my 5 month project is almost done

[Sean Bradley]

How cool did it feel when you put that on for the first time?

Thats the greatest thing about making Spartan armor, it's a LOT of work, and
investment of time and/or money, but when you put it on it's all worth it.

And really this has got to be inspiring to all the people here who don't
think they have the means to make some armor!

Once again, nice job. Now that you've made the cardboard armor do you
feel any need to go pro and make it out of plastic or make more?

 

[Monstermaker13]

you mean when i finished all the parts and first wore it?
man
i felt like a million bucks
hmmm , plastic? it depends
iv been looking at coroplast {material commonly used in election signs}
but are there any cheap plastics out there that i can just cut out?
for the hunter project, cardboard would be the easiest, but weaker

 

[Sean Bradley]

You should really look into styrene plastic....vacuum forming plastic as a materials for cut and paste.

It's cheap, like $20 for a 4x8' sheet.

It's easy to work with, you can cut it with scissors, and assemble it with super glue.

I make my armor by cutting and glueing this sheet platic and then I reinforce it with resin and fiberglass. I love to work with this stuff. You should check it out.

 

[Monstermaker13]

the only thing i dislike about cardboard or coroplast are the lines and holes an the sides

:eek

 

[Monstermaker13]

so is the styrene plastic itself sturdy? of corse i would use cardboard under it

 

[Sean Bradley]

Not especially...it all depends on the thickness you get. Potentially you
could get it thick enough that you could make your armor out of it without
reinforcing it and still cut it with scissors and bend it nicely.

It's thermalform plastic, so you could heat and bend it so you have less
cuts to make too.

Still it has to be more sturdy than cardboard. I'm not knocking cardboard,
I'm sure the flexibility really helps, but it's just something to try if you should want.

Great job on the armor, again... :Steve:

 

[Monstermaker13]

thanks for your help... :rofl:

 

[BlueRealm]

Great job....

 

[link4044]

thats what i use for most of my builds, styrene

 

[DETHKLOK]

lookin good

That costume is astonishly lookin good,''

 

[MAD ASS BRUTE]

awesome

hey that show metalocalypse IS F***** AWESOME MAN! THEY METALGODS

 

[Redsleighdown]

please stay on topic. thank you.

 

[Osiris]

I was gonna try making a Hunter suit/costume

i may have to steal your idea :mrgreen:

iv been looking at pictures of hunters and it does seem do-able , but it would have to be the same as the elite, your head would be in the chest area unless you have special stilts, i will keep you all informed of my progress once i start :hyper:

Goodluck. If you do make one you should make one for a friend, you know how hunters travel in pairs. I was gonna make my hunter costume shrinked down to my size, not the real height or anything. A real sized suit would make it more realistic though. :mrgreen:

 

[link4044]

well the hunters are a male and a female...they mate for life ;-)

 

[Monstermaker13]

i looked waaaaaay back in my photobucket account and found these pics of my helmet in the early stages

if you look closely you can seee wires comming from the back of the inside, i had 2 studio headphones hooked up so .. i could play halo while wearing it lol :$ops:

 

[link4044]

its looking great so far

 

[Monstermaker13]

thank you

 

[link4044]

anytime, are you going to back it with something to make it hard?

 

[Monstermaker13]

possibly


but i will try using resign on the hunter suit first

 

[link4044]

ah ok