Costume artisan and prop master Shawn Thorsson never disappoints. He’s brought us HALO Spartans, Dead Space 2 characters, and Predator aliens that look like they’ve just beamed in from their respective sci-fi universes. He’s even given us combat garden gnomes. But he truly outdid himself this time by premiering his Warhammer 40,000 Space Marines at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area.

In this video from Jaime & Adam Tested video, Shawn explains how the suits were constructed and how a regular size person functions within 8′ tall Space Marine armor.

See more about the armor at Shawn’s website.

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Space Marines Tower Over Maker Faire
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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.

7 Responses to Shawn Thorsson’s Incredible Space Marine Armor

  1. Shh! If Games Workshop finds out, they’ll probably send at least 40,000 lawyers at these guys.

  2. An awesome labor of love! These things are amazing and the ingenuity involved is brilliant. Well done guys.

  3. Those suits are amazing! :D

  4. Pingback: Whole Bunch O' 40k Goodness... - Page 36 - PaperModelers.com

  5. Andrew on said:

    Awesome, but I wish that they were the actual size!

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