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Halo Elite Cosplay Puts Others To Shame

Posted by samzenpus on from the using-your-time-wisely dept.

AndrewGOO9 writes "Pete Mander, a special effects artist from Ontario, Canada seems like he might have either had way too much time on his hands or just really enjoys Halo. Either way, this is one of those costumes that makes all of the cosplayers at a con feel like their best efforts just weren't quite up to par."

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  1. Of course, he's a professional... by Aereus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Imagine that -- a professional special effects person spending over $1000 was able to make a costume able to put all amateurs to shame. It's still amazing, but the guy obviously does this kind of stuff for a living and has lots of disposable income.

    That is seriously a lot of wonderflex, foam, etc. I wonder how he stilted the legs to get himself that high. Or if the extended arms will actually have articulated hands.

    1. Re:Of course, he's a professional... by v1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I wonder how he stilted the legs to get himself that high.

      you can see the stilts under construction earlier in the video, looks like they're custom fitted to the bottom of a boot, kind of looks like he's adding a blade on an ice skate the first time you see it, when he's doing the metal cutting. I assume they just carved out the leg foam and fit them in.

      very nice. wonder how heavy it'll be when done? Fun to see the various stages of construction, things like using the turkey carver to carve up the leg foam, little tricks like that which let you see how anyone can do it with common tools, no need for complex or expensive mold constructions etc. Can't wait to see part 2.

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  2. Giant Cardboard Robots by Facegarden · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This guy's got nothing on the Giant Cardboard Robots i saw at the Maker Faire.
    http://www.gorobotics.net/the-news/misc/turn-yourself-into-a-giant-cardboard-robot/
    -Taylor

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    Worldwide Military budgets: $2100 billion. Worldwide Space Exploration budgets: $38 billion. Really, world? Really?
  3. Re:I think all coplay by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One might say that. Keep in Mind Halo (the original) that spun everything into play first came out for the Mac, then the PC, and THEN the X box - so it's as much the "Blizzard for the console set" as much as it is a "Blizzard for the PC" - also keep in mind Blizzard made Starcraft64 so its not like they are free of the console bash.

  4. Re:No good work.... by Sta7ic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why would Bungie bust out the lawyers? When the Demon? Devil? Armor guys wrote them about the Spartan armor, they invited the guy to their offices to show it off.

    Odds are they'll give this guy a ticket to show off and talk shop as well.