Witch King Helmet Build

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RGREYLING

New Member

• Jul 19, 2014

• #1

SO err.. first time posting anything here.
Decided I wanted a Witch King Helmet so I built one.
Kinda just eye balled it from pics on-line and some youtube vids so I'm sure I got loads of stuff wrong but I am fairly pleased with the result.
This took a week's worth of lazy afternoons and a busy weekend of hurrying-the-hell-up.
For those that are interested, I used 3mm PVC sheets, super glue, 2 part epoxy, self cast resin spikes, and Humbrol model filler(stupid and expensive,lesson learned). The paint was acrylic spray paint and regular black acrylic for the weathering.
Some additional weathering may take place later.
Here are the WIP pics in order.


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and some more pics

 

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irononreverse

Active Member

• Jul 19, 2014

• #2

Looks awesome. Is the spike really that long?

 

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RGREYLING

New Member

• Jul 19, 2014

• #3

Thanks! Yeah, It threw me a bit too. I initially made it about 20cm shorter, then I did some measuring on a profile pic from the scene just before he dies, did some ratio/math stuff and made adjustments. I'm not saying its exact but its as close as I could get it. That spike is ridiculously long.

 

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RGREYLING

New Member

• Jul 19, 2014

• #4

for anyone interested

 

chazdragon

Active Member

• Jul 19, 2014

• #5

Vary nice.!!!!! Do you plan on doing the full costume.

 

Blaxmyth

Sr Member

• Jul 19, 2014

• #6

Superb! Beautiful!

Interested to hear how you made the spikes. They look excellent and I'd be keen to see your system, if you're OK with sharing it.

 

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RGREYLING

New Member

• Jul 20, 2014

• #7

Thanks guys, glad you like it! Well I recently got told by a friend that his wedding is LOTR themed and that I should wear the helmet, so I guess I'll be making the whole thing, though I'm not sure what materials I'll be using. As for the spikes, I made and original from sculpey that was quite smooth, made a simple rubber mould then cast the spikes. I had to rough them up when I found a better image of them, and for that I used a fordom hanging motor, but a dremel would do the same thing.
here is the original and a sloppy but functional mould.

 

Blaxmyth

Sr Member

• Jul 20, 2014

• #8

Thanks for posting that. Looks like another project to add to the list...

 

GilliGen

Active Member

• Jul 20, 2014

• #9

Subscribed, great looking build, very smooth, now the details

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RGREYLING

New Member

• Jul 20, 2014

• #10

hehe, Well I think I covered the whole process, but if there is anything specific you wanted to know let me know. These photos are a bit rubbish so I'll post some better ones when I take them!

 

GilliGen

Active Member

• Jul 20, 2014

• #11

I tough you will add some scratches do be more unique

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