My 1 week Captain America Helmet build!

cama900

Active Member

• Aug 3, 2012

• #1

Hello RPF! So about a week ago, I doscovered that the discount theater that was opening where I live was goanna have the Avengers as one of their movies! I decided to make a Captain America helmet for it So here it goes, my 1 week Cap. Helm!
I began with JFCustom's foam unfold of the helmet

Coated it in elmers glue then guesso (I dont know why I switched...) then put a coat of rondo on it. Shout out to XRobots for his stuff about plastic coating foam!

It was at this point that I noticed that I had forgotten to heat shape the top of the helmet... So I but some bondo on it, sanded, repeated, and then put another coat of rondo on.
Sanded it to 220 grit then rubbed it with steel wool (I didnt have time to go any higher as it was only 6 or so hour till I needed to be there )

So I primed it, and painted it with crappy white and blue wal mart spray paint. And here is my final result!



Over all, I'm quite happy with it. Especially since I only worked about 15 hours total over the course or 7 days! I may try to repaint it as it has some dust/debree in it, but I think ill try wet sanding it first to see if I can make it any better
Well, Thanks for looking! Any advice/tips on anything would be greatly appreciated Cheers!

 

Last edited: Aug 3, 2012

captain avenger

Active Member

• Aug 3, 2012

• #2

awwwweeeeeeesssoooooooommmeee

 

firebapx

Well-Known Member

• Aug 3, 2012

• #3

i am incredibly impressed this would be a good build. even if it wasnt a one week one this would be impressive it looks like a few weeks of work have went into this very well done mate

 

XRobots

Well-Known Member

• Aug 3, 2012

• #4

Looks excellent, good use of foam and resin togther

 

cama900

Active Member

• Aug 3, 2012

• #5

firebapx said:

i am incredibly impressed this would be a good build. even if it wasnt a one week one this would be impressive it looks like a few weeks of work have went into this very well done mate

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Thanks! I surprised myself with how well it turned out!

XRobots said:

Looks excellent, good use of foam and resin togther

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Why thank you! And thanks for making the post about how to plastic coat foam, it wouldn't have been possible without you

 

MrJekyllNHyde

New Member

• Aug 3, 2012

• #6

Wow, I'm impressed how good it looks with the time frame. That's talent.

 

P4r4dox86

Well-Known Member

• Aug 4, 2012

• #7

That's fantastic! I'd been trying to freehand a foam Cap America Avengers helmet for my costume with limited success, I didn't even know there was a template out there! I hadn't found anything before you mentioned it! So thankyou very much for the information, and your helmet looks awesome

 

lokey69666

Member

• Aug 4, 2012

• #8

That is awesome.
My wife thought it was a real helmet at first glance.

 

cama900

Active Member

• Aug 6, 2012

• #9

Thank you guys for all the kind words! I got around to wet sanding it, touching the paint up, and clear coating it. So here is the final result!


I dont know how well you can see the difference, but its much better

Anyway, the main reason for this update is that I'm thinking of getting a cheap leather coat/bag from a thift store (or perhaps just some pleather) and trying to make the ear covers and chin straps. Any ideas on the best way to attempt this?

 

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spydrwebz

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2012

• #10

Very nice! I can only imagine what you could do if you took your time.

 

Crank729

Sr Member

• Aug 6, 2012

• #11

Awesome, my friend! I'm thinking about doing a cap helmet too, i'll keep this method in mind.

 

cama900

Active Member

• Aug 7, 2012

• #12

Thanks! And if you attempt this, I would use foam that is a bit thinner, just make sure its pretty dense so it will keep its shape

 

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aatencio91

New Member

• Aug 15, 2012

• #13

So I'm new and have a (possible quite dumb) question. I think that this will be my first build and I'm curious to know what type/thickness foam you're using.
Also it's fantastic to see some love for Cap around here. Iron Man seems to hog an awful lot of the attention.

 

cama900

Active Member

• Aug 19, 2012

• #14

Im using EVA foam (the same stuff for all the foam Iron man builds), 1/4 inch thick (about 6mm). I got mine from BigLots, It looked like this. Most craft foam is eva foam and should work quite well too. Stealth and xRobots here have some great info about using this foam (along with many other people here). Just search around for more info!
Cheers!

 

WhiteDeadPool

New Member

• Aug 20, 2012

• #15

Wow! This is insanely good for a one week build! The only thing I don't really like is the luster.

 

firstavenger 78

New Member

• Aug 20, 2012

• #16

Where did you get the template? This is the kind of helmet I am wanting to build!!!

 

P4r4dox86

Well-Known Member

• Aug 20, 2012

• #17

@Firstavenger: A quick Google search for "JFCustom Foam Captain America Helmet" turned up this thread.

http://www.therpf.com/f24/captain-americas-helmet-speed-peping-foam-file-152770/

I'm using the same files for mine and this is how I found it. Just remember, Google is always your friend

 

CaptainMarvel

Well-Known Member

• Aug 24, 2012

• #18

cama900 said:

Anyway, the main reason for this update is that I'm thinking of getting a cheap leather coat/bag from a thift store (or perhaps just some pleather) and trying to make the ear covers and chin straps. Any ideas on the best way to attempt this?

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Any update and/or pics with you wearing the helmet ??

 

cama900

Active Member

• Aug 28, 2012

• #19

Yea, a few. Sorry for my incredibly slow response time. They are a bit crappy because im most definitely not a photographer...



^^ I love my left eye in this one

But no updates, I didnt find any leather or anything for the ear flaps, maybe some day...

 

rjaykus

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2014

• #20

Any chance that you know how to convert the .pdo to a .dxf file? I have a guy that is willing to laser cut the pattern out of stainless
steel for me.