To the maker, nice work! Particularly the faceplate. The only thing that detracts from it is the undergarment.

Gordom Freeman vs Master Chief.. who will win?, the weapon from MC is fake. But the crowbar is real. So Gordon can make pulp gibs out of this master retard.

@Tei:
After looking over your last few comments... do you get paid by some anti-Microsoft corporation or do you work pro-bono?

@pic with the 3 hotties: Yowza....

Epic. Gotta say, the shiny visor really completes it.

Gordom Freeman needs a good meal

Oh no! Master Chief is a white guy in his 20's! Now the Bungie illusion of "anyone could be Master Chief...EVEN YOU" is shattered.

Although I am a white guy in my 20's. Am I Master Chief?

Awesome work fellow Kotakuite.

Were there any Mario's, Link's, Kratos' or Snake's in sight? I guess those would have raised some interest as well.

I expected him to be a bit more butch.

No comparision pic with the MS one?

Any pics of/with the guy that got paid to be Master Chief?

@Akomander: Dammit you read my mind but apparently you can type faster.

*puts on protective tinfoil helmet*

I'd be surprised if this guy has a girl-friend. That's way too much time on your hands. Looks great though.

Someone should have gone as Solid Snake or Big Boss for an EPIC Snake v Master Chief throw down.

Then have someone in as Major Zero, Campbell, or Otacon chirp in over a ear piece. "Snake, think of the Gray Fox. It's no different."

Then if Snake lost have one of them shout, "snake? SNAKE!? SNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKEEEEE!!!!"

Or have a Metal Gear Rex curb stomp Master Chief. Whichever came first.

The helmet really does make all the difference.

I'm hoping that in ten years or so Master Chief costumes will be relatively cheap, then I can pick one up when no one really cares anymore. Course, this is all assuming that Halo doesn't go the way of Mario and Sonic, which is entirely possible.

he's got lights on the helmut? lol awesome...

Can he see through the helmet? Looks kinda opaque.

That's a sweet costume design. ><; But its sad that I couldn't work on a project that massive for more then 5 minutes until ADD kicks in. XD

@Tei: Or he could use a "grav gun" that works similar to Scorpion's ropes, only with invisible string. Lawl.

Geez, does Halo and Tomb Rider need so much marketing in order to sell well?

Metroid Prime 3 sure doesn´t.

I´m seing ADs about.. erm.. everywhere but my toiler seat.

@moogmonkey: How can a guy in a helmet look butch?

Looks amazing. I really have to admire the hard work that the guys behind the case mods and the costumes have been showing us over the past few weeks.

Well done, mystery Kotaku-ite. Damn fine costume.

@bnpederson: Is the newtown law. For any hype generated love, theres some hype generated hate.

If I had half as much of that cos-play making skill...

I'd still be a virgin, honestly.

Impressive work, though.

PS. I was just making a joke in my previous post. I know it's a fellow Kotaku-ite that made this costume (and I assume is pictured sans helmet above) so I don't want to offend anyone.

Just poking a little good natured fun.

His looks better than the Official master chief one. Looks like kotakuites are taking over the gaming world.

That's cool, I know who someone is dressing up as this Halloween.

@PapaBear434: I was just about to make the same point, although not as cleverly put as yours.
Attention Everyone: I have an active sex life and therefore have no time for cos-playing!
There we go...

Whenever I see a well made costume like this I always wish I was a little more mechanically and artistically inclined. Halloween is just around the corner, and I'll have to settle for an off-the-shelf costume to terrorize the kiddies knock on the door for candy. (Adults did it to me when I was a kid, it's my turn to say BOO!)

Could we have a new corollary to Godwin's law named the Girlfriend law? Seriously, going "lol bet he has no girlfriend" is as old and tired as "In Soviet Russia..."

@Tei:
See, hating on the game is one thing. I can understand that, god knows I've seen it enough. But your previous comment was "So Gordon can make pulp gibs out of this master retard" (implying this Kotakuite with the awesome costume, not the character of Master Chief as I read it) and before that in another thread you said you'd "pay 90$ for a game where you kill Halo fans."

Publicly railing about a game you've never played due to your own insecurities when it comes to the console you ended up buying? That's par for the course on the net. Talking about how you'd like to see fans of a particular game dead? That's just f-ing creepy man.

