I couldn't help but mod this beautiful helmet after i saw how detailed it was compared to the anovos one. so i tried to get it as close as I can. Thank god I saw that post Chicagovader posted, i didnt even know this was available at my local target!
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I couldn't help but mod this beautiful helmet after i saw how detailed it was compared to the anovos one. so i tried to get it as close as I can. Thank god I saw that post Chicagovader posted, i didnt even know this was available at my local target!
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You can , but i really wanted it to be solid and stay together even if accidentally dropped. Tried epoxies and even abs cement but to no avail. So i welded it together.....with a soldering iron. that should hold it.
The eye hole screen is made up of multiple layers of aluminum mesh for Windows, I staggered them so that the mesh would have smaller gaps in between and then painted it matte black.
The visibility is great even in the dark! I was surprised as to how good it was, I tried to tint the a shaped piece of safety and glasses but that was too hard. I ended up with the mesh since it's what anovos use.
Yeah the soldering iron was great for adding the extra details but also filling in details that were not accurate. The lines on the back and sides were actually pretty spot on I think they just make them shallower to make it easy to demold, so I made it deeper and more prominent. I didn't sand off the excess since it might get rid of some details so I cut it off with a razor. Then just kept repeating as necessary.
Thank you guys so much, I've never tried replicating a prop before or do any kind of weathering so sorry of its hard for me to explain what I did.
Really fantastic work! I suspect you will be getting a lot of questions because you've done such a great job of getting it so close to the Anovos. I was wondering what you used to fill the cracks and holes left by the removal of the voice changer? Was that all done with soldering? Also did you repaint? Texture of the helmet even looks different. Also seeing the tarnish on the cheek area! Gotta pick your brain here as I plan on modding mine as well and you've pretty much nailed it! Again, great job! Looks amazing!
I'm very interested in hearing more about how you soldered the pieces together to blend the seams. That's a new technique to me.
do you just do it in small sections or do you do the entire seam? Just wondering how that works as that stuff has to cool very quickly and doesn't seem like there would be enough time to get the whole seam melted and put together before it cools, while still being able to get the soldering tip in, further down the seam because of separation.
I probably explained that in the most horrible way possible. I confused even myself.
let me rephrase...
do you A) melt a bead, stick it together, melt another bead, stick that part together, and work down the seam?
or
B) melt the whole seam all the way down in a solid line and stick the whole thing together?
If A, how do you separate the pieces to get the soldering iron in between once you've already started welding it, without warping or popping the welds?
How did you cover the holes on the sides where the buttons were? I took all the electronics out of my black series helmet last night and also removed the battery pack. Created much more room. I plan to finish modifying it this weekend. I will replace the cover on top where the battery pack was contained. I also have 2 holes on each side where the buttons for the voice changer were. Those buttons are attached to the electronics. I was planning to use a dremel to remove the buttons from the electronics portion and glue them back to the helmet to fill the holes. Is that what you did or did you use another process? Thanks.
Helmet looks great. Excellent job.