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Step 7Paint
Historically they used bronze, the spartans.
but I wanted mine to really shine like the movie, so I bought 3 different types of spray paint, a bronze a gold and a brass. I ended up using ostly the gold and brass and then bronze on the edges.
After you spray down your paint, let it dry and buff it.
then your almost done
Now that you have this beautiful gleaming thing I want you to take a paper towel and smear black paint all over it into the crevices, but make sure to wipe it off everything else.
THen clear coat it to death!
over and over and over! as many coats as you can get.
an then you could put elastic or velcro straps on it if you felt inclined, but mine stayed on fine w/o so I jst left em as is.
For the cape I found a gleaming red table cloth and took a few belts, strung them around my chest arms and back and made a little brooch, which was pinned on.
I borowed some greek sandals from a friend and ordered a spear.
Congrats if you made it, post some pics of you holding the line!
but I wanted mine to really shine like the movie, so I bought 3 different types of spray paint, a bronze a gold and a brass. I ended up using ostly the gold and brass and then bronze on the edges.
After you spray down your paint, let it dry and buff it.
then your almost done
Now that you have this beautiful gleaming thing I want you to take a paper towel and smear black paint all over it into the crevices, but make sure to wipe it off everything else.
THen clear coat it to death!
over and over and over! as many coats as you can get.
an then you could put elastic or velcro straps on it if you felt inclined, but mine stayed on fine w/o so I jst left em as is.
For the cape I found a gleaming red table cloth and took a few belts, strung them around my chest arms and back and made a little brooch, which was pinned on.
I borowed some greek sandals from a friend and ordered a spear.
Congrats if you made it, post some pics of you holding the line!
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Oct 8, 2010. 2:47 PM
WayfinderAli
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WayfinderAli
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what about your cloak? how did you make it? more specifically, how does the fabric attach to the leather? how does the leather go around the body and attach?
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Oct 20, 2010. 8:38 AMCpt. Caleb (author)
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I ran out of time, so when it came to that I took two belts and fastened them together, wraping so they crossed on my chest, then simply took that unaltered fabric and wrapped over, saftey-pinning underneath. I know it's not pretty but I was out of time.
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Oct 23, 2010. 12:30 PMprodo123
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No shield? aww.
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Jun 9, 2009. 6:46 AMmaxiemobile
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YOU SHOULD OF MADE HALO MASTER CHIEF SPARTAN ARMOR, THIS ONE NOT AS GOOD
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Jan 1, 2010. 11:14 PMCpt. Caleb (author)
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Sorry man, but I believe the Original Spartans are the ones who should be honored first. But I plan on making Halo Armor someday
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Sep 17, 2010. 9:05 PMdarknessfalls
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plus this is better than halo
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Oct 25, 2009. 10:37 AMevil super-uber destruc-o-ray of death
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this is as cool as master chief. im gonna be a spartan to
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Aug 5, 2009. 2:15 PMRavingMadStudios
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RavingMadStudios
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The costume looks great, but you forgot to paint cheesy fake abs on yourself like they did for the movie... ;-)
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