My Star Wars helmets workbench

weaselflinger · Sep 30, 2014

Your process is fascinating. Thanks for sharing the pics.

spacebob · Sep 30, 2014

Now that is just the most amazing work. Top notch.

grenater · Sep 30, 2014

well that's beautiful!!!!!!!

:thumbsup

Sluis Van Shipyards · Sep 30, 2014

Wow! Your Prop Fu is strong.

godoftoy · Oct 1, 2014

Wow, this is the first time I ever see a helmet made in this way..... way cool!!

Luke the Belter · Oct 1, 2014

Really inspiring.
Great build.

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Vegas Vader 2 · Oct 2, 2014

insane skills!!!:thumbsup

Pedro · Oct 2, 2014

Holy crap! I've worked a lot of styrene for a long long time and have never ever seen anyone skin anything like this. It is completely crazy and the result looks amazing! You sir are a talented and patient man.

eifion · Oct 2, 2014

Extremely impressive work. They look very accurate, love the sharp details on them too. Have you molded and cast any of these?

ColKel · Oct 6, 2014

Hi guys. Thanks for all the replies.

Pedro said:
Holy crap! I've worked a lot of styrene for a long long time and have never ever seen anyone skin anything like this. It is completely crazy and the result looks amazing! You sir are a talented and patient man.

Hi Pedro. I promised myself this would be the last helmet I'll model out of styrene. I think I've sanded enough styrene to last a couple of lifetimes.

eifion said:
Extremely impressive work. They look very accurate, love the sharp details on them too. Have you molded and cast any of these?

Hi Eifon. I haven't molded any of them yet. I'd like to finish them all before i start molding.

Pedro · Oct 6, 2014

ColKel said:
Hi Pedro. I promised myself this would be the last helmet I'll model out of styrene. I think I've sanded enough styrene to last a couple of lifetimes.

I don't know man, the result is amazing!

Vegas Vader 2 · Oct 7, 2014

incredible!! i noticed the other finished pieces on your work bench. very neat and clean!! your work is amazing!!

ColKel · May 6, 2016

Finally got around to molding and casting the Boba Fett helmet. Cast mostly in Smooth-on Smooth Cast 305. The ear cap attaches magnetically to the ear piece which contains a spring and metal ball mechanism for the RF stalk.

horus · May 6, 2016

Now that is great detailing work, well done !, I am growing fond of fetts helmet.

RetiredClone · May 7, 2016

Wow! Beautiful Boba helmet, well done! I like what you've done with the RF stalk, are the metal balls and springs strong enough to hold the stalk upright without it easily falling?

ColKel · May 7, 2016

RetiredClone said:
Wow! Beautiful Boba helmet, well done! I like what you've done with the RF stalk, are the metal balls and springs strong enough to hold the stalk upright without it easily falling?

Hi RetiredClone. Thanks. The stalk does stay upright but my springs are a little soft so there is a little bit of movement. A harder springs should keep it tight enough so the stalk doesn't move.

RetiredClone · May 8, 2016

ColKel said:
Hi RetiredClone. Thanks. The stalk does stay upright but my springs are a little soft so there is a little bit of movement. A harder springs should keep it tight enough so the stalk doesn't move.

Thanks, that sounds good. I've been looking for a good, manual and non-servo way to use the rangefinder in my own helmet so this is great inspiration

ColKel · Jul 14, 2016

Here are some photos of the X-wing Pilot helmet I am currently working on. The construction is basically the same as the other helmets I've made out of styrene. The support structure is made from 2mm styrene and the skin is made from layers of 1mm styrene. The plan was to construct an APH base helmet first and then add everything onto the base. I completely forgot to take pics of the construction of the mohawk. Here are a couple of pics of the construction of the APH base and ramshorn visor housing.