit along the edge where it meets the gunmetal and get some additional scratches further up. I think if you run a 120 grit sandpaper around the edges, then a 60 grit just to get some scratches, you'd be gold. Just what ya have is better than what I would be able to do freehand, I'd have to mask to make sure I didn't overspray somewhere, or cheat and use a sponge for the edge. Personally, I wouldn't do much at all to the thigh outside of a couple of scuffs here and there. It looks fairly natural as it is. It's the shin that has more of a hard line where the two paints meet.
How do the foamies on the undersuit breathe?
The only criticism I'd offer is on your weathering. It already looks fairly good, but on the edges, it looks like spray paint. No one who doesn't mess with this stuff will probably know, but you may want to scuff the blue up a little bit along the edge where it meets the gunmetal and get some additional scratches further up. I think if you run a 120 grit sandpaper around the edges, then a 60 grit just to get some scratches, you'd be gold. Just what ya have is better than what I would be able to do freehand, I'd have to mask to make sure I didn't overspray somewhere, or cheat and use a sponge for the edge. Personally, I wouldn't do much at all to the thigh outside of a couple of scuffs here and there. It looks fairly natural as it is. It's the shin that has more of a hard line where the two paints meet.
How do the foamies on the undersuit breathe?
kahnah
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Thank you, the foamies are not hard at all. Its more of a spongy material that is soft and bends like paper. On the other hand the floor mats i used for the chest are a bit harder and dont bend much. In my oppinion i would only use the foamies and floor mats for either the undersuit or chest armor only because they are flexible.
Thank you so much for the tip. honestly im not a fan of the paint job ive been doing and for the life of me i couldnt find a useful tut. As far as the undersuit its really hot. it doesnt alow air to flow through, but in my case im going to wear this for holloween and it gets nice and cold so it should contain my body heat well.
thanks kahnah!
im definitely going to be looking into using them as the undersuit!
Its a cheap way to get the job done. by the way your build was awsome. I cant wait to see how you make it better. good luck and keep up the fantastic work.
From what I can tell from the pics, I think you're hitting way more than you're missing on the paint job. I'd think just some sanding and scuffing with a sanding block would be able to further the look. It's a technique that I'm still playing with, but the pieces I've done it on seem like they turn out better than only using resists. I'm going to run into the same problem when I get to the paint part of my build. It's just gotta look like the blue was scuffed off the gunmetal through continued pounding and battle, and that's hard to reproduce on a prop.
Or just 1 coat primer 2 coats paint and 1 coat clear coat to seal it...
kahnah
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Well im definately going to have to go back and redo the paint. also do you have a thread on your build, id really like to see your work.
you know i never tried that but im sure it would workout great.
kahnah
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Chest 2.0
still need to paint some areas and clean up some paint drips, but its new and improved, and i like it a lot. ill have to take another picture to show that its a bit slimmer and looks a hell of a lot better then the previous one.
also its back to square one
Im working on the unfinished arm and leg and im really cramming for time since im planning on this being my Halloween costume
still need to paint some areas and clean up some paint drips, but its new and improved, and i like it a lot. ill have to take another picture to show that its a bit slimmer and looks a hell of a lot better then the previous one.
also its back to square one
Im working on the unfinished arm and leg and im really cramming for time since im planning on this being my Halloween costume
Josiahmann
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Man this looks really cool! Keep up the good work.
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