Dead Space - My first costume and prop attempt
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in my best Al bundy voice "TEE HEE!!" 
looks good man, did you add the wrist battery strap holder thingie to your gloves or is it separate? :thumbsup
JWKruser
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The battery pack is being held by the elastic straps that keep the gravity mod on my forearm.
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Today is the only day that I got to, or will get to play in the shop this weekend. I had made up my mind that I was going to follow Captain Hask's instructables and sculpt the helmet. I figured while I waited for those supplies to arrive in the mail I would see if I could make one out of foam to pass the time. You know, just for s***s and giggles. It started off super rough. I didnt consider the thickness of the foam and it was too tight on my head. So I cut the middle seam and added a half inch piece so it would fit. After all, this was just to pass the time.
I started having fun with it. Adding a little here, a little there.
I took thin diamond back foam to make the foundation for the rest of the face shield to stick to.
Once it was done, I bent the crud out of it and taped the curve in place. While bent, I blasted it with the heat gun and let it set for a couple of hours.
After it set there hopefully holding its shape, I glued 2 strips of styrene to the back of each side where the face shield would adhere to the helmet. It made it a little more rigid and sturdy. After little bits and detail pieces were added, it didn't look too bad.
So, I have a huge favor to ask. I want to see how smooth I can get this. If I coat this in enough coats of Epsilon, can I sand that down well enough so that you can't see the seams where I glued the helm together? I have never used Epsilon, but I have seen from Bill Doran's videos that it makes a pretty rigid shell on the exterior. If Epsilon is a poor choice, what would you recommend I coat this in so I could sand the gaps out?
I started having fun with it. Adding a little here, a little there.
I took thin diamond back foam to make the foundation for the rest of the face shield to stick to.
Once it was done, I bent the crud out of it and taped the curve in place. While bent, I blasted it with the heat gun and let it set for a couple of hours.
After it set there hopefully holding its shape, I glued 2 strips of styrene to the back of each side where the face shield would adhere to the helmet. It made it a little more rigid and sturdy. After little bits and detail pieces were added, it didn't look too bad.
So, I have a huge favor to ask. I want to see how smooth I can get this. If I coat this in enough coats of Epsilon, can I sand that down well enough so that you can't see the seams where I glued the helm together? I have never used Epsilon, but I have seen from Bill Doran's videos that it makes a pretty rigid shell on the exterior. If Epsilon is a poor choice, what would you recommend I coat this in so I could sand the gaps out?
DUDE!! if that's for S.A.G'S I cant wait to see what's next!!!! oh what the hell....BAD ASS!! :$ sorry mod's... had to say it. :angel I have no idea what Epsilon is....im a die hard bondo guy myself...
JWKruser
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She is a pretty cool chick.
Epsilon is an epoxy coating for foam made by Smooth-on http://www.smooth-on.com/Epoxy-Coatings-EPS/c1397_1400/index.html
Its more expensive than I thought it would be so I passed on that idea. The shipping was almost as expensive as the trial size container.
I used Mod Podge instead. Its still far from perfect, but 4 or 5 coats of mod podge and sanding did help. After sanding, the helmet got multiple coats of plastidip, primer, and now for paint. 1st coat down!
Epsilon is an epoxy coating for foam made by Smooth-on http://www.smooth-on.com/Epoxy-Coatings-EPS/c1397_1400/index.html
Its more expensive than I thought it would be so I passed on that idea. The shipping was almost as expensive as the trial size container.
I used Mod Podge instead. Its still far from perfect, but 4 or 5 coats of mod podge and sanding did help. After sanding, the helmet got multiple coats of plastidip, primer, and now for paint. 1st coat down!
loving it man!! great job yet again...:cool
JWKruser
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So, I found these tea lights on ebay that are the perfect color. I bought a hand full of them, de-soldered them from their board and stuck 'em through a thin strip of foam. A little solder, a lot of hot glue, they ain't breaking on me! While the helmet cures tonight i will make 3 of these strips and stick them in tomorrow along with some semi-frosted plastic to diffuse the light.
cant wait to see this helmet done!. are you using one battery source for all the strips? or are they each on a 9v?? :thumbsup
SWEEEEET! tears of joy bro!! congrats :cool can you "kinda" see thru the plastic?
JWKruser
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Thanks! Nope, can't see through the plastic at all. I left a small slit between the plastic and the foam in the middle section. It's a thin slit that allows some visibility. It's not great but not horrible.
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Whistle Work Wear. They had a large variety of gloves.
