World of Warcraft Headless Horseman Helm

[raygunrobyn]

Here is my first real prop build, it's the Headless Horseman Helm from WoW that I built for Blizzcon this year. It had a soundboard that played all his emotes and flashed LEDs, controlled by a raspberry pi with an Xbox controller. The helmet is made entirely of Eva and craft foam. I attached a pvc pipe so I could wave it around. I'm very happy with how it turned out and everyone loved it!

 

[raygunrobyn]

Test of lights and sound!

 

[Rojerlockless]

Sweet.

 

[Rockyhorror]

That is some fine work you did there, love it . Always amazed at how good foam can look, what is the finish you put on it? It looks very solid. Did you make it from a pep file or is that your own design?

 

[raygunrobyn]

Thank you!!! I used Evil Ted's basic helmet tutorial for the shape and then spent a lot of time staring at the 3d model of it from wowhead. I patterned out the details and adjusted them as needed. It's coated and sealed with plastidip and then painted with silver spray paint with a hammered texture. I brush painted the bronze details and then weathered the hell out of it with black acrylic paint, and added some battle marks. It was the first time I worked with foam and I'd do a couple things differently but am so happy with how it turned out! THe whole thing only weighs about a pound!! All the electronics and pole add about 8 lbs to it.

 

[Chairman Kaga]

I saw this on the stream at one point behind the main desk. Awesome work!!

 

[ShermanTank]

Awesome! As a WOW player, I can really appreciate this! It deserves more love! Great Job!

 

[The Portugeek]

LOL awesome! I remember when I first got that helm in game