Kylo Ren Voice Changer HELMET (not mask)

For our Canadian members, I was just at Toys R Us in Newmarket, Ontario and they had at least 20 of them on the shelves.

David
 
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Finally had a chance to start working on this one!

Removed the voice changer guts and the visor. Torn on whether or not I'll leave the black area in.. Inaccurate but it looks good and I don't have to cut open any holes.

Used the wood burner to weld the pieces together, (excluding the buttons which I'm still working on!) and did a little bondo work. Tomorrow I'll sand it down and retexture the helmet in those areas. Also deepened the lines and added scaring referencing the Anovos bucket.


Thinking I'll just thin down some bondo with acetone and stipple it on, but I was curious if anyone tried the spray can textures with good results?? Seen a lot of posts about it but no real pieces down with it.
 
I finished my mod finally, well 98%, I think I'm gonna keep it in this state for a while until we know more about the whole two types of mask business. I also started a new thread just for modding the black series helm w/ bigger pics and a few extra details for those who want to mod theirs.

Kylo A.jpgKylo G.jpgKylo F.jpgKylo E.jpgKylo D.jpgKylo C.jpgKylo B.jpg

I know one of the cheek hole details is missing the plug like its supposed to but i've been too busy just staring at it to actually just glue that part.
 
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the Hasbro Kylo Ren half mask is now on the shelves in the UK, so hopefully the Black version is soon to follow?
 
Jamestan said:
I've finished the helmet and got it to the point where I'm really happy with it, but now I need the hood. I got some material for it but have no idea how to sew. Any help would be great. I just want to make the hood and the scarf part for now.

The hood is quite easy. Basically what you'd want to do is fold your fabric in half and place the fold at the top. Then measure along that top fold about six inches or so from left over to the right. This six inches will be left as a fold, and when the hood is done this part will be on top of your head at the front of the hood. You don't want a seam coming right down in the top middle of your hood! Then after the six inch mark, draw a large "D" shape on the fabric, but let the bottom part of the "D" be lower than the top.. in other words not a perfect "D", but one that droops toward the floor...so you have some "weight" or "droop" at the bottom rear of your hood. That part will be on your back when done. Finally, when you're getting round to drawing the bottom of your "D" back toward the left, drop the line down to the bottom of the fabric at about ten inches or so from the left. This last ten inches will form the bottom of the hood, which you will sew to your scarf.

Once this is drawn out, cut along the line of the "D" that you've drawn, making sure that you're cutting through both layers of your folded fabric, and making sure NOt to cut the last six inches on the top left where you're leaving the fold.

Then sew together along the line you've cut, stopping at the bottom where you've made your line drop to the bottom. You now have a hood!

kylo hood.jpg
For the scarf, it's a large square of fabric... about 5' by 5', with a hole cut in it... but NOT in the center! It's cut sort of in the lower quadrant of the square (again, I'll try to sketch a picture) This hole is where your head will pop through, and you'll be attaching the hood to it there. You'll want to have the thing sitting sort of askew on your shoulders... not with the straight edge of the square riding right across your chest, but rather with the point of the square hanging down in your front, and again in back, so that in back the long point hangs down over one shoulder like Kylo's. Then you will want to gather or roll the fabric in front in that sort of drapey semi circle in front like we see on Kylo, going back over your shoulders and sew it by hand in a few spots to hold it there. Then put on your hood and sew it starting from one edge of the bottom of the hood and work round your neck to the back and round to the other side.

That's it! The edge of the scarf should be left free to become ragged.

kylo scarf.jpg
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@kristenhenry70 woooooooow that was amazing, you are a real godsend! I'm gonna do this as soon as the material I ordered comes in.

I have a question though, what happens to the last six inches that are unsewn on the top of the hood? Wouldn't the seam really stand out and make a line going down the back, like how arrows sewn on the chest of women's clothing look?

But regardless thanks so much for this advice!
 
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well the six inches is the fold of the fabric.. there is no seam on that part. the seam starts after that and goes down the back. Yes, it kind of looks like a dart (as you called it, an arrow) but once you've sewn it and you turn the hood right side out and press it open you're not going to notice but a small seam there. All hoods are going to have some sort of seam down the back....it's just how they are made. This design minimises it to one seam straight down the back, and by putting the fold at the top left at least you have no seam showing at the front of your hood.
 
kristenhenry70 said:
well the six inches is the fold of the fabric.. there is no seam on that part. the seam starts after that and goes down the back. Yes, it kind of looks like a dart (as you called it, an arrow) but once you've sewn it and you turn the hood right side out and press it open you're not going to notice but a small seam there. All hoods are going to have some sort of seam down the back....it's just how they are made. This design minimises it to one seam straight down the back, and by putting the fold at the top left at least you have no seam showing at the front of your hood.
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ah I get it. Do you mind if I ask you some more questions regarding this once I get started? I have a feeling I'm gonna get stuck somewhere. :)
 
kristenhenry70 said:
Jamestan said:
I've finished the helmet and got it to the point where I'm really happy with it, but now I need the hood. I got some material for it but have no idea how to sew. Any help would be great. I just want to make the hood and the scarf part for now.

The hood is quite easy. Basically what you'd want to do is fold your fabric in half and place the fold at the top. Then measure along that top fold about six inches or so from left over to the right. This six inches will be left as a fold, and when the hood is done this part will be on top of your head at the front of the hood. You don't want a seam coming right down in the top middle of your hood! Then after the six inch mark, draw a large "D" shape on the fabric, but let the bottom part of the "D" be lower than the top.. in other words not a perfect "D", but one that droops toward the floor...so you have some "weight" or "droop" at the bottom rear of your hood. That part will be on your back when done. Finally, when you're getting round to drawing the bottom of your "D" back toward the left, drop the line down to the bottom of the fabric at about ten inches or so from the left. This last ten inches will form the bottom of the hood, which you will sew to your scarf.

Once this is drawn out, cut along the line of the "D" that you've drawn, making sure that you're cutting through both layers of your folded fabric, and making sure NOt to cut the last six inches on the top left where you're leaving the fold.

Then sew together along the line you've cut, stopping at the bottom where you've made your line drop to the bottom. You now have a hood!

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For the scarf, it's a large square of fabric... about 5' by 5', with a hole cut in it... but NOT in the center! It's cut sort of in the lower quadrant of the square (again, I'll try to sketch a picture) This hole is where your head will pop through, and you'll be attaching the hood to it there. You'll want to have the thing sitting sort of askew on your shoulders... not with the straight edge of the square riding right across your chest, but rather with the point of the square hanging down in your front, and again in back, so that in back the long point hangs down over one shoulder like Kylo's. Then you will want to gather or roll the fabric in front in that sort of drapey semi circle in front like we see on Kylo, going back over your shoulders and sew it by hand in a few spots to hold it there. Then put on your hood and sew it starting from one edge of the bottom of the hood and work round your neck to the back and round to the other side.

That's it! The edge of the scarf should be left free to become ragged.

View attachment 560125
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Will this pattern leave a channel in the front of the hood, to insert a wire, so I can shape the opening?

If not, how might I modify it to do so?

Thanks.
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You could accomplish it two says:

Either you could double the fabric up ( two squares of fabric on top of one another and fold in half) or you can just turn under the front edge of the hood and sew to form a channel for the wire.

If you're using the screen accurate fabric you'll need to double it anyway.
 
It is showing as in stock for delivery only in Argos, but not stocked in stores??

I have ordered with US supplier (bobafett669) on here so will just wait till it appears. I have the disney\rubbies one for the night as its serviceable with some work :)
 
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