Halo mod

[Ironsides]

Ok i have started a Halo mod for my brother-in-law. Here is what i have so far..Comments more than welcomed:)
Roughed in Elite, he will be the gold one,(not a Halo guy so forgive me)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/Halo1.jpg
Primed up, waiting for a wetsanding.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/halo3.jpg
One of the reference pictures i used..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/halopic2.jpg
Here is the reference pic for the right side..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/halopic.jpg
Started on it today, worked on it for hours, and only this far.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/halo2.jpg
Im using alot of plastic, cutting out all the individual armor pieces is time consuming. I glue it all together with heavy duty epoxy and then the good ole Bondo to finish it up.. More pictures when i get more done.8)

[BigV1027]

THATS GREAT MAN! i wanted to do a halo mod but had no idea what to do, this has given me some ideas! (i wont take from wat you did though dont worry 8) )

[jdbnsn]

Excellent job! That is going to look sweet, nice scene ideas too.

[UK-Blade]

Nice sculpting there Ironsides.

Keep up the good work

and a steady stream of pics ;)

[Slug Toy]

hmmm, another halo related mod happening in unison with mine.

hopefully you've seen mine, or at least what ive got at the moment... its at a standstill because i built myself into a corner... i need a donor case.

perhaps you and i could kind of feed off each others ideas to get some sort of continuity happening. that would be cool. just a thought though, because we are doing vastly different things.

i would assume you're taking artistic liberty and not focussing 100% on being accurate to the reference pictures. its an interesting take. kind of like how you remember it; a bit fuzzy on the details, but the general shapes and positions stick out.

gold elite eh? i think that should work. seems to me those are the second best, and they're a real bugger to kill. im pretty sure they're the ones with the swords too, so i think its accurate in that respect.

im curious now. how are you going to paint the sword to get that awesome glow? actually, whats the plan for all the painting? any special ideas to make things look good? just my opinion, but id definitely do some shadowing and maybe even simulate some directional lighting.

im keeping my eye on this one.

[public_eyesore]

CRAY ZAY!!! Nice sculpting

[The boy 4rm oz]

That looks awesome, cam't w8 to see the finnished product.

[SgtM]

This looks awesome! Can't wait to see it finished. Anyone know of any other halo mods out there?

[Ironsides]

Sorry i havent updated this project yet. Im moving so it will be a little while until i get to finish this mod, but i did finish this Sherman tank, i still have to get the scene made for it..Figured i would post these pics so would have something to look at..:redface:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/tank3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/tank2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/Slider5161/tank1.jpg

[notochord]

nice tank.

for the sword u should cut it out and maybe put some blue cathodes behind it. that would be sweet.

[GT40_GearHead]

that's a sherman, right ?!

[The Great Destroyer]

yeah. like the guy said about the sword, make it out of plexiglass and then light it up. i wish i had sculpting skills...i never got past legos...

[Rankenphile]

How the heck did I manage to miss this mod? This is my first time seeing it, and i have to say I'm really impressed! Nice work on the side panels! Do you have any shots of the steps yout ook to get to that point? It's a really interesting way to get a feaux bas relief effect, and it works really well for what you've got going there.

Either way, very impressive.

[Ironsides]

Thats a great idea for the sword, i wish i would have thought of that. Unforuntately i dont have a worklog of my mod here. I have a problem with taking pictures while im working, i get so involved in the project i forget to take them. I will try and get more pictures when i pick this back up. I am moving today so it may be a month until i get back to it.
What i did was i took old side panels from other cases i would get from the cpu stores that they were just tossing out, then i would just cut all the stuff out of them with my dremel and started stacking the pieces and glueing with epoxy. I then would finish it off with bondo to make it look somewhat right, then i hope the paint makes it all come together and look good. I will try and get more pictures of this mod when i start the top and front. Thanks guys:)