Hey everybody!
Last March I sat down and started my build of my favorite helmet from the trilogy. I knew it was going to be a long, complicated build so I used it as a background project that would be worked on when I was waiting for glue or paint to dry.
Here's the short story:
I started with a Pepakura base helmet, slushing the master with Smooth-Cast 300.
The crest was hand carved from a piece of 3/4" MDF.
Raised bands where made with Bondo and the edging was styrene half-round.
The cheek guards and all the plates attached to this thing were 3D printed via Shapeways.
A bunch of molds later and everything was cold-cast in brass.
Inset areas were painted with plain ol' Testors model paint.
I got my friend Fevereon to produce the leather armor for the back.
Finally finished!
Some details
I cast my copy pretty thick so it BARELY fits on my head. Since it's going to be sitting on a helmet stand, I'm not going to worry about it.
You can see a ton more detail of the build on my blog HERE.
Thanks for looking!
Last March I sat down and started my build of my favorite helmet from the trilogy. I knew it was going to be a long, complicated build so I used it as a background project that would be worked on when I was waiting for glue or paint to dry.
Here's the short story:
I started with a Pepakura base helmet, slushing the master with Smooth-Cast 300.
The crest was hand carved from a piece of 3/4" MDF.
Raised bands where made with Bondo and the edging was styrene half-round.
The cheek guards and all the plates attached to this thing were 3D printed via Shapeways.
A bunch of molds later and everything was cold-cast in brass.
Inset areas were painted with plain ol' Testors model paint.
I got my friend Fevereon to produce the leather armor for the back.
Finally finished!
Some details
I cast my copy pretty thick so it BARELY fits on my head. Since it's going to be sitting on a helmet stand, I'm not going to worry about it.
You can see a ton more detail of the build on my blog HERE.
Thanks for looking!
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