Triple ODST Spartan Build

[ODSTCody]

The more I look at that spike grenade prop, namely the scale of it, the more I believe it could pass for a spiked mace in a fantasy game. It's an excellent-looking prop. Are you going to have one of those be included as part of your ODST costume, or did you just build it for fun and/or as a decoration?

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

The more I look at that spike grenade prop, namely the scale of it, the more I believe it could pass for a spiked mace in a fantasy game. It's an excellent-looking prop. Are you going to have one of those be included as part of your ODST costume, or did you just build it for fun and/or as a decoration?

I may use it with the Delta ODST, although it may be difficult to attach it to the armor. I mainly wanted it a cool prop!

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Is it Wednesday already?

This week I finished the Brute Spike Grenade prop. I think it turned out great! The first short for finishing it also went up yesterday.

I also just barely finished the Part 2 for the helmet tutorial this morning. I think video quality is getting a bit better aside from the fact that I keep forgetting to rewatch the raw video before writing out a script!

The GUNGNIR helmet may be finished printing before Saturday's update so we'll see what happens with that.

 

[ODSTCody]

That newest tutorial video was fantastic and totally worth the wait. Super helpful, as was the first.

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Welcome to the Wednesday Update, guess who forgot about the Saturday update last week!

Since last week I put out two shorts for speed builds for the Halo 3 Brute Spike Grenade, but today I put out the full speed build video so you get that instead!

As for fun news I have a paint scheme for the GUNGNIR helmet.

As well as having the full helmet printed after 11 days and just shy of a kilogram of filament.

Have a Debed/Cleanup Short!

Today I'll be working on joining, fiberglassing, and finishing the ODST chest plate, backplate, 1 shin made up of 3 pieces, and several other miscellaneous pieces, so I hope to have some progress photos of that for the Saturday Update (unless I forget about it again).

Until then have a great week everybody and hopefully Con Crunches aren't going to bad!

 

[Shadowpi3]

Welcome to the Wednesday Update, guess who forgot about the Saturday update last week!

Since last week I put out two shorts for speed builds for the Halo 3 Brute Spike Grenade, but today I put out the full speed build video so you get that instead!

As for fun news I have a paint scheme for the GUNGNIR helmet.

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As well as having the full helmet printed after 11 days and just shy of a kilogram of filament.

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Have a Debed/Cleanup Short!

Today I'll be working on joining, fiberglassing, and finishing the ODST chest plate, backplate, 1 shin made up of 3 pieces, and several other miscellaneous pieces, so I hope to have some progress photos of that for the Saturday Update (unless I forget about it again).

Until then have a great week everybody and hopefully Con Crunches aren't going to bad!

Printing it down to that little filament would stress me out XD absolute mad lad

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Printing it down to that little filament would stress me out XD absolute mad lad

It was a fun little game I guess! this printer has a runout sensor and was estimated to take 1200 grams so I was prepared to swap filament rolls anyway. I was just super surprised the slicer was off by almost a fifth of the print volume. Better under than over right?

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

This is the Saturday I don't forget the Saturday update!

Since Wednesday I've gotten started on the Spartan Laser. It's mostly assembled and I have begun the fun task of spot puttying and sanding a 44 x 15 x 5 prop, so have a short.

The backplate for the helmet has finished printing so it's onto the thighs . . . after I fix the worn out filament runout sensor that likes to stop my prints every 2 or 3 hours. I ordered a new one with an aluminum housing so hopefully that'll be here tomorrow!

I've also begun to reprint some of the torso pieces that I think the 100% scale are going to be too small on me, oh well!

On the R&D side I've pulled the GUNG into Fusion360 to start modeling a housing for the camera and screen so I can be blessed with the gift of sight while using a helmet with no visor.

I'm going to be working on the Spartan laser today as well as working on the tutorial for next week which is going to be on a topic that I get a lot of questions about, Joining and Backing Multiple Piece 3D Prints!

Have a great week and weekend everybody, best of luck with your builds, and if you're in con crunch you got this! I hope to see all of you back on Wednesday!

 

[ReservedTaco]

That Spartan laser looks amazing! The details are so clean

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

That Spartan laser looks amazing! The details are so clean

Thank you! D3LTA's prop kits always have great quality!

 

[Hein B287]

That splazer look amazing always been one of my favorite heavy weapons. what kind of colors will you be using for this one?

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

That splazer look amazing always been one of my favorite heavy weapons. what kind of colors will you be using for this one?

Thank you! I think I'm going to go with steel grey and black to match the ODST that'll be using it.

 

[Shadowpi3]

This is the Saturday I don't forget the Saturday update!

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Since Wednesday I've gotten started on the Spartan Laser. It's mostly assembled and I have begun the fun task of spot puttying and sanding a 44 x 15 x 5 prop, so have a short.

The backplate for the helmet has finished printing so it's onto the thighs . . . after I fix the worn out filament runout sensor that likes to stop my prints every 2 or 3 hours. I ordered a new one with an aluminum housing so hopefully that'll be here tomorrow!

I've also begun to reprint some of the torso pieces that I think the 100% scale are going to be too small on me, oh well!

On the R&D side I've pulled the GUNG into Fusion360 to start modeling a housing for the camera and screen so I can be blessed with the gift of sight while using a helmet with no visor.

I'm going to be working on the Spartan laser today as well as working on the tutorial for next week which is going to be on a topic that I get a lot of questions about, Joining and Backing Multiple Piece 3D Prints!

Have a great week and weekend everybody, best of luck with your builds, and if you're in con crunch you got this! I hope to see all of you back on Wednesday!

YOOOO THAT SPLASER IS AMAZING!!!

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Wednesday Update time!

This week I made a short for painting the concept design on the mini GUNGNIR helmet.

I also procrastinated then rushed to finish a quick tutorial video on combining 3D printed parts and hiding the seam.

I have also got the base coat on the ONI ODST chest plate.

I plan on having the chest piece painted, stickers added, and weathering finished by next week!

Until Saturday, have a great last half of the week everybody!

Edit 3/2/23:

Thank you Shadowpi3! I thought I had replied to your post already. My bad!

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Saturday Update!

Printing and puttying are in full swing.

Did a quick masking video for the chest plate for a sneak peek at the color scheme. Have a short!

I'm going to be working on trying to get the stickers printed and on the chest plate over the weekend to hopefully have a cool video on the final look of the chest piece. This should be done by Wednesday, so I hope to see you again for that update!

 

[Invidiax4fan]

This is going to look so epic all combined!

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

It's technically still Wednesday, so update time!

I got the chest plate complete weathering and all! Have a some pictures and two videos!

This was a test for base colors and the use of inkjet stickers. I think it turned out well, but the stickers don't really show up on the black base coat. This is why I removed them in the video.

It also took 3 black washes to get the weathering where I wanted it to be and I went way to heavy with the first black wash as you can see in the second video!

This weekend I want to knock out the Spartan Laser and quit putting it off!

Until then have a great rest of the week and if you are in Midwest Regiment and going to Planet, I hope your Con Crunch is going well!

 

[N8TEBB]

Hmmmmmmmm

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

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Hmmmmmmmm

Gotta love time zones!

 

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Took a bit of a break this past weekend so here's the progress from yesterday!

More of the Spartan Laser has been spot puttied.

There's also a 1:1 scale Halo Sniper Rifle round in the photo!

I was also able to get the display for the GUNGNIR wired and working off of a battery pack!

That's the Wednesday Thursday update! See you Saturday!