The tricky part I was now facing is having to glue the tabs while they are inside of the helmet. Then I realized that should they harden in a shape that I couldn't match up/glue the remaining tabs together.well, I'd be hosed and back to square 1. My original thought was to keep them separated until the resin process so that they would be a bit more solid and easier to work with. You can see that the top and bottom are not connected at this point. All that work and gluing itty-bitty tabs.for nothing (other than solidifying the build in those areas). The sad part is that once the resin/fiberglass/bondo is done, the lights will be drilled out for LEDs and the rebreather area for actual tubing. Note I said 'morning'.I kept finding myself back at the dining table waiting for the glue gun to heat up againĬreating/gluing in the lights (the two bumps by the cheek/ear) and the rebreather tube (jawline) was difficult to say the least. They call it a HOT glue gun for a reason.my fingertips will never be the same, but should I find myself doing something outside of the law, the authorities will never be able to match my fingerprints to the scene of the crime Here's what the fruit of my labor looked like as of Friday night: Over the course of last week, I estimate I put in at least 8 hours here and there cutting and scoring the pieces. Apologies in advance for the crummy cell phone camera pix. If nothing else, the experience will be worth it & if it is too small the kiddos can have it. Got everything printed and realized I had used the sizing for an ODST helmet.ok, so it might not fit, be a little small - no worries, it will be a practice run to see what I'm getting myself into. After looking at 45 pages and ~1400 pieces to be glued.I went for the Mk VI - only 16 pages and 70something parts. I downloaded the software needed to open the pep files and took a look at an ODST helmet first - a lot of my Squad are going to do that build from pre-molded armor this coming year (me included, pending budgetary approval).

What the hell, right? Just the cost of some 110# card stock, some hot glue.and a TON of time. After checking out the forums over there and also watching 'Forward Unto Dawn' (highly recommended, even for non-gamers such as myself) I thought I'd give it a go. I have seen 405th Infantry members at different cons, and I have always thought their armor was extremely cool. While my Mandolorian build is languishing without funding, I decided to see what kind of mischef I could get myself into over on the HALO side. Mods: Please move this over to the 'Non-Star Wars costuming' forum - thanks!

405th halo pepakura files