Total cost was roughly $1300 and it took up about 450 hours of fun (aka labor). I have been trying to teach myself the software though, and this is the largest and most complicated thing I have ever designed.
Designing everything in 3D was a huge hurdle. It is fully articulated and I am extremely proud of it. Wearable Warhammer 40K Space Marine Chaplain Helmet (Digital STL Download. I designed it in google sketch-up and 3D printed all of the digits myself. Space marine helmet STL Files for 3D Printers Order Printed Beaky Style. The hardest part of the whole process was probably the Power Fist (the giant left hand).
website is dedicated to the art of 40K papercraft and the preservation of downloadable models. The costume stands roughly 7ft tall and requires that I walk on stilts. 200+ Pepakura PDO Files ideas pepakura, paper crafts. I have a full build thread located on the RPF forum here: an another on Obscurus Crusade here: And you can find it on facebook here: This was my first time working in foam and also my first time working on something so large. This is my second ever costume build and I have been working on it since March of 2013.
It is a Crimson Fist and was completed just in time for Halloween this year. This is my Warhammer 40k Space Marine Costume.