Recast Iron Man Helmet Makeover (could use any and all help/advice)

SO I take it you got your helmet then? Maybe mine is waiting for me at home?

The bridge between the eyes isn't supposed to be there as far as I know, so you don't have to worry about that (unless it bothers you).

For the faceplate to sit flush, you might be able to heat and reshape it gently.

And for the missing tab, you could do any number of things. Styrene, bondo, etc

Wow still a waiting game then, thanks for the info

Rdmaul said:

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Wow still a waiting game then, thanks for the info

Yea sorry man, I wish I had better news for you. Hopefully yours is coming soon too.

An easy way to seal that gap in the face plate would be to use apoxi sculpt or even loctite putty, as for the face plate sitting flush you can also use the putty or clay to add material or sand the other side so it sits flush and level

Not that I need to, but I'll defend myself; Rdmaul your helmet goes out tomorrow and I will have a tracking number for you by noon here. I didn't put the persons name on my list because he told me not to. Done.

Neo could you please take a couple of better pics of the helmet and post them?

pm incoming.

j0wE said:

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Not that I need to, but I'll defend myself; Rdmaul your helmet goes out tomorrow and I will have a tracking number for you by noon here. I didn't put the persons name on my list because he told me not to. Done.

Neo could you please take a couple of better pics of the helmet and post them?

pm incoming.

Ah okay, I wasn't accusing you or anything, I figured his name wasn't up there cause you had some kind of agreement with him. I'll get out the good camera instead of the Iphone and have brand new high-def pictures for everyone in a few minutes.

The fact that you went out of your way to pm the guy who got me the spot in your trade run to try and work something out actually reassures me quite a bit about you, your intents, and your general look at all of this. I trust Rdmaul and everyone else will get their helmets ASAP

j0wE said:

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Not that I need to, but I'll defend myself; Rdmaul your helmet goes out tomorrow and I will have a tracking number for you by noon here. I didn't put the persons name on my list because he told me not to. Done.

Neo could you please take a couple of better pics of the helmet and post them?

pm incoming.

I was not making a stab at you J0we at all, after seeing what Neo said I was even more assured my helmet was coming. I am sorry you took it that way but I was didnt know the details of the deal and got excited when I saw he got his helmet

you'll be really excited on wednesday then...

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Haha, awesome J0wE, just awesome.

Here are the high-def pictures:


















The back of the helmet has to be trimmed even more because it doesn't line up in the slightest yet.

That doesn't look like one I cast, maybe one of Fin's B casts?

I dunno I don't think it's one of yours. I think Finhead did all of his in white and grey.

Absolutely not one of my casts, I would have thrown that in the garbage if it came out of my mold which it didn't. You can see where the mold seam is, not in the right place for my mold, never seen a surface finish like that out of any of my molds ever.

Woot that's my second recast now I guess I'll have to bare with it and bring it up to snuff.

Could you change tht title of the thread to reflect that please I would rather not have my name attached to something like this.

Certainly sorry about that.

just to get this straight: you got a RECAST from some guy, who therefor took your spot in Jowe's run, and the guy doesnt want to show up in the list, or be named? and also he is now receiving one of jowes casts instead?

if i got this right, something is mighty fishy about this guy.

i personally can tell you Jowe is a really nice and straight forward guy, tho (as is finhead of course)

Prince NEO said:

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No he's not taking one of J0wE's cast he told him not to bother with it he got this helmet in a trade with someone and he offered it to me.

ok, but you still got a recast from a member here in a trade, if i understand correctly.
dont get me wrong, its your personal business, so i have no stakes in this but if i would get a recast from a member here, i would at least contact a mod about it, and they will look into it. its not that i would mistrust said member per se, but either he got the recast via a trade from someone, so he could call that someone out as the recaster, or alternatively he did the recast himself, and just say he got it via a trade.

or maybe im just paranoid

im just trying to help

/edit: well you edited while i was posting so i just read it afterwards

EyeofSauron said:

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ok, but you still got a recast from a member here in a trade, if i understand correctly.
dont get me wrong, its your personal business, so i have no stakes in this but if i would get a recast from a member here, i would at least contact a mod about it, and they will look into it. its not that i would mistrust said member per se, but either he got the recast via a trade from someone, so he could call that someone out as the recaster, or alternatively he did the recast himself, and just say he got it via a trade.

or maybe im just paranoid

im just trying to help

/edit: well you edited while i was posting so i just read it afterwards

Yea I see what you are saying and honestly, I cause enough trouble here as it is, I'd rather bite my tongue and just play the cards I got dealt, it's the 3rd time I've gotten a recast, I should look into stuff more. It's all part of learning and my motto is: Thank goodness I am young and can adjust.

And yea I had to go back and clarify cause I had been on my phone when I replied.

I'll just send you one as soon as I can Prince. Perfect your body working and painting skills on this one. Call it your practice helm, then you'll be ready for the other one.

i told ya he is a good guy congrats!

j0wE said:

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I'll just send you one as soon as I can Prince. Perfect your body working and painting skills on this one. Call it your practice helm, then you'll be ready for the other one.

R-Really?! I literally can't think of the words to type.