chaba
New Member
Hey guys,
I've been trying to get into prop making as a hobby, and as a first Project I tackeled making Daft Punk Helmets -with electronics - as costumes for me and a friend.
I'm going to follow Tekparasites build on the Thomas one, but since I can't sculpt well and didn't want to buy a cast (im a college student so I am on a budget),
I decided to 3d-Print them using these two files from Thingiverse.com. My deadline is early-mid febuary for having the actual helmets done, but the electronics will probably take longer. I'm writing this thread because there are still a few things I might need help with and I thought maybe you guys would be willing to help me out also I appreciaty all tips you have for me
Current Status:
Right now I printed both Helmets printed, bondoed, sanded and then primed. I also wrote the Code for the arduino I am going to be using for lighting in both helmets and have begun soldering the Thomas one, altough I still need to order the leds for the matrix. I still need to do both visors, do lighting and get them to look like chrome for cheap somehow (ugh that one is gonna be tough).
I still need to do a bit of spotfixing, I've seen most of you use bondo spot putty for this, but they dont sell that where I live (Germany). What are good alternatives for spotfixing?
Current Questions:
- How can I get a good chrome (and gold) color without actually having to chrome it?
- What can I use to fix the rest of the spot?
Progress:
So I printed out both of the Helmets from the files above, and calbetied and glued them together (which wasn't all that simple because my 3d printer is self-built and can suffer some inacuracies) and ended up with something like this:
Then I bondoed and sanded the helmet and put some primer on:
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in the pics he still has no ears, but I have added those since. will take new pictures later today.
I've been trying to get into prop making as a hobby, and as a first Project I tackeled making Daft Punk Helmets -with electronics - as costumes for me and a friend.
I'm going to follow Tekparasites build on the Thomas one, but since I can't sculpt well and didn't want to buy a cast (im a college student so I am on a budget),
I decided to 3d-Print them using these two files from Thingiverse.com. My deadline is early-mid febuary for having the actual helmets done, but the electronics will probably take longer. I'm writing this thread because there are still a few things I might need help with and I thought maybe you guys would be willing to help me out also I appreciaty all tips you have for me
Current Status:
Right now I printed both Helmets printed, bondoed, sanded and then primed. I also wrote the Code for the arduino I am going to be using for lighting in both helmets and have begun soldering the Thomas one, altough I still need to order the leds for the matrix. I still need to do both visors, do lighting and get them to look like chrome for cheap somehow (ugh that one is gonna be tough).
I still need to do a bit of spotfixing, I've seen most of you use bondo spot putty for this, but they dont sell that where I live (Germany). What are good alternatives for spotfixing?
Current Questions:
- How can I get a good chrome (and gold) color without actually having to chrome it?
- What can I use to fix the rest of the spot?
Progress:
So I printed out both of the Helmets from the files above, and calbetied and glued them together (which wasn't all that simple because my 3d printer is self-built and can suffer some inacuracies) and ended up with something like this:
Then I bondoed and sanded the helmet and put some primer on:
h
in the pics he still has no ears, but I have added those since. will take new pictures later today.
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