MarkVII foam armor build

[cefe92]

I'm loving your work, I apologize for my English, I want to start my own armor, could you tell me how you did to scale it to your size?
That is being my biggest complication so far

 

[Chronomize]

Painting
Before I started painting I found myself a colouring page of the Mrk7 armor and roughly coloured it in photoshop. This gives me a good way to play around with the placement of the colours. You can ofcourse just base this on your favorite in-game skin but I am an artist at heart and I wanted something unique to me. So here's the design I came up with.
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Where can I find this template? I've been looking around for an accurate one but I simply cannot acquire one

 

[InterfectorF]

I'm loving your work, I apologize for my English, I want to start my own armor, could you tell me how you did to scale it to your size?
That is being my biggest complication so far

I started with the lower arm pieces and just measured the papakura piece the had the most straightforward shape and compared that to my own measurements. Based on that I knew that the file actually quite matched my proportions. I lucked out and didn't actually need to resize much. Most resizing I did on the fly during the build: I took out strips of foam to make the fit tighter or added them to widen it. But like I said I didn't need to resize much in the end.

Where can I find this template? I've been looking around for an accurate one but I simply cannot acquire one

Iiiiii should have included a source! My bad, here you go

 

[Chronomize]

Iiiiii should have included a source! My bad, here you go

Thanks

 

[InterfectorF]

Small update: I made hand plates!
They're 3D printed with PLA (you can see the print lines, I didn't sand them) and attached to the gloves with a copious amount of hot glue.
The paint is just acrylics again but with a protective layer of spray varnish.

 

[Chronomize]

Small update: I made hand plates!
They're 3D printed with PLA (you can see the print lines, I didn't sand them) and attached to the gloves with a copious amount of hot glue.
The paint is just acrylics again but with a protective layer of spray varnish.
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Fricken dope, son!

 

[ForwardUntoDusk]

This looks so awesome. Great work!

 

[InterfectorF]

I got some awesome photos from a con last summer, they also show well how my belt system failed me and why it needed redoing

 

[InterfectorF]

This armor has been officially graded/deployed!

I have added my number to the armor with a simple stencil+spraypaint, the font is "impact" though I have since learned that the font used for Chief's numbers is "Oswald Heavy"

 

[InterfectorF]

I got my deployment trading cards and if you find me at a con you might even get lucky and get a foil/holo card!
I had them printed through a German printed site and the glitter/holo effect is done with holo paper stickers I got from amazon

 

[ForwardUntoDusk]

I got my deployment trading cards and if you find me at a con you might even get lucky and get a foil/holo card!
I had them printed through a German printed site and the glitter/holo effect is done with holo paper stickers I got from amazon

Now that's cool! The cards look great.

 

[BrokenHawk]

Just saw this thread and I loved everything you did! For sure inspired me to do a few things for my MkVII. Congrats on the grading and deployment!!

 

[Fraggadier]

I need to figure out foam, i built a spartan out of PLA and Resin and wasn't a fan lol

 

[InterfectorF]

Now that's cool! The cards look great.

Thankyou! I ended up getting close to 300 cards instead of the 75 I ordered so I will be handing them out even when I'm not in armor or I'll never run out haha

Just saw this thread and I loved everything you did! For sure inspired me to do a few things for my MkVII. Congrats on the grading and deployment!!

Thanks! I'm so happy it was helpful!

I need to figure out foam, i built a spartan out of PLA and Resin and wasn't a fan lol

its seriously quite easy, you can start with something like a bracer or something simple to get the hang of it. I basically made two sets of fantasy arm armor pieces before I started my armor build and it was super doable! Just leave the helm and chest piece till last x)

 

[InterfectorF]

I competed in my first cosplay competition with my armor!
Here's my performance:

 

[PaiganBoi]

Very cool. How did you do in the competition?

 

[InterfectorF]

Very cool. How did you do in the competition?

I didn't end up placing but I had a blast! There was a 40k inquisitor who blew it out of the water and he beat us all fair and square haha

 

[BrokenHawk]

Congratulations on competing!! Did you get any feedback from it?

 

[InterfectorF]

Congratulations on competing!! Did you get any feedback from it?

Sadly no! But I imagine that would have taken too much time. I did get feedback from someone online: he recommended a bit more action in my performance.

 

[BrokenHawk]

Sadly no! But I imagine that would have taken too much time. I did get feedback from someone online: he recommended a bit more action in my performance.

That's good at least. Better luck with the next one I am sure you will kill it!