Making Of / 01 May 2024

3d print // Halo Infinite Master Chief helmet

I started messing around with making a model of Master Chief's helmet, just for fun. Then I figured, why not actually print it? I've got a resin printer, after all. I'm thinking of keeping it going and moving on to the torso next.

Halo Infinite - Master Chief - Helmet // block out wip

So, I hopped into ZBrush to make it all solid using Dynamesh. Then, I used a cube to act like a slicer and sent it over to Blender to get the scale right.

I ran the helmet through the slicer. Oh, by the way, remember to always use Decimation Master in ZBrush before sending it with GoZ. Then, I hollowed out the model in Chitubox and manually added my supports.

After four tries, I finally got a pretty decent result. The first one didn't stick to the build plate, the second stuck but then flopped into the vat, the third actually worked, but it came out looking like a potato Chief. the final attempt came out good but with visible marks but I was fine with that.