X-Wing Hemet: Cheap, Dirty, and Quick

[Rogviler]

Since I already took this I'll share it... Cemented the "bridge" in with fiberglass jelly:

I love that stuff because it's super strong and is waterproof, but it's a bear to sand so I try to use it sparingly.

But anyway, I'm realizing how uninteresting most of this is, so I'm going to back off on posting about the little stuff. I'm sure you've all seen it before. Next post will probably be when I finish the mohawk cap that goes on the front. Still have some sanding to do, tint the visor, and then hopefully paint. Still mulling the chin cup as well. Not really interested in buying an accurate one that will cost more than I paid for the whole helmet. I've got some ideas though.

-Rog

 

[norscout]

Everything's better with a half a pound of chocolate in your bloodstream.

So then I started filling in the mohawk. I guess I forgot to take a picture of how I bulked it out so I wasn't just packing a bunch of filler into it, but basically I cut strips of cardboard and glued it in just enough to provide a backing for the filler, making sure to leave enough space for the filler to be just thick enough to be strong.

Then after some more filler and sanding, at long last I could add the big doohicky panels:

Here's the back piece, with a shot of one style of cardboard filling I did:

And some more detail pieces, including the ear bumps. I wish I could've found some old giant heaphones to use for the ears, but this will approximately approximate well enough.

I forget what I was trying to show in this pic, but here it is:

Now we get into some weird... Pencil spacer:

And then I started to bulk things out with a white glue/water mix soaked into blue shop towels. The shop towels soak up a ton of the mixture and set up almost as hard as fiberglass. More importantly, it's light.

-Rog

These look fun. There are definite advantages to building props "fast and loose" to get 'em done on a low budget or short timeline!