@NateN:

I just have to poke fun. I work security at an Anime convention every year. And since I am not an anime fan, the cos-players tend to scare the living crap out of me.

Better to laugh at it.

How is there 6 posts covering Halo 3 in some way, and not even a blurb about World of Warcraft patch 2.2 going live today?? Integrated Voice Chat anyone?

@PapaBear434:

ALL cosplayers scare me.You haven't lived until you've seen a fat Naruto and a pudgy,pasty Sephiroth....*shudder*

@Voodoo77: Integrated voice chat? Oh molasses!

Is that what they mean by bubble shield???

;-)

I think most people who make master cheif costumes often over look what goes underneath, because without the plates meeting closely, the friggen leotard shows trhough. Although many have shown a great deal of talent molding the armor, I'm waiting for the guy that can make the understuff and the connections, look realistic. Maybe make a neoprene skin suit, and then worry about molding the plates.

maybe thats why we dont see many snake costumes, they are skin tight, and the material has to look plausible. Its more of a concern about materials, than simply molding some plates and painting them.

@Megatenist:

I'll call your fat Naruto and raise you a 350 lbs. man in a fury cat-girl costume.

The costume is awesome, and the guy fills it out in the right way, for a change :)

@Wyld:
Since you're in *this* thread, how about commenting on the costume? Every thread in Kotaku is not an excuse for brainless fanboys like you and Tei to mouth off.

Next time you see a Halo 3 article, do the grown-up thing and move on. Your comment doesn't even make sense, since this guy is *not* a Microsoft employee.

the helmet is awesome, damn i shoulda stopped by the launch event

@Voodoo77:

It's a patch to a years-old game. How excited are we supposed to get?

Does it patch WoW into Halo 4?

Did anybody see the Microsoft Chief? It felt as fake as getting Superman to show up at your kids birthday. His armor didn't even fit him and he had a beer gut.

Lets see...
Theres a halflife fanboy..
A metroid fanboy..
and a metal gear fanboy..

Am I missing someone?
Oh wait theres some guy who's into mortal kombat though he must have gotten lost...

@Canadian Impostor: lol

@kuromankuro: Yes, I stopped by the Atlanta Best Buy to laugh at people since we had errands to run at home depot next door and the master chief there was pretty retarded looking. Costume looked cheap, he looked to be about 5'4 and he didn't even have a rifle. I was also surprised at the turnout. There were only about ten people in the line and most of them were between the ages of 15 and 19.

Man, I wish he had been here in Santa Monica at my gamestop. All I had to keep me entertained were chubby frat guys drinking "Muscle Milk" and the two high school guys in front of me who were seriously bonding into BestFriendsForever (so cute).

Oh yeah, then 10 minutes before they open the store, they break up the lines into two. One for everyone for pre-ordered at the mall, and one for everyone who pre-ordered at this store. Luckily I was with the mall crowd, which meant that my new line only had 10 people, as opposed to 100.

-Shid
[www.grenadehop.com]

@Megatenist:
To quote the movie "Dirty Work":
Note to self: I don't want to live!

@mandarin: I guess I'll take one for the team.

Kano vs. Master Chief. Fight!

i was THERE with my girlfriend (one fo the only girls on line) and we got interviewed by g4 and SPIKEtv gamehead , woot!

But where was kotaku damn it?

Nice work on this costume. I like the lights fx, and the general quality.

@PapaBear434:
Pasty,pudgy Sephiroth FTW,because not only was his costume too small,he had the most "wonderful" aroma floating around him.Baked beans and B.O.,I think...

Although seeing a 350 lbs. cat-girlman would give me nightmares.

@PapaBear434: I wasn't picking on your in particular, just the mentality in general. Looking at something like this, which the guy obviously spent a lot of time and probably more money then he'd probably want to admit, it just seems shitty to have the one of the first things people say be "Lol, get a gf loser!" It's probably just an offshoot of Internet Tough Guy syndrome. "Look at me, I didn't do anything but I can say something to knock the guy down a peg! Whooo!"

All that being said, people make fun of people on the internet, so I'm sure it isn't going anywhere anytime soon, just like Soviet Russia jokes!

Regarding cos-players: At least he wasn't wearing a Cortana costume? *runs and hides*

@NateN: ...picking on your COMMENT in general...

Darn you non-existent edit button!

I'm making my own armor right now It's gonna take me probably 2 months with the time I have, most people get it done in 1 month or 1 and a half.