Stormtrooper Helmet 1st attempt at prop making

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beetle

New Member

• May 22, 2014

• #1

Inspired by the amazing builds from this site http://www.therpf.com/f79/stormtrooper-pepakura-terra-returns-pics-122443/ and http://www.therpf.com/f79/anh-asyme...-helmet-wip-complete-pics-page-4-84-a-159152/
I decided to give it a shot. Thanks Firefek for the awesome pep file!

Pep and Resin:


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Glass and Rondo inside and begin Bondo and sanding:

 

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Last edited: May 29, 2014

Cameron

Sr Member

• May 22, 2014

• #2

Looking good!

 

Toxx

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2014

• #3

Nice start, you're doing a good job in bondo and sanding!

 

GTImotion

Well-Known Member

• May 23, 2014

• #4

Looking good! I'll be keeping an eye on this thread

 

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beetle

New Member

• May 26, 2014

• #5

More bondo and sanding, formed the ears with a spray paint can lid and mixed up a thinned down bondo and resin mix.

 

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beetle

New Member

• May 29, 2014

• #6

I didn't like how the ears were looking so I cut them off and made one with resin and a few bits of random plastic I found around my garage. I plan on casting two copies for each side. I need some tips on how to make the teeth and vocoder, any tips? This prop building is challenging and time consuming, also very fun. I've learned a lot on this first build and reading posts from this site. Good stuff!

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Last edited: May 29, 2014

GTImotion

Well-Known Member

• May 30, 2014

• #7

I made my vocoder and teeth out of 1/4" pieces of wood, pics of the vocoder can be seen on my thread just follow the link in mi signature, as for the teeth I haven't post pictures yet.

 

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beetle

New Member

• Jun 1, 2014

• #8

Thanks for the tip GTI, I checked out your build. Here's a small update:
Cast two new ears and put them on, more Bondo and sanding work, added brow and bridge of nose. Tried some Miliput on some detail areas, I found out that a little water on the fingertip smooths out the Miliput nicely.

 

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beetle

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• Aug 10, 2014

• #9

 

GTImotion

Well-Known Member

• Aug 11, 2014

• #10

Beetle, nice job on the teeth! I bet it took you forever to file them down to their proper size?

 

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beetle

New Member

• Aug 11, 2014

• #11

GTImotion said:

Beetle, nice job on the teeth! I bet it took you forever to file them down to their proper size?

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Yeah the teeth were harder than I expected. Still need to make the small teeth in the corners. Not super movie accurate but I still plan on finishing this thing. I have some ideas for the mic tips, I'll post later if it works.

 

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beetle

New Member

• Aug 24, 2014

• #12

Threw some filler primer on after some detail work. Also decided to remove the teeth, just need to build vocoder mic tips and re-do the teeth.

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beetle

New Member

• Aug 26, 2014

• #13

Guys, I need fresh eyes and your honest opinion on this thing.



Made the vocoder with rondo I poured into templates I made out of foamies. It looks way to thin to me. Would you tear it off a fabricate a new one?

What do you think about the helmet overall?

 

NeoRutty

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Aug 27, 2014

• #14

I like it! Nice work. As for the vocoder... Yeah it looks a little thin. The rest looks great

 

GTImotion

Well-Known Member

• Aug 27, 2014

• #15

I like the design. but to me the vocoder looks a bit thin and somewhat disproportioned to the vocoder area. What thickness are they ( 1/8") ? Perhaps you want to step up to 1/4" to help filling the void better.

 

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beetle

New Member

• Aug 27, 2014

• #16

Thanks guys, 1/4" thick seems much better. I hate doing things twice but in this case it had to happen :thumbsup

 

GTImotion

Well-Known Member

• Aug 28, 2014

• #17

beetle, That look so much better now

 

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beetle

New Member

• Aug 30, 2014

• #18

Ready for paint I think, does anyone know if "Dupli-color Perfect Match"Automotive spray paint is good?

Also made some ghetto mic tips with my kids school supplies, I'll buy some good ones later.:lol

 

Last edited: Aug 30, 2014

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beetle

New Member

• Sep 14, 2014

• #19

Almost...

 

Last edited: Sep 15, 2014

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grenater

Active Member

• Sep 16, 2014

• #20

The ears look a little far back or curved on the bottom just my opinion otherwise it looks stunning!