My Son's Noble Spartan - NOW COMPLETE - Pic Heavy

[Admiral Tiberius]

Looks awesome! He is one lucky kid! Glad he had fun!

 

[thorn696]

Awesome pic's. Yes, it shows that he was having fun. and as always awesome work by his Dad.

 

[Mstruvmgc]

righteous man im glad to see the suit worked out well for halloween.

 

[Spartan_127]

that is so cool the only thing is that if you and your son continue this direction, and next year you both are spartans, you will be an unstoppable.
P.S. helmet fans do wonders to dissipate heat buildup maybe one in the top bill aka the area above the visor it may work

Thanks, Bioshutt. My son has already mentioned in the past about wanting to be Master Chief next year. For now though, he is bouncing back a forth on ideas for what he wants to be for next Halloween. I will be beginning my build shortly for next year, but don't know if I'll be solo or not at this point. Thanks for the advise on the fan. I really wanted to put one in there, but he's grown so much since I made it, there isn't enough room left for him and the fan. Not even in the bill. I'm going to go by Altex today to see if I can find something small enough for his helmet to help for the Halo release, but it's supposed to be a little cooler than it was on Halloween that night. So I may not need it. Thanks again.

Looks awesome! He is one lucky kid! Glad he had fun!

Thank you from both of us, Admiral.

Awesome pic's. Yes, it shows that he was having fun. and as always awesome work by his Dad.

Much appreciated, Thorn. Thanks for tagging along through this. You helped a lot!

righteous man im glad to see the suit worked out well for halloween.

Thanks a bunch, Mstruvmgc. The suit held up well and there's nothing to repair before the Halo release party. Just need to fix the boot cover issue. I have it put on with velcro, but it could just be glued in place w/o any issues. I think he'll have a lot more fun at the Halo release though, because there won't be any walking long distances involved. All he will have to do is stand there and look cool! :cool LOL!

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Thanks again to everyone. We're looking to see if there is anything to improve upon before the Halo release. He complained a lot about his visor fogging so if anyone has any ideas other than Rain X or anti fog for sunglasses, please let me know. I'm sure there will be a lot more pics to come from the release party. Until then, Keep Building and Make It FUN!!!!

 

[littlebigmikey]

Hey looks awesome ! Im looking into making HALo armour myself from EVA foam, out of interest how did tyou scale up the templates / images to his size ? thanks and keep up the good work

 

[Rantem]

Dude, some of those pics look awesome, I know how he must have felt in that suit: Badass and tired lol.

I cant give you much advice except to make a foam "UA Bracer" attachment ontop of the helmet to cover a couple of small fans

Thanks for making this thread as you went along.

 

[Spartan_127]

Hey looks awesome ! Im looking into making HALo armour myself from EVA foam, out of interest how did tyou scale up the templates / images to his size ? thanks and keep up the good work

Thanks for the compliments. I only did a few things out of foam on this build. The cod, handplates, knees and boots. I pretty much scratch built them and drew patterns for them while I was looking at reference photos or the pepakura 3d model as I went along. It was a lot of trial and error for me with the foam. I found the pepakura to be rather easy. It was time consuming, but all in all, easier for me.

As far as scaling the pepakura files for building those out of pepakura and NOT foam, I just used one measurement (whether it was length or width or height) that would be needed on the part I was working on to make it fit. I'd use the "measure distance between two points" tool in the pep designer to double check everything while I was scaling the file before I ever printed. I probably used that measuring tool in pepakura designer 50 times before I ever wanted to print a part out.

I know that if you're planning on using the pep files as templates for foam, they have a bunch of them available throughout the 405th that have been converted to foam templates. You yourself can make any of them a foam template by turning off the display tabs in the 2D menu settings and then just scale according to your size the same way I'd mentioned above with the take measurement tool in the pepakura designer. Do a search in the threads also for a scaling tutorial. There are a few of them here. One of them that is in the stickies is Halo Goddess' Scaling Tutorial. Other people to talk to about foam building are RoxyRoo, LilTyrant and Nick Nack Patty Wack. They did awesome jobs on their foam builds. The links for them are their threads. Just check 'em out and see if it can help you. You could also look on YouTube for the Hero Tutorial videos. He has some pretty good basic pepakura designer videos available that show how to get around in the pepakura designer program in video 2. The link is for their introduction first video.

