TMNT Shredder helmet (not super SA but I made it my way)

[MrPinski]

Ever since I was a tike, I wanted one of these... Now I know how to make one... So I did!

Now I built this thing with no plans or blue prints, I just kindda eyeballed it... Hope you like it.

I started with a sculpting head armature made from expanding foam and made the face mask by adding black ABS, Klean Klay and fiber glass. I went on and covered that in bondo and began sanding it.

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For the vents, I made some bucks out of scrap pine and I vac formed some more ABS over them and added them to the mask.

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I wasn't happy with the vent shape, so I changed that too...

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[MrPinski]

The next thing to do was tackle the helmet itself. I have a duct tape foam head of me that I covered in tinfoil and then covered in fiberglass and bondo so that I knew the helmet would fit me properly. I then added a sheet of ABS around it and covered the inside of it with RONDO and fiberglass and removed the ABS then blended the seams on the outside.

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[MrPinski]

I then moved on and added detain to the top of the helmet as I know that the sequel helmet was supposed to be the ordinal that was "rebuilt" and covered in brass shingles from the junkyard. I laid out the stripes in string and created a web pattern with the glue gun and the spilled 2 layers of PU resin over it. All the shingles are strips of styrene added with superglue and the strips across the helmet are... MORE ABS!!!!

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[MrPinski]

oh and now the buzz saw crown!!!! the base was made from... ABS!!!!! Then the frame was covered in bondo, sanded to shape and I added styrene teeth to make it look proper.

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The weld bead was done with some magic sculpt and a few sculpting loops.

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I made molds of all 3 pieces and gave it a slight trimming...

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I cut the vents with a coping saw and cleaned it up by hand then added chicken wire mesh to the inside.

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the rest was really rinse and repeat for a while, I am still not done with painting this deal but... I like where it's going right now. I will post final pictures when the paint job is proper.

Thanks for watching.

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[Art Andrews]

Love seeng build threads like this and isn't it great that we can build our own toys? Congrats on a great job!

 

[red4]

Next step is... revenge.

 

[allosaur176]

Bad ass!!!

 

[Werstrooper]

Daaamn!

Love it!

 

[ZeroRoom]

The metal paint on this looks awesome! Totally convincing.

 

[GodsAdvised]

This is legit. Nice work. Love seeing TMNT stuff on here.

 

[SlyRedXIII]

That is amazing! Thank you for taking me back to my childhood.

 

[DAVIDYR1]

Remarkable!

David

 

[ARKM]

Bad ass!!!

What allosaur176 said.

 

[MAAZ]

Love it!! Great Job!

 

[MrPinski]

Thanks guys!

 

[red4]

Now you need to find a glittery purple fabric.

 

[Welmanshire]

Looks amazing!! I always love your work! Will any casts be bitting the jy?

 

[MrPinski]

Looks amazing!! I always love your work! Will any casts be bitting the jy?

I haven't been on here in a while, trying to figure out how to make a FS thread in the JY now... As soon as I do, I will post up a thread. I do have them on my Etsy for now though.

...and thank you sir!

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Now you need to find a glittery purple fabric.

yeah... I really didn't want to start the fit until I made the rest of the armor, but I know I will put it off if I don't make the fabric a priority.

 

[red4]

yeah... I really didn't want to start the fit until I made the rest of the armor, but I know I will put it off if I don't make the fabric a priority.

I've heard finding that fabric, or similar, is extremely difficult.

 

[MrPinski]

I've heard finding that fabric, or similar, is extremely difficult.

Well that's promising... Haha