First Pep -Daft Punk Thomas Helmet-

The hardest part in the whole process is sanding. Your gonna be sanding NON-STOP. So buying or acquiring a electrical sander will help out A LOT. And take your time when doing anything/everything. No need to rush.

measure twice, cut once!!

Be careful with the hot glue. If you get any on you I think you have to wait until it cools before you can remove it.

You will probably make a mistake. It might be something minor you can fix or it might be something major and you will have to start over. It happens so do not give up. It will be worth it. I am making a Fallout 3 mini-nuke and I am working on try #4. I get farther every time. The trick is to learn from your accidents/mistakes.

Im also starting my first pep build. Currently making an Ironman helmet. Ive found its a marathon of a task for the mind, all the little cutouts and gluing gets the better of me after about 2-3 hours each time. But from what others have posted the end results are worth it. Did you got with hot glue? I found it gets pretty messy and awkward. am curious as to some other method people run with.

Don't know if it helps but here is my Pepakura thomas build.....

http://www.therpf.com/f24/daft-punk-...rother-144261/

I'm currently working on my first builds Tribes:Ascend helmets and it's not to bad it's quite fun.

Yeah hot glue can get messy i found that it gets really stringy at times when i pull the gun away and there's all thin strands of glue it's like a spider web lol.

I'm on the bondo and sanding stage....it's going to take a while.

Good luck with your first build

NormanF said:

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Be careful with the hot glue. If you get any on you I think you have to wait until it cools before you can remove it.

You will probably make a mistake. It might be something minor you can fix or it might be something major and you will have to start over. It happens so do not give up. It will be worth it. I am making a Fallout 3 mini-nuke and I am working on try #4. I get farther every time. The trick is to learn from your accidents/mistakes.

This. So much THIS.

I've messed up the sizing on several of the parts of my Halo armor, several times now. I just get back going and do it again.

I also recently started work on a Pep Thomas Helmet. the best advice I can give to you is to check the dimensions BEFORE you print off the pieces. I made the mistake of not doing this and ended up fully gluing together a helmet that makes me look like a bobble head and thus currently have three fully constructed pep helmets sitting in my room right now because of having to redo it.(it's three because the second time I dimensioned it wrong again. Third time was the charm though).

ok guys i worked all day on my pep so here are some photos i took at the end of the day...tell me what you think and what not. Not all of it is done but i got a good chunk. Pictures by Duff_Trooper - Photobucket

Here are some pics after 3 coats of Fiberglass Resin

Here are some pics of the bondo i applied to it i could use some help on this one i cant seem to make it perfectly round because when i spread the bondo. it just creates more holes and spots...any advice?

Ok i believe that i am almost done with applying bondo here are some pics of some work ive done since last time....any advice!!

looks good so far

Whatever happened man? Im working on one too and im curious how yours turned out.

oh well didnt think alot of ppl were following this but i guess i can give an update on it.
My original plans was to make a mold of this helmet but considering how "unrounded" the dome is i scraped the mold idea and i havent done much work on it besides a couple more bondo coats but what im going to do is just make a helmet out of it still. Just some life stuff came up and i havent really been working on anything.

I have been thinking of making one of these myself. Thanks for posting your build.

Ah thats cool then we will both be building the same thing! I'm still alot behind u tho.