Easiest Method for making Helmets?

[The]

What is a good method for making helmets? I am looking at making things like iron man, Daft punk, Halo etc etc etc. I have heard of pepruka and Slush casting but they look to complicated. (I am awful at origami and I have 0 artistic ability so i don't think i could make the master for a slush cast mold also it is very expensive.) Any other ideas would be much appreciated. Or if you feel like talking me into one of the other methods I think i would be willing to listen.

Thanks, The

 

[RoboTrap]

Props & costuming are an intersection of artistic talent and technical skill. If folding paper or slushing some resin around in a mold is too complicated for you to handle, and you've no artistic ability, then you're in the wrong hobby.

 

[The Ronin]

Easiest method of making a helmet: Pay someone else to do it for you.

Most of this isn't about artistic talent, it's about the skills acquired by just DOING things. You don't have to be an origami master to do pepakura. You don't have to be a master sculpter to file and sand bondo smooth. You don't have to be a master craftsman to cut some foam and hot glue it together. You do have to get off your butt and DO IT. Find someone to help teach you. Read the forums and learn from the techniques that so many people here have developed through trial and error. Start playing around with different materials. Do something. **** it up and start over. Learn from your mistakes and try again. Read and ask meaningful questions. That's how every one of us here have become the awesome costume and prop makers that we are.

 

[trackboy186]

^^^ Absolutely this. I went out and bought some tools and materials and just went at it. I'm not great, by any stretch of the imagination. But you don't gain the artistic skills without DOING something! Give it a try. You might surprise yourself.

 

[Junklady]

Truer words haven't been spoken Ronin! If you really want to do something, you'll find a way to do it. I don't think I've successfully done anything the first time around and usually not the second, sometimes not the third, but you learn and try again. And it can be VERY frustrating, especially when you work on something for hours and end up messing it up on the final step. It's not a cheap hobby, but it's a rewarding one! No one sits down for the first time and is a master chef or drummer or painter etc.
Watch videos, read forums, take notes, notes, and more notes. And if all else fails, pay someone. That's why most of us are here...one day someone might pay us for what we love =)

 

[Murdoch]

Anyone for whom expects to be a master at any one thing on the first go has a lot of growing up to do. We are born, then we roll and then we walk and then we run. And with hard work and dedication , then and only then do we fly...GM

 

[wayn]

Pepakura is more jig saw puzzle than origami.
Try something simple for your first pep. Save iron man for your 2nd or 3rd try.

 

[arctrooper]

First thing I would do is pay harbor freight and Hobby lobby a visit. Get an exacto knife and foam sheets of every thickness and buy any glue that looks like it could work. Start playing around. Build a box. Build a pyramid. See what glue fails miserably and what glue works! Learn the advantages and weaknesses of everything. Then, when you've got something of a foundation, build a meaningful shape. (captain america's helmet, a halo shoulder piece, etc.) and just continue working from there.

This might be of some help. http://www.therpf.com/f24/jfcustoms-foam-files-148889/

 

[kialna]

I always choose projects that teach me new methods so my skills vary. I am not the best, I am not the greatest, but my skillset is expanding rapidly. It's indeed trial and error. Just try a lot, make mistakes, see the mistakes, learn from those mistakes and try again.

No one's perfect

 

[Alpha Proto]

For a war helmet flip a salad bowl upside down and paint it green
Then glue elastic strip to each side for a chin strap.

For a knight's helmet get a bucket, cut a eye slot in it and paint it silver.

Can't get easier than that.

 

[arctrooper]

http://www.therpf.com/f24/foam-halo-odst-armor-216367/

This may be of some use in explaining the beauty of foam pepakura files.

 

[Bandiet]

For a war helmet flip a salad bowl upside down and paint it green
Then glue elastic strip to each side for a chin strap.

For a knight's helmet get a bucket, cut a eye slot in it and paint it silver.

Can't get easier than that.

Will you be doing any tutorials? Sounds complicated.... LOL


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[Alpha Proto]

Will you be doing any tutorials? Sounds complicated.... LOL


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If I did a tutorial I am sure I could make it complicated, but I complicate things :lol.

That is the thing about costume making. Depending on the time you put into it you can make something easy spectacular.
My suggestions my seem simple, but with a lot of effort, research, and resources they could produce movie quality results.

 

[The Portugeek]

Simple start is best, find a pep file with minimal parts to it. Don't jump into Ironman armor on your first try cause you'll get frustrated and quit and then never want to try again.

 

[Echo4Delta]

http://www.therpf.com/f24/foam-halo-odst-armor-216367/

This may be of some use in explaining the beauty of foam pepakura files.

Thanks for the reference, Arc. Here's another on using other resources.

http://www.therpf.com/f78/iron-patriot-foam-cardboard-195000/

 

[Echo4Delta]

However, I did a step by step tutorial on my latest complete build (in my avatar)...

http://www.therpf.com/f79/sw-old-republic-jedi-costume-203672/

Mind you, you will have to have the patients of a Jedi Master. There WILL be times where you will have to throw away pieces that had taken you HOURS to make that either doesn't meet your standards and or simply won't work (size/fit). That's what this forum is here for. If you're stuck plenty of people could help. Plan Plan Plan, Research and plan some more before making your first print, cut, glue or purchase.