I started a thread back at the start of October, in the hopes I could scrape together a Poncho Master chief cosplay before a convention on the 2nd of November. Due to life getting busy and some other troubling matters, that didn’t pa out in time. I was hopefully optimistic about getting it finished in time, but I wouldn’t be devastated if it didn’t happen.
I am here now, looking ahead into the future and possibly thinking of making a cosplay for Gold Coast Supanova, which happens on April 12th next year. I’ve got some long-time friends in the area, and there’s a lot more 405th members there than there is in Adelaide.
Context over, here is the query; do I continue with my Halo Infinite Chief build, or pivot and do a Halo 2A ODST (my favourite armour in all of Halo)?
I haven’t made a ton of progress on the Chief cosplay in fairness, it was more material gathering. Thread linked below to see progress/inventory.
Heya folks. My name is cyne (sign), and I’m making this thread to help me document my process and really get this project done before Adelaide Supanova on the first weekend of November. My plan is to create the boots, gloves, forearms, helmet and cloak in this timeframe. I’ll use these to make…
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The H2A ODST would require less armour, which is a plus when thinking about transport. However, the helmet has me scared. I really want to strive for accuracy over everything else, so the visor would have to be MINT. I have compiled a lot of threads about others H2A cosplays for reference on the build process, and believe it would be slightly easier than a full suit chief. My main concern was that I’d have to make my own helmet (rather than just using the Jazwares chief one I already owned), but after finding a 3D model for the helmet online, I am less apprehensive. Chest/shoulder/shin/boot armour could be made of foam, as I still have 2 sheets of 12mm and one of 8mm, or I could just go full 3D print for everything. Leaning towards foam for the chest piece and shin guards, 3D printing for shoulders and boot armour.
But is that just stupid to scrap a project that I have almost everything ready for? I made these huge raised boots, which I wont need for my ODST. I hooked up custom fans (and have the materials to do a microphone-to-speaker system) to my helmet, and it’s just going to sit in a tub indefinitely, abandoned? What makes me think the Chief costume good tho is the instant recognisability; alot of people know Master Chief, alot less people know of ODSTs, much less the H2 version. I am also 6’5, so it just makes sense to be a towering spartan.
TLDR my white whale is a H2A cosplay, but I am still happy with an Infinite Chief (which I already posses alot of the elements for)
I am curious to hear your opinions on my situation, from both veterans of the 405th and newcomers.
Thankyou for reading.
