Cardboard/Fiberglass Halo 3 inspired Master Chief Costume

Step 15 Face Shield

A lot of the Master Chief costume builders use a gold motorcycle visor. I didn't want to spend the money for one so I used a bowl and cut a visor from it, since it had the correct convex shape.

I fashioned a frame to attach the shield to out of cardboard and will hot glue to shield to the frame.

A few coats of gold paint to the inside gives it the look I wanted. I still need to add another layer to get the correct two layer style of the shield. Small slits will be cut into the shield where the two layers meet so my Son will be able to see.

Comments

[cleage001]

Could I make a juggernaut (MW3) armor using this method?

[bubbasmythe]

Exceptional work.
Thanks for sharing the process with everyone.

[leoramos_792]

WOW! This Looks AMAZING! I'm a rookie but that wont stop me from building this amazing piece of work! ^_^ Only question at the moment is if can you post some steps for the belt piece. GREAT JOB! ^_^

[rickgyver]

I'm sorry but I don't have any pictures of when I built the belt. A lot of the costume was build in the few days prior to halloween so I was rushing.

[wcgems]

It would have been nice to see you take a little more time on the shaping of the fiberglass and bond to give it a cleaner look.... BUT, then I said to myself that it looks better than the one that I built.... which I have NEVER BUILT. So AWESOME JOB... maybe one day I'll give it a shot and it will look at least this good. BRAVO!

[oldskoolsk8r]

did you do anything to the visor, like heating it up to get the correct shape?

[rickgyver]

The big piece of plastic was from a large bowl and was very thin so it didn't need anything special done to it. The outer piece was from a plastic toy race car helmet so it was already curved. It wasn't the optimal way of making a visor but it worked.

[vtheawesome]

how would you make it see-through?

[rickgyver]

The photos are misleading.  This version of the visor was a test.  I was going to cut a slice into the plastic so my son could see through it.  When I did it did not look good at all.  I took a new piece of plastic and simply sprayed a dust of color on the back side.  From the front there was enough color to make it look gold but from the back you could see through enough to see.

[runfromnuke]

This is an amazing peice of art.  Nice job!

[rickgyver]

Thank you.

[mistercaboose]

i am 3 days in and i am already on step 5 i just fear that my helmet is not turning out right i was wondering if you could explain step 8 a bit more plz

[rickgyver]

What can I help with? Where are you stuck?

[mistercaboose]

im just not entirely sure what is keeping the shape of that rib. did you build onto step 4 or did you start over

[rickgyver]

What happened in step 4 was that the chin was too short and small. That is why I extended it. If I would have measured better in the beginning I wouldn't have had to do that. The 'rib' that I'm talking about in step 8 is simply a piece of cardboard that is in a thin crescent moon shape that I glued along where the cheek-bone would be on your face. It simply allowed me to glue the covering such that it would keep the shape I wanted. I used ribs a lot in the building of the whole costume. Here's a picture I tried to draw that hopefully will help to clear it up. Let me know.

[mistercaboose]

that will work perfectly. thank you. ill post pics when im done

[fart muffin]

have any of you even tried to build it ... it looks like a big investment of time?

[rickgyver]

It was quite an investment. It took between 80 and 100 hours. Buy my Son really enjoyed wearing it.

[94fourtyseven]

at step 15 can you see threw the visor???????

[rickgyver]

Not on this one. It was a sample piece that I had to make sure it was the right size and how it might look. The 'real' visor that I made was lightly dusted with paint. Not the best solution as it was kind of hard to see through and with the right light you can see my Son's eyes.

[Trottar]

labor of love if you ask me, alot of patience would of went into that. At least you don't have to buy your kid presents for the next year.

[maxwolf]

lucky kid man. sweet costume

[xcookiexmunchxmonsterx]

your sons one lucky kid

[avulgamore4]

can you upload like a few pictures of the helmet completed on the back and sides. also what shade of green did you use? thanks.

[hcps-dibella]

dude this is awsome, what kind of bowl did you use ?

[rickgyver]

It was a very thin clear bowl that my wife got somewhere. It was about 18" in diameter at the top and about 6" or so at the base. It was very thin. About the thickness of some of the packaging materials you find on toys. The picture you attached shows a piece that I had painted solid from the back side. I used a different piece for the finished helmet where I barely dusted the inside. This allowed my Son to be able to see. As long as it was dark outside you couldn't really see inside.

[Nakamura-san]

looks like you trew it into mud haha lol but nice

[rickgyver]

The 'mud' is raw bondo on cardboard before it was sanded.