Halo Elite Cosplay Puts Others To Shame

AndrewGOO9 writes "Pete Mander, a special effects artist from Ontario, Canada seems like he might have either had way too much time on his hands or just really enjoys Halo. Either way, this is one of those costumes that makes all of the cosplayers at a con feel like their best efforts just weren't quite up to par."

Re:Neat

[Jarik C-Bol]

no joke, if you look on his youtube channel, there are a couple videos showing how the jaws are anamatronic. absolutely incredible suit.

Cosplay is fucking retarded

[Anonymous Coward]

People who like cosplay are fucking retarded. If there was ever a legitimate reason to hate nerds, cosplay is it.

I don't think that means what you think it means

[gujo-odori]

Colplay (is an English-derived Japanese word referring to a sexual practice (paid for in cash more often than not) in which the female dresses up in a costume (often anime-derived) for the male's entertainment.

It does *not* mean dressing up in costume at a con.

Re:I think all coplay

[quantumplacet]

Umm, no. Halo was made by Bungie, which was prior to Halo primarily a Mac developer. They started making Halo for the Mac, but then signed with Microsoft who made it an XBox launch title and an exclusive. It was then ported to PC and Mac two years later, in 2003.

Re:I think all coplay

[Requiem18th]

But Halo is basically the prequel to Bungie's Marathon for the Mac so you could say that "Halo" came out for the Mac first.

This guy is amazing

[DaEmEoNd]

I met Pete Mander 2 years ago when I went with my brother to pick up his Pinhead costume he ordered from Pete for Halloween. I was absolutely amazed at the work he does, Pete makes/sells costumes to anyone that is interested. It doesn't matter if you are in the movie industry or just interested in having a kick ass costume for Halloween (if you have the money that is). Pete also sells costumes from the movies Aliens, Predator, Master chief (Halo) costumes. Here http://petemanderfx.com/ [petemanderfx.com] is his old website where you can see some of his previous works. This guy is trying to make a living and to say Pete has way too much free time on his hands and wastes his money really does him a disservice. In the last week this video has made it to the front page of digg and now slashdot I hope from all this publicity some FX house from Hollywood or somewhere else sees this and contracts him for some work. Great Job Pete!!!

Re:So where is it?

[sortius_nod]

Nope, if you go to TFA you'll see him standing almost double height of his makers.

I saw this the other day on 1up or something, was amazed how much detail they went to. Kind of like a big "fuck you" to the dudes that wear the Master Chief suits.

Re:Umm... actually...

[Blakey Rat]

Realistic weapon loading has been mainstream since Half-Life. At least.

I'm sorry, have you *played* Half-Life? I remember being able to hold:

2 Pistols,
a shotgun,
2 assault rifles,
a crossbow,
a rocket launcher,
and at least 2 types of experimental weapons

All simultaneously.

What is with people today trying to counter my arguments with wrongness? You couldn't spend the 15 seconds to look up whether Half-Life had a limited weapon-load or not?

Anyway, Halo's rechargeable shields have always seemed like somewhat limited god-mode to me.

The point of it is so you get behind cover from time to time. It's only "god mode" if you're playing on super-easy.