daft punk:thomas bangalter project

[phlipsjens]

first off all:
the raw cast helmet was made by volpin.
and the gloves where made by me.

after a loooooooong waiting time it finally arrived ;-)



isn't it perfect!


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i noticed it had a little dent in the right cheeck so i had to fill it up and trim the visor and sides with my dremel


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first layer primer.


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visor tinted with dye (be sure to use PET-G plastic for dyeing)


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that's it for the helmet,now the gloves.

because i don't own a vacuum form machine and won't be able to make one so i used multiple layers of cardboard and filled them with bondo.


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aah ,first layer of primer always makes me happy


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testing the pieces.


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because it's getting cold here in belgium and i had to work outside my lovely girlfriend decided to rebuild here basement to my workroom,how nice


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sooooo,how do you want your helmet sir? red or white?


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that's al for now,next thing is wetsanding and then chroming ;-)

 

[Risu]

Looks great! How did you deal with the flexible bill on the Volpin helmet? I've been hesitant to finish mine because the visor gap closes when you set the helmet down for long periods and gapes wide open when you rest it on a helmet stand. The gap goes from 2" to 4.5". Did you just glue all around the visor to hold it all together?

 

[phlipsjens]

Looks great! How did you deal with the flexible bill on the Volpin helmet? I've been hesitant to finish mine because the visor gap closes when you set the helmet down for long periods and gapes wide open when you rest it on a helmet stand. The gap goes from 2" to 4.5". Did you just glue all around the visor to hold it all together?

ive got that problem to,

once ive got the ears put in place with epoxy it stoped"transforming" ;-)

 

[Teese]

Badass! I love watching Daft Punk builds come together. I just a box in the mail that looked very similar to that...

 

[phlipsjens]

wish i had one

 

[tyrant]

how did you get one from Volpin, i didnt think he was selling them.. just the charity ones on ebay.

 

[rosskow]

not a big daft punk fan, (tron sound track killer though) not really listen stuff, anyway, either of the helmets are bad ass looking, great looking build so far, got your leather jacket ready?

 

[phlipsjens]

how did you get one from Volpin, i didnt think he was selling them.. just the charity ones on ebay.

i got one out of the 10 he made in the month july

 

[phlipsjens]

update!

By phlipsjens at 2011-11-07

By phlipsjens at 2011-11-07

 

[SemperBourne]

Woooooooooooooow!! Looks freaking AWESOME

 

[pandamajik]

Do you work at a chroming place or did someone there take a picture? Looks great after that chroming.

 

[phlipsjens]

some guy i know

btw:i had the same reaction
WOOOOOW that's B-E-A-U-tifull !!!!

 

[PepIronman]

Wow! Just Wow!

 

[Volpin]

Stunning, Jens! Glad to see another of my casts getting decked out, keep up the fantastic work!

 

[phlipsjens]

Thanks for the compliment volpin

 

[blacknova84]

That's awesome!!! I really want to do a Daft Punk build one day. I must say I am VERY jealous, keep up the great work, it's looking fantastic. Can't wait to see the final product.

 

[phlipsjens]

Stunning, Jens! Glad to see another of my casts getting decked out, keep up the fantastic work!

Thanks to you volpin the world will soon look like the electroma video ;-)

 

[phlipsjens]

By phlipsjens at 2011-11-20

By phlipsjens at 2011-11-20

 

[trooper1m]

Looks incredible, such a beautiful cast

 

[aradia]

Love this!!!