Sean's Halo 3 ODST Build

[seantrooper]

Hey all, thought I'd share this build with you all. I've had this kit for a while, and been slowly doing work to it. But hoping to ramp it up and get it all finished for Brisnova this year. The kit is made by Sean Bradley, and is very good indeed. Even though it is made of HIPS, the plastic the very thick and I don't have any concerns about it cracking.

Obligatory brown box photo



I'll save you from looking at photos of every piece trimmed, and skip straight to forearms being assembled.

FOREARMS

prior to assembly, after trimming




forearm taped up, with elbow sitting next to it





showing the butt join between the two halves of the forearm



I used split rivets to hold the two halves together, rather than pop rivets, as I feel the solid rivet looks much better.



inside view, you can see I used plastic "washers" to keep the parts together. Also glued a strip of plastic down the middle as you would when assembling a TK



assembled, before elbows



elbows added, I used a bent piece of scrap plastic to attach the elbows, as I didn't like the look of having exposed rivets here as suggested by the maker





I still have to add some details to the forearms as seen here. I am most likely going to make it out of plastic or foam, I already have some corrugated plastic sheet to use as the "strap", so it's just the matter of making the "buckles"




SHINS

The back part of the shins had to be butt joined together, same as the forearms.



I used plastic strips to hold the two halves together, then reinforced with some selleys knead it. It's very sturdy now, just have to fill the seam on the outside with car bog to make it seamless.




SHOULDERS


Shoulder bell trimmed out






HELMET


helmet with the visor trimmed out. The resin in this was really thick, reaching nearly 10mm in some places, so do risk of this thing getting broken any time soon. Since these photos I have sanded down the seamline and have gotten it ready for paint.

The mirror finish on the actual visor is very delicate, so I was thinking of solutions to prevent damage to it. When I ordered the kit, I was thinking about playing around with getting window tint onto a clear visor, so Sean sent me a B-grade clear visor along with my kit. When i received it and was playing around with it a bit I realised that I could solve my problems by simply placing the clear visor inside of the mirrored one, therefore protecting it from any fog/sweat that I may (will) produce. The two visors doesn't affect the visibility at all, and from what I can tell, will solve the problem completely, as the inner clear visor can be cleaned or even replaced with very little hassle and at no risk to the mirrored finish of the other visor.








I have also gotten a M6C SOCOM (the silenced pistol) kit off Branfuhr Studios and have pretty much finished that. I'll have photos up soon, with some notes on the kit.