My first Prop : Sebastian Shaw Helmet

[bbielecki]

Hello guys,

I do not remember how I came to this forum.
A few month ago, I found on instructable a tutorial to built an arc reactor and tryed to start with building my own one. With no success at the moment. Project is in stand by. But I got pationated by all what I read here.

I'm writing you from France. I'm 37 soon, and I'm a huge Marvel comics fan for years now. So ... I started to build many props at the same time, and here is a thread about my version of the Sebastian Shaw / Magneto helmet you can see in the latest X-Men movie.

I started my built from the pepakura version of the helmet. Wich one was fiberglassed with polyester resin, and then finished with 'what you call bondo', arms, sand paper and a lot of time and pain. The decorative patern was cut in a plastic bucket and stuck on the helmet with neoprene glue.

Here is the result at the moment.
Hope you'll enjoy my first try.

B²

 

[Jonny B]

WOW! Un excellent début! Pourriez-vous expliquer les matériaux que vous utilisez? Il ressemble presque en plâtre?

Et si cette drôle lit blâmer Google Translate :lol

 

[bbielecki]

Hi Johnny,

Forget Google translate ... it's awfull ...
The bondo I used was bought in a car center. It's made to repair car body.
I guess it's the exact same thing as the bondo on the other side of the ocean.
It's composed of a light grey paste that have to be mixed with a pink hardener.
When it dryes, it's becoming lighter and near to white.

This explain the aspect I guess.

 

[wrcromu]

Très beau boulot l'ami, continue comme ça. Je vais suivre ce post avec attention...

 

[bbielecki]

So there are some french speeking people here. Nice !

This week end I will work on the opening edges to make these angles that make them movie accurate.

Je vais bosser ce week end sur l'ouverture à l'avant. Je dois faire les angles pour que le casque ressemble à celui du film.

 

[teecrooz]

When I read the thread's title, I thought this was going to be a Return of the Jedi Darth Vader Reveal helmet!

Your progress looks great. I can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

Not to rain on the parade, but all posts must be in English. It's in the Code of Conduct.

Helmet is looking good.

 

[bbielecki]

Yes, you're right.
End of the french parenthesys