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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. PWNING NEWBZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you imagine those great, big foam rubber balls being dipped in your face?

    1. Re:PWNING NEWBZ by Myopic · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're projecting.

  2. No. He's male. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The only people who don't look ridiculous doing cosplay are young, attractive women playing the roles of young, attractive, scantily clad female characters. All other cosplay is pointless.

    1. Re:No. He's male. by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I may not like Halo, and may I'll leave my opinions of COSplay out of this.

      But I recognize art when I see it. That man knows his craft. Holy-shit. (I bet he does or did work in special effects or costume design)

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    2. Re:No. He's male. by jon3k · · Score: 5, Funny

      I bet you didn't, or have not, read the article summary.

  3. I think all coplay by adeft · · Score: 4, Funny

    puts itself to shame

    1. Re:I think all coplay by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Any of the ones that made the genre?
      Halo just brought FPS to the fratboy set.

      Two points:
      1) An accomplishment is an accomplishment.
      2) The Halo series are really good games. They've brought tons of new ideas that many, many other games have emulated (recharging shield/health, realistic weapon load), and obviously they've sold very well.

      Most people just hate it because they have some "PC Game 1337 Gene" that makes it impossible to appreciate anything involving a game controller.

      (Ironically, they much prefer to play games on controllers designed to run office applications... but console players are less 1337. Go figure.)

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    2. Re:I think all coplay by quantumplacet · · Score: 4, Informative

      Umm, no. Halo was made by Bungie, which was prior to Halo primarily a Mac developer. They started making Halo for the Mac, but then signed with Microsoft who made it an XBox launch title and an exclusive. It was then ported to PC and Mac two years later, in 2003.

  4. 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.

  5. Re:Neat by Jarik+C-Bol · · Score: 4, Informative

    no joke, if you look on his youtube channel, there are a couple videos showing how the jaws are anamatronic. absolutely incredible suit.

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  6. Re:Giant Cardboard Robots by ChinggisK · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, I think he does indeed have something on those.