Shawn Thorsson's insane Halo costumes

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2010/11/03 @ 9:45 pm
Category Fun & Games, Home

Shawn Thorsson, of Petaluma, CA, has done it again. We wrote about his Predator costume a few weeks back. Now he’s made a whole freaking army, or at least a squad, of Red vs. Blue Master Chief costumes. A three year effort. Insane, indeed. And by insane, we mean awesome!

[More pics after the jump]

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BY Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelancer writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture, including the first book about the web (Mosaic Quick Tour) and the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots. He is currently working on a best-of collection of his writing, called Borg Like Me.

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8 Responses to Shawn Thorsson's insane Halo costumes

Spartan 120 on December 6th, 2010 at 12:54 pm said:

Dear Shawn Thorssons. This is amazing. thats all i can sat. but i was just curious if one of two thing, do you sell these costumes, or could someone maybe put in a request for one to be made?

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Chrystian Blaylock on February 3rd, 2011 at 7:02 am said:

thats amazing it could do alot more than look nice….sence you can make them why not insert kevlar slots and ther is this stuff called d3o u can put it in this for amazing shock absorbtion… just like the cheif you can now fall and take hits like a champ and if it was also a metal of some sort with kevlar lining and the d3o for absorbing the hit of the bullet….but idk about the sheilds tho but some sort of magnetic field that forces the bullets to slow down making it less lethal on impact……dude u could be ironman x 100 infinatly better you win

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Chrystian Blaylock on February 3rd, 2011 at 7:02 am said:

thats amazing it could do alot more than look nice….sence you can make them why not insert kevlar slots and ther is this stuff called d3o u can put it in this for amazing shock absorbtion… just like the cheif you can now fall and take hits like a champ and if it was also a metal of some sort with kevlar lining and the d3o for absorbing the hit of the bullet….but idk about the sheilds tho but some sort of magnetic field that forces the bullets to slow down making it less lethal on impact……dude u could be ironman x 100 infinatly better you win

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Chrystian Blaylock on February 3rd, 2011 at 7:02 am said:

thats amazing it could do alot more than look nice….sence you can make them why not insert kevlar slots and ther is this stuff called d3o u can put it in this for amazing shock absorbtion… just like the cheif you can now fall and take hits like a champ and if it was also a metal of some sort with kevlar lining and the d3o for absorbing the hit of the bullet….but idk about the sheilds tho but some sort of magnetic field that forces the bullets to slow down making it less lethal on impact……dude u could be ironman x 100 infinatly better you win

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Liam Hughes on March 6th, 2011 at 5:59 am said:

do you play paintball with them?

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Chris carpenter on April 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 pm said:

DO WANt o_o

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Jesse Leegwater on April 21st, 2011 at 3:49 am said:

how do i get 1

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Bryan Gene Schneider on April 21st, 2011 at 1:58 pm said:

I want one of those!

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