new to RPF

[PTK]

great forum.

i just started collecting, mostly replica helmets, masks and weapons.

obviously nowhere near as awesome as the collections that you guys have, but its a start.

Quick question, when will i be able to use The Junkyard? is it based on the amount of time that i'm a member or number of posts or something? sorry i'm new.

Thanks!

 

[agent5]

Where did you get the Donnie Darko mask? Looks like one done by a member here several years back.

 

[OldKen]

That is an interestingly nice mix you have there! Welcome to the RPF!



FYI, new Users are required to be a member of the RPF for more than 90 days and have a minimum post count of 20 before being authorized to post in the JY.

 

[Ham Solo]

Howdy!

 

[zorg]

New Users are required to be a member of the RPF for more than 90 days and have a minimum post count of 20 before being authorized to post in the JY.

hi

 

[Too Much Garlic]

You just started collecting... yet you have more masks and helmets than I do... and in superb quality I might add... do you mind if I grumble for a second.

Welcome and cool collection! :thumbsup

 

[PTK]

zorg, thanks for the info! much appreciated!
i'm reaaaally looking for a sauron helmet, terminator plasma rifle and kroenen mask, but can't post yet

agent, as for the darko mask, i'm not sure of the exact origins...as the story goes i guess a few copies were made from the original mold for gifts to the production, someone contacted a special effects artist friend of mine that had access to one of the original pieces and wanted my friend to mold it and make a paper mache copy for a costume party......he said sure, pulled a really nice silicone/fiberglass matrix mold off of the original, gave her back the original and paper mache copy, and kept the mold.....a bout a year back i was visiting him and i pulled 3 copies, one for my collection, and the other 2 i have to use for trades for other props

 

[TazVader]

Welcome mate. Don't undersell your collection. It brought joy to me mate. Very nice

Regards
TAZ

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Quick question: how did you mount those Predator helmets?

 

[PTK]

Quick question: how did you mount those Predator helmets?

i just went to a hardware store and bought some steel hooks (probably 3" total length, probably 1/8" thick) and some epoxy putty (propoxy, plummers putty, etc)

with some pliers i unbent the hooks slighty (so they were more L shaped than hook shaped)

gently sanded the back side of the 2 highest points on the helmets (the little horn shaped things at the top) and put a small amount of the mixed epoxy putty on there and blended it into the helmet a little bit (this is just to thicken up that area of the helmet slightly) then i took a 1/8" drill bit (or whatever diameter your hook is) and drilled just a tiny bit into that epoxy(not actually drilling into the mask material) then i possitioned the 2 hooks in the 2 holes i just made, and held it up to the wall and pressed the threaded end of the hooks into the wall to leave scratches where the hooks will go in, then i drilled the holes in the wall, cranked in the hooks, and hung the helmets

thanks for the kind words on the collection!
i also have a mac11 from Blade
a copy of the skeleton leg johnny dep used to paddle his coffin/boat in pirates 2,
davey jones key,
hellraiser puzzle box
robocop pistol
a crappy warped copy of the morita rifle from starship troopers
ghostbusters proton pack
idol and staff of rah from indiana jones
and currently working on an aliens pulse rifle and machine gun leg from planet terror

 

[Sulla]

Welcome aboard.

 

[stormtrooperguy]

great collection so far. what type of fett helmet is that?

 

[Too Much Garlic]

i just went to a hardware store and bought some steel hooks (probably 3" total length, probably 1/8" thick) and some epoxy putty (propoxy, plummers putty, etc)

with some pliers i unbent the hooks slighty (so they were more L shaped than hook shaped)

gently sanded the back side of the 2 highest points on the helmets (the little horn shaped things at the top) and put a small amount of the mixed epoxy putty on there and blended it into the helmet a little bit (this is just to thicken up that area of the helmet slightly) then i took a 1/8" drill bit (or whatever diameter your hook is) and drilled just a tiny bit into that epoxy(not actually drilling into the mask material) then i possitioned the 2 hooks in the 2 holes i just made, and held it up to the wall and pressed the threaded end of the hooks into the wall to leave scratches where the hooks will go in, then i drilled the holes in the wall, cranked in the hooks, and hung the helmets

Thanks. You just made my day! :thumbsup

 

[PTK]

great collection so far. what type of fett helmet is that?

thanks
unfortunately i don't know what kind of helmet it is, i got it from a guy in Australia about a year ago on ebay.

 

[PTK]

Thanks. You just made my day! :thumbsup

no problem, glad to help!

 

[temponaut]

Welcome aboard! :thumbsup

 

[SaberFreak]

You just started collecting... yet you have more masks and helmets than I do...

Ditto :unsure

Great collection and welcome!

 

[weaselflinger]

Welcome to the RPF. I particularly like the celtic predator (since I sculpted it )

 

[defstartrooper]

Welcome PTK and yeah that is a sweet collection you have going there :thumbsup

 

[PTK]

thanks everybody!