Reach UNSC Trooper WIP

[Gixxer]

woohoo .. love the thigh piece .. i was thinking to do the same thing but using ultra bright LED's instead. But ur el wire gave me an idea. i still have lots extra from my tron costume. those could be handy ..

 

[TD2253]

Thanks Gixxer! The $7.00 EL wire should do the trick for me and it has enough glow to achieve the effect needed. In the meantime, here is how my helmet looks.

 

[Vulgarmas]

truly amazing u blew my mind thank u

 

[thorn696]

Love the lighting. You're build is coming along nicely

 

[TD2253]

Thanks Thorn!

While I'm waiting for shipment of supplies, I started working on the basic trooper backpack also done in foam rubber mats which I heated to shape one area on the top.

The backpack has two main parts. The cradle/basket part (bottom) and the backpack itself.

 

[Gixxer]

awesome .. btw, can i know where u get your reference from ?

 

[TD2253]

Thanks Gixxer! I actually get about 80% of my references from the figures themselves and the rest are screen caps from the game. But here are some pics that I saved from the game and from Bungie's renders that hopefully you can use.

 

[TD2253]

Here is a short clip of me trying on my helmet after I finished painting and adding a light to it. I tried it on with part of the armor just to see how it looks. Still need to work on chin straps and helmet liner around the cheeks.

 

[spartan005]

lookiing good man um your goin to con right? if so you know the meet up is saturday at 11am check out the 405th so cal on facebook for location...

 

[TD2253]

Thanks dude! Yup! Will be there to meet up with everyone, got the location and time. BTW, thanks for the reminder.

 

[spartan005]

ok kool man ad its me and the wife that had set up the meet this year lol . and cant wait to see ur armor there...

 

[TD2253]

Looking forward to seeing your armor as well.

 

[spartan005]

yep what weapons you goin to have?

 

[TD2253]

Magnum and hopefully a Reach AR (MA37). I was making a basic backpack but may put it off and finish my modded Nerf Recon/MA37 instead. Were you making a sniper rifle?

 

[spartan005]

yeah and its finally done lol got the right scope made for it now....

 

[TD2253]

yeah and its finally done lol got the right scope made for it now....

Sweet! Glad you were able to finish it ahead of time.

 

[spartan005]

ahead of time crap i finished it last week just like the little change i did to my core to make the chest and ecverything look better. but i thik i have enough guns lol i will have one for each day lol. an AR,BR,SRS 99, and M7S, plus my socom and or m6g lol

 

[TD2253]

ahead of time crap i finished it last week just like the little change i did to my core to make the chest and ecverything look better. but i thik i have enough guns lol i will have one for each day lol. an AR,BR,SRS 99, and M7S, plus my socom and or m6g lol

Dude, you have a complete arsenal of weapons lol!

 

[turtle509]

hey td would happen to have a template for the marine collar attachment in the works

also are you doing any runs of your knee pieces?

 

[thorn696]

You're build is moving along great.