Just for fun - my old Ultramarine buld

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Several years ago, back in 2005/2006 I deceided to build a space marine costume for halloween. Now this was in the days before easily available pepakura cad models and the only builds I'd seen were made out of fibreglass, so I decided to give it a go using expanded polystyrene, foam, wire, cardboard, papier mache, glue, duct tape and lots of paint.

Helmet

First, I took an old cycle helmet


Made a wire frame


Attached the wire to the helmet using hot glue and duct tape


Added more wire


Filled out with cardboard and duct tape


Added more cardboard


Finished with cable tidy tubes and pages from the Financial Times

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Pauldrons

First I cut several semicircles from expanded polystyrene foam


Next, glued together


Smoothed out using a rasp file

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Torso

Foam rubber sheet, cut to fit


Then stuck together


Glue held in place with duct tape and cat

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Bolter

Made from 2 pieces of polystyrene glued together with a stick in between, then carved out using a Dremmel

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Finished Product

I won a couple of fancy dress competitions that weekend - loads of fun

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That is a pretty awesome scratch build.