Thanks again for the compliments and the question. Sorry about rambling on. . . I think I'm going through withdraws on being able to update this thread. Hope my answer somehow helps you out in some way. I wish you luck in whatever your foam build may be and look forward to seeing something in the future from you.

Dude, some of those pics look awesome, I know how he must have felt in that suit: Badass and tired lol.

I cant give you much advice except to make a foam "UA Bracer" attachment ontop of the helmet to cover a couple of small fans

Thanks for making this thread as you went along.

Thanks for the compliment and that suggestion, Rantem. It's appreciated very much. I don't know if I have time to do it, because today is really my only day off before Monday and the wifey has plans for the day. It would definitely help with the space issue by putting in a UA attachment though. Thanks again.

 

[littlebigmikey]

Thanks,

Im a Beginner and I havnt started my first Build yet, I want to Scale things up / Makke sure I know how first.
dont worry you werent rambling on, its all useful info.

Thanks again.

Littlebigmikey .

 

[LilTyrant]

Whenever I look at this thread, I always think how lucky your son is to have such a dedicated dad! It looks like Halloween was a big success for the both of you. Everything looks great and it's awesome that he was able to troop through wearing the costume for so long...you two must be very proud!!!

 

[tac2002]

nice build

 

[Seth Knight]

Awesome pics! I bet you both were so proud that night!

 

[John8789]

Looks good. It is nice to see a parent doing something nice for thier kid.

 

[joseugai]

Amazing work! Can't wait to get my armor finished.

 

[Walter Spase]

Having a Dad like this is Elite worthy... any way you go about it.

 

[Croc co]

If I had a father like you....... I just would be overjoyed on how awsome you are!

You are freaking awsome! ( excuse my language...)
Ay attachments for the armor... Plz us multi threat..

 

[Spartan_127]

Thanks,

Im a Beginner and I havnt started my first Build yet, I want to Scale things up / Makke sure I know how first.
dont worry you werent rambling on, its all useful info.

Thanks again.

Littlebigmikey .

You're Welcome. Anytime. If you need some more help with scaling, let me know. There are plenty of people on here that have done tuts in the stickies though in case you need something more in depth to read. I be willing to help you out as much as I can though.

Whenever I look at this thread, I always think how lucky your son is to have such a dedicated dad! It looks like Halloween was a big success for the both of you. Everything looks great and it's awesome that he was able to troop through wearing the costume for so long...you two must be very proud!!!

Thanks so much Lil!!! That means a lot coming from such a talented builder as yourself. And yes. . . we both are very proud. Especially after tonight's Halo Parties we went to.

nice build

Thanks. I appreciate the compliment.

Awesome pics! I bet you both were so proud that night!

Thanks! And yes, very proud.

Looks good. It is nice to see a parent doing something nice for thier kid.

Amazing work! Can't wait to get my armor finished.

Thanks a bunch to both of you. We appreciate it very much. Good luck with your armor joseugai.

Having a Dad like this is Elite worthy... any way you go about it.

Thanks so much for the info on the logo you gave me. I appreciate that and the compliments very much.

If I had a father like you....... I just would be overjoyed on how awsome you are!

You are freaking awsome! ( excuse my language...)
Ay attachments for the armor... Plz us multi threat..

HA! Where have you been? LOL! Thanks a bunch for the compliments. As far as some add ons. . . I doubt that will happen. His helmet is already too small, and I'm not sure how much longer he will be able to fit into the rest of it. If there is something like a con that I could take him to SOON, I might think about a UA on the helmet or something, but not much else. I don't know exactly what you meant by the multi-threat thing. Thanks again.

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HALO Launch Party Pics

First, thanks again for all the compliments. It really means a lot.

Man, I'm tired. . . LOL!!!!!! My son got bum rushed repeatedly. I got tired of taking photos. . . . LOL!!!!! There were over 100 of them from tonight. We went to the game Stop I was told was having the actual party first. He was bum rushed immediately. I was kind of disappointed and so was my son, though, because all they were doing was selling the game and were closed until 10pm. However, one of the guys working there unlocked the door and said he just had to take a photo and came outside. Then, he let my son be the first through the door. That was awful nice of him. After we stuck around there and got some pics in, we went to the one where the party was actually at. And OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was mauled!!!!!! LOL!!!!!

