Oh Boy... Another fan sculpted Iron Man helmet.

flesheater

flesheater

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Hey all!!

I've been lurking around here for a while and drooling over all of the amazing stuff people have made. In fact, I'm full of envy at all of the phenomenal talent here.

Like many, I've been struck with the look Iron Man suit. I've been following many IM related threads and the efforts of the members here have inspired me to try my hand at sculpting my own Iron Man helmet. It's been painfully slow. I'm still a LONG way from finishing it. I didn't make it for the IM 2 premiere, but I'll persevere, and one day It will be finished. Then I can start on the IM 2 helmets and maybe get them finished before the IM 3 premiere. :lol :lol :lol For fun, thought I would post my results so far.

This thread is kind of a deconstruction of my progress since I've come so far on the helmet already. I started the sculpture in mid 09 after psyching myself up to begin. It took many months to get to this point which was just before I made the mold.

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After the last layer of silicone was lathered on I was so excited to take my first casting that I was up all night waiting for the darned silicone to harden so that I could make it right away. My wife didn't see me for two whole days. :lol But then, after I made a few casting I saw many things about the original sculpt that I wasn't happy with. My goal was to make an accurate helmet to the prop; this wasn't accurate. It wasn't even symmetrical. So, out came the tools, bondo and putty, and more hard work.

These next photos were taken a few months ago. The helmet on the left is raw from the mold. The other is the helmet I've been reworking.

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This will become the goggles that will have eye slits and lights installed.

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As I said, I'm attempting 100% accuracy. Symmetry is my biggest enemy. At least, with my sculpting skills...

I've taken many photos along the way. If there's any interest I would be happy to share more photos, and to post what the helmet looks like today.

Either way, thanks for taking a look! :)
 
Yes, yes ... keep up post on your helmet , it really looks accurate . I like the shape :love:love keep it up , great work.
 
You guys are all killing me here. I'm lovin' so much of the work I see on here, but can't imagine I could create something that perfect. Hell, I got a "D" in ceramics during my junior year in high school, so I actually know I'm not skilled at clay work and the like.

I'm good at painting, photography and scale model building though, so I'm tempted to try one these helmets just as a display piece (even if I could fit into one of the full costumes, I don't think I'd have the time and resources to put the whole thing together). I'd really like to see someone post a thread about putting the pepakura together first though. I think it would help in showing where to start and how to finish it before it gets to the resin stage.

Keep up the good work.
 
Very nice. :thumbsup
If you looking for any critique at all the only thing I can see (This is MO) is the angle of the top of the faceplate is a bit steep. But it's pretty awesome the way it is that's the only thing that stood out to me. Keep up the great work. :cool:thumbsup
 
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Honestly fleshheater you have one of the best looking helmets I've seen far better then my first attemps and many other's so for that I commend you on your work sculpting is a true art very few can do and Symmetry is tough but you'll get it down if that's ever a issue and just keep up the great work sir and good luck on the final project.
 
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Really loving the look of this helmet. Top quality skills there man! None of my business but I dont think Finheads critic was meant in a bad way at all. Just seems to be a genuine comment to help.

I dont know much about differences in IM helmets but when i seen the pics i said..I want!!:p Post more pics if you can
 
Not sure if you're beyond the point where you're checking symmetry, but the way I've found is really good to check is to take pics of the sculpt and then cut them down the middle in photoshop...make a separate layer...flip one side and overlay it on the other.

Does that make sense? In a shorter sentence, you cut one side, flip it, and compare.

Also if you put some sort of registration mark or flag on the front down the middle, you can take side pictures from each side (say the mask is only shown in side view) you can compare where the flag hits.

here's a pic to explain better:

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Note: this is not my sculpt or pic (I do have the mold however)

You can notice the symmetrical problems better like this.

You've most likely already done this...but I offer it just in case. Great looking work!
 
Very nice looking work. So glad that you decided to jump in and take the plunge and give it a try. The results speak for themself.

As far as symetry, I like to use a profile guage. It is 100 pins all in a line, and you press it against the profile and it pushes all the pins back enough to replicate the profile. Then you can just check it against the opposite side. Mind you: this is better with a hard cast than a clay sculpt.

http://www.fine-tools.com/k309631.jpg
 
clonesix said:
Very nice looking work. So glad that you decided to jump in and take the plunge and give it a try. The results speak for themself.

As far as symetry, I like to use a profile guage. It is 100 pins all in a line, and you press it against the profile and it pushes all the pins back enough to replicate the profile. Then you can just check it against the opposite side. Mind you: this is better with a hard cast than a clay sculpt.

http://www.fine-tools.com/k309631.jpg
Click to expand...

I just bought one of those and I would Not use it on clay it would probably ruin your sculpt, as for other stuff it should work fine... Oh and it looks Great!
 
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