Captain America Helmet

[MaddMaxx82]

So I had plans on creating a Captain America helmet of my own. It got put on the back burner, as life happened and took me away from any and all projects. Now a year later I have finally gotten back to it. So here are some shots of my progress.

I had never used Monster Makers Clay before, and this was my result of my first project with it.

The cast came out decent but needed a lot of cleanup as my sculpting skills with the monster makers clay were not that great.

I then found out that it didn't fit my head, and that the mold had warped/shrunk slightly. So I had to do a hack job, cutting it first in half from ear to ear, to lengthen it from front to back. Then I had to cut down the center from brow to back, to widen it. Filling in the gaps with bondo.

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[MaddMaxx82]

Now we are at my more recent stages this year. The cast was extremely lop-sided because my mold warped. So I had to add a lot of filler to one side to make it match. Plus widening the helmet made the ear cut outs to wide. So I backed that with cardboard and filled away. Here is what I had.

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[MaddMaxx82]

So my plans being to make a second cast, and funds getting tight. I took some advice and switched up to using joint compound as filler. I am using flat black spray paint, in between coats. So I can see blemishes that need work a little better. This is where I am .

The shape has changed drastically, in trying to save this failure. I still need to build the brow area back up. The bridge of the nose and cheek bones needs fixing. The ear holes need cut back out. After I get this dome smoothed out like I want it. Then I guess I will mold and recast.
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[woodman]

If it were me I'd use what you have as a form to resculpt a new one on. Your original sculpt looked great and this time you know it would fit.

 

[MaddMaxx82]

I will be doing that once I get the shape of the helmet right, and it smoothed out properly. I will be using epoxy sculpt, to get the brow back to its original look.

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[MaddMaxx82]

Bringing my comic-like brow back to life on this helmet. Using Magic Sculpt, for the first time. I am still not happy with this, but it is coming together slowly.

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[roblenzz]

How's this coming along? It reminds me of my trial and errors on my helmet build. It looks great so far. Keep at it man and it'll pay off :thumbsup

 

[cunningham]

That's too bad it shrunk, because the original sculpt looks pretty good to me. How was working with Monster Clay compared to other mediums? I am tempted to try that stuff out.

 

[MaddMaxx82]

That's too bad it shrunk, because the original sculpt looks pretty good to me. How was working with Monster Clay compared to other mediums? I am tempted to try that stuff out.

Monster clay is much harder than other clay I have worked with. I have mostly only worked with Van Aken Plastelina, which is very soft in comparison. It holds more detail, but doesn't soften as easily.

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[MaddMaxx82]

Well my attempts have failed, unfortunately. My helmet cracked into peices. Probably due to flux in temperature here in Maryland lately. I put it away for a short while, in storage. When I got to it again, it was ruined.


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[MaddMaxx82]

Thankfully I have my original sculpt still, and it is in good shape. Time to modify it, for my larger noggin.

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