In Halo 3, there are variations in the way the Marine uniforms appear, but they use the same components otherwise: There is also a 2 colour desert variant that does not require fading but lacks any green. The British Pattern is more widely available internationally. WETA used heavily faded New Zealand DPM pattern for their marines which is similar to British DPM. If you belong to a group/club where people already have marine uniforms it might be a better idea to match what they're using for the sake of consistency. A more canon source might be printed graphic materials such as the images found in the Halo 3 Stategy Guide. One word of warning though, the colors shown in the images on this page have been lightened for clarity and don't reflect the shades as they appear in those areas of the game. The Battle Dress uniforms ( BDUs) worn by marines appear differently depending upon the lighting levels applied to them. Canvas flaps are at the bottom of the greave, with eyelets for lacing into combat boots. Two separate plates, one for the knee, one for the upper shin, hinged between the two, attached to a custom, covered foam backing, with custom strapping. The drop-leg plates are an actual military item as well, and are available for around 20-25 USD each, or they as well could be fashioned cheaply from canvas, thick foam, and strapping. Pouches are frequently seen on either side of the buckle in front, and the pads underneath the front and back can be sewn from nylon or canvas. The belt and its pads are simple- a military surplus belt of proper width and color should suffice. The variant shown here doesn't have the "3-way" shoulder system.Įlbows can be plates build via model-pep-bondo-molding, and attached to normal elbow pads. The other plate is merely attached directly to the drop-shoulder plate. The top shoulder piece is actually three, which can be attached to each other with strapping and rivets or snaps, which could also serve to attach it to the drop-shoulder pad. The shoulder plates are attached to a large fabric-covered slab of material which extends across both shoulders almost to the elbow, with an underside strap near the elbow. The side fasteners should be snap-closures, while the front closure can be merely a strap hinge. fabric-covered foam pieces can be glued or otherwise fastened to the lining of these pieces to flesh it out, and make it wearable. The shoulder, neck, and backplates should all be one piece, and the front chest piece another. Here, molded pepakura then typical resin-fiberglass-bondo and molding should work. I think the intended effect is a neither a thick plate or all-cushion construction, but a cushion beneath a hard armor shell, which is easily enough replicated. but it also seems to act like a cushion around the neck and as a pad for the harness over the shoulders. There appear to be rivets on the exterior of the collar, indicating it's a hard metal plate. The neck collar creates a bit of a quandary. The chest and shoulders should be one unit, the chest two molded pieces with a fabric lining, and the shoulder pieces attached to a thick fabric base which is dropped from the shoulders of the chest. There is a variant to the design shown, which includes a yellow tinted visor plus microphone. Normal techniques should suffice here- custom model, Pepakura, cardstock model, resin,įiberglass, bondo and smoothing, then silicon mold and urethane-cast copies.
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