Posts tagged with 'armor'

  • Halo 4 : Master Chief looks for Love : a BFX Test Film

    POSTED BY ERIK BECK, NOVEMBER 04 2008 01:02 AM | PERMALINK

    A lone Mistress Chief from the Halo universe is looking for a date. Watch what happens when she some potential suitors on craigslist. Spoiler alert...there are a few speed bumps!

     Check out Build Episode HERE!

  • Halo Armor : Become a DIY Master Chief : BFX

    POSTED BY MATTHIAS SUNDBERG, NOVEMBER 03 2008 10:53 AM | PERMALINK

    This week on Backyard FX we show you how to make a futurist set of space armor just like Master Chief wears in Halo 3. You have asked for this build over and over and over again. Seriously, a lot of times! Now it's time you get what you want. This episode would not be possible without Erica Langworthy, the mastermind being this Master Chief armor.

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     Check out the Super Test Film HERE!

  • Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Medieval Shield

    POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, AUGUST 21 2008 12:47 AM | PERMALINK

     
    The final week of Wesley's Renaissance Festival, I bring you what many of you have been requesting for weeks since I first started doing some of these medieval props, the basic Medieval war shield. Well I thought and thought about how to do this, and finally came up with an idea that I think would work and not be super expensive, so here you go, hope you enjoy it, the Medieval Shield. 
     
     
    First start out with a normal piece of foamboard, and bend it verticaly down the center as evenly...

  • Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Gauntlet

    POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, FEBRUARY 27 2008 10:33 PM | PERMALINK

    You asked for it, and this week you get it, Gauntlets! We all love armor, but we don't like selling our souls to questionable people to obtain it, well fear no longer, you don't have to spend possibly hundreds of dollars getting "authentic" replicas, you can now build your own, for almost nothing, and with just a little work be on your way killing dragons and defeating the Normans.

    First, start out with a basic black work glove. This is one of two PVC gardening gloves that I got at my local...

  • Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Futuristic Armor, Part II

    POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, JANUARY 09 2008 09:38 AM | PERMALINK

    Last week I showed a simple way to make "Futuristic" looking combat armor. This week, I want to show how to make a helmet to go along with the armor, and how to add some extra details to your armor, to add that extra hint of belivability to your armor. First, the armor details.

    While foam board works better for armor, because it doesn't have that honeycombing inside of it, it can be more expensive than getting free cardboard like I did. And since the build can be rather complex, I tried to keep costs...

  • Backyard FX 11: Samurai Armor

    POSTED BY , JULY 23 2007 11:30 AM | PERMALINK

    BFX reproduces the ornate armor of the Samurai for under $50. If you have a request for BFX send us an email at comments@indymogul.com or visit the FXRequest page on IndyMogul.com

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