cant believe i didnt see these comments, sorry! thanks for the great compliments, it means a lot! regarding the stages of hardening the pep file, i started with a layer of fiberglass resin on the outside, then a layer on resin on the outside. after that, i did a layer of fiberglass mat+resin on the inside to keep it structurally strong. following that, i laid the bondo on layer by layer until the surface was good enough for me. what i did to add the details in was to "cast" with bondo using a sort of clay mold. when i wanted to add a detail to the helmet that wasnt included in the pep, I simply sculpted out a rough negative of the detail, laid the clay negative on the helmet, mixed up some bondo and filled in the negative with bondo, leaving a bondo cast of the detail which i then refined into a finished detail! For the weight of iron, i wouldnt say that my helmets feel as heavy as iron! if you want it to have the same weight as iron though i hear cold casting can do that for ya!
Dude thanks for this at first I didn't understand had to read it twice coz im such An amateur with building on peps but Iv so far gone the same root with fibre glassing the whole mask a mortal kombat mask to be precise and fberglass clothed the inside making it again structurally stronger..just what exact clay mold do you use? Is it A slow drying clay making it easier to remove once the bondo details have set to your helmet??do you use any specific tools to help manipulate the clay and also manipulate the bondo? I guess you make details A Lil bigger to allow for sanding? Much thanks buddy : )
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