There are so many pics I want to put up, I may have to double-post. So, Sorry in advance. I am waiting for the pics to upload in photobucket right now so I'll share this, because I thought it was awesome of the guy to do it. My son saw a couple of guys walk up that were wearing UNCS dog tags that they got somewhere at the first Game Stop we went to. They walked off and then he went on a mission to find them to ask where they bought the necklace from. He found them in line and asked where they got the necklaces. Mind you, he's in a full Mjolnir Armor set. One of them said "Dude. You're in a full set of Halo Armor and you want to know where I got this necklace". Anyway, he got the answer he was looking for and carried on. When he was able to get into Game Stop he couldn't find the necklace and started looking for the guy he spoke to earlier to find out which Game Stop it was he bought it at, but they had already left. So, we go to the second Game Stop. After the mauling he got calmed down, the guy that had the necklace from the first Game Stop came up to him there and handed it to him and said he could have it, because he deserved it and made his night. I didn't get the guys name, but he was referred to the site tonight. I thanked him obviously, but If you are this guy. . . THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. You Sir, made my son's night. He is so into dog tags and loves them.

The first pic I think was the best of all. . . . Ah the joys of being a Spartan. LOL!

The first Game Stop Photos

This is the Game Stop guy that let him be first though the door and came out for the photo op.

I'm about to hit the image maximum so I'll put the second Game Stop Photos in the next post.

 

[Spartan_127]

These are some from the second Game Stop we went to. The girls in the first photo were at this one.

Well. . . that's the image maximum on this post too. I guess that will just have to do for now. He had a blast though. I tried to warn him about people maybe coming up to him to prepare him for it. But no amount of telling him could have prepared him for the second stop of the night. For 15 minutes straight people were walking up and taking photos. In other words. . . . SUCCESS!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!! He didn't even realize it at the time in the first photo of the last post that the two girls were kissing him. When we showed him the photo, he got so red faced and embarrassed it was almost like someone poured red paint on him. Everyone got a kick out of him and wanted pics. A lot of photos probably won't make it back to me that were taken by others, but he was definitely the star of the parties tonight. At the first Game Stop, there were people just driving through the mall's parking lot that stopped their cars and got out just to come get a pic that weren't even there for the game. He thought that was awesome.

I'm so glad that he had fun. It was an opportunity I'm glad we took the time to go to. With the permission of "Spase" I printed out some cards with the 405th logo and info on the site here. I printed out 100 cards total. I ran out two minutes after we got to the second Game Stop. LOL!!!!! Anyone that asked anything about how my son's armor was made got a card while they lasted, and I at least told the others about the 405th and the basic build process after I ran out of cards. We may get an influx of new builders, because they appeared to be some die hard fans ready for the opportunity to create their very own Spartan. All of these photos, our success and the fun that we've had on Halloween and tonight, would not have been possible without the people on this site. I figured I'd try to promote it as much as I could to try and repay everyone here a little bit.

Oh!!! We also had our first breakage on the suit. Nothing major. Just the little tab on the right bicep. It's hanging on by a thread, but at least it's still there to be glued down again. Not sure when it happened, but I told him it must have happened when the two girls were giving him a kiss. So, to him. . . I guess the breakage was worth it. LOL! Well guys. . . I promised I'd get this up so I did. I hope y'all enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them. As always, let me know what you think. Comments and suggestions are always welcomed and appreciated. Until Next Time. . . Keep Building and Make It FUN!!!!

 

[BeanwaterFox]

I totally went to the Midnight launch at the local Microsoft store, and it was so cool! I met 405th members too! Your kiddo looks like he had a blast!

 

[thorn696]

Now that is awesome. Nobles always get the girl's :cool
Now you are going to let him play Halo 4 today right

As always it's been a pleasure watching this build and the effect it's had on both of you. Keep posting and I'll keep watching.

Congrats on the new Elite status:cool

 

[PigBenis]

The first pic I think was the best of all. . . . Ah the joys of being a Spartan. LOL!

oh boy... kids growing up too fast huh ? not one girl he takes too... spartan like u must be proud
hes so so so so adorable in that tiny costume ... man i love it each cm of that costume =D and dont u think i would miss the chance of looking in this thread to see the pics..
i just played halo 4 on my limited halo xbox edition ... damn im so impressed :X