Part of the reason my costume looks the way it does is that I got the scale just right. Most people don’t fit the 7’2″ shoes of Master Chief, so the parts need scaled down to maintain wearability as well as mobility. Then, you have to scale the files to fit you specifically. To be Master Chief, you also have to be in top physical shape or else the costume simply won’t look right even if the armor plates themselves are the best and most detailed plates ever made. Master Chief is a soldier that has been trained since he was around 5 years old and is in top physical shape. What I mean by that is that you can’t just scale each part up and down until they fit you, you actually have to have the correct proportions to be able to wear any given suit. The key here is that you actually have to fit the armor, and the armor has to fit you. The process involves taking 3D models of the piece you want to create, and inserting them into a special computer program that makes a printable template, so that you can cut out hundreds of little shapes, glue them all together in the right order, and you have your base shape for the piece. I figured my own time is free, so why not give it a shot? Then I started doing some more research, and I found that there is a way to make a set of armor like this, but it takes an extremely long time to do. The one undeniable thing that I kept seeing was that the suits that could be bought looked nothing like what we see in the game. Well, I started looking into it again some time later, about 2 years ago now, and I really started paying attention to the details of the suits. I was probably a sophomore in high school at the time, and didn’t have anywhere near the amount of money needed to buy such a costume, so I let it go for a few years. Well, years before starting my actual build, I found that people do actually sell sets of armor that are based on the main character in the game, Master Chief. Halo 3 was right in the dawn of true online gaming, but we always enjoyed playing through the story time and again. So, my favorite video game to play with friends was always Halo 3. I missed Halloween last year by 2 days, but my costume was done right, and in the end, that makes it worth it. The first step is making the commitment that no matter what, you will put in the work to do the process the right way, and not just rush to finish by a certain deadline. How do you write how-to directions for a 1 year build process? Well, you really don’t.
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