Here's where I am with the helmet at the moment. Only have time during the weekends so progress is slow.
The temples warped a bit during the resin process so I had to build them up using body filler. So far only used 60 grit sandpaper.
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A dremel or rotary tool usually.hey how do you cut the helm i 3 pieces, what cutting instruments do you use guys?
I don't have the skills to do that.WOW Good You can edit this file as the image? pleasesnake eyes - Download - 4shared - Kenujio Kenujio
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Just did the regular gimpee file. Mine, as well, came out about 10% small. But an awesome looking helmet. I'll have to try this one for my resize.
By the way xevanx, your build is looking good!
So I wanted to make the MK42 helmet and I found Gimpee's file. The model is perfect except for a couple of things that bothered me.
I changed the eyes to be more narrower, did some work on the lower jaw, added the groove between the eyes. Changed the position of the upper side teeth to be like the actual one.
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It's my first unfold so sorry if there's some weird unfolds.
All credits to Gimpee for the file.
mk42
And here a newer file which has flat score lines and more reinforcements.
mk42 v2
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Just did the regular gimpee file. Mine, as well, came out about 10% small. But an awesome looking helmet. I'll have to try this one for my resize.
By the way xevanx, your build is looking good!
What's your head size? I think my default is scaled up by 5% than gimpee's.
So I primered it and cut out the back plate too see if it would fit. My ears are scraping the sides when putting it on but once inside it's pretty roomy. Still got lots more bondo work to do.
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