An incredibly talented cosplayer has created an extremely realistic Helldivers 2 cosplay that looks like one of the soldiers came straight out of the game. Since the release of Helldivers 2 in February 2024, players have flocked to Arrowhead Game Studios' co-op third-person shooter to do their part to defend Super-Earth, battling beetle-like Terminids and robotic Automatons to bring peace and democracy to the galaxy.
Galactic Armory's impressive Helldiver B-01 tactical armor received a nod of approval from the official Helldivers 2 X account, who exclaimed "Sweet Liberty!" and called it "excellent."
X users also praised the cosplay, with PhoenixSeven7 saying it "really inspires Guided Democracy at its finest" and LeZit_ noting it would be "perfect for the Helldivers series."
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Galactic Armory explained how they made their Helldivers 2 cosplay on Reddit
GalacticArmory posted images of their extremely authentic Helldiver cosplay on the r/Helldivers subreddit, complete with a flowing Foesmasher cape that recreates several dynamic emotes from the game, which received huge interest from other Redditors such as Xiladreonis, who said it looks so real that Galactic Armory we have to make sure that they are not taken to the active front. Blackdrake1011 agreed with this sentiment, saying he got "massive double vision" when he read that it was a cosplay and not a 3D model, and said it looked "ripped straight out of the game."
Galactic Armory, responding to various cosplays, talked about how they made such a detailed cosplay. As for the opaque visor on the helmet, they explained that it was vacuum molded from PETG and painted black, and the armor itself was 3D printed, which took "about a week." They also posted a link on their YouTube channel to a 30-minute assembly video detailing the entire process, showing that the armor was printed on a Bamboo Lab X3 Carbon 1D printer with a height of 16 layers to get all the parts, and that it The project was so big that the entire channel team was involved in working on it.
Galactic Armory's Helldivers 2 cosplay is certainly one of the best to date, and its praise is well deserved. For those interested in creating their own B-01 Tactical Armor, the video description includes links to the 3D files and materials used to make it as easy as possible for other Helldivers 2 fans to follow suit.
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