It would be a shame not to

Post by **Blaxmyth** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:56 am

Indeed! Keen to see the helmet from some more angles, too.

Post by **badges2nz** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:32 am

Where did you find the helmet?
It will be good to see it done, great find.

Post by **PitYak Studios** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:35 am

Hospice shop.

Like all my costumes this is going to be an interp rather than movie accurate: a bit of a diesel / steam / whatever I feel like version. the helmet's going to be tricky, it bears only the loosest resemblance to an x-wing-pilot's. It had clear and smoked visors that ratchet up and down independently, I've already taken the mechanisms apart so the dark is fixed in the up position and clear can move freely without having to use the little levers that were on the side.

Now the plan is basically to clag bits on and smear *****loads of filler on till it gets close to want I want. Unfortunately I can only do this with the clear visor in situ, so the idea is take the clear off, coat it in clear orange paint, roughly paint the area under the visors, reassemble everything then try and do the modelling without getting gunk on the visor. Then when it's all finished the fun task of masking it off so I can paint the helmet.

Post by **badges2nz** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:50 am

One idea for you would be to get some styrofoam to shape and get the general idea then if you want you can but filler on that to build it up without using too much builders bog.

Post by **badges2nz** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:51 am

Hospice shop for the helmet, WOW must be some shop then.

Post by **PitYak Studios** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:21 am

Foam might be a good idea, i was planning on cutting out shapes of plastic card.

Paid $30 for that hat

Post by **badges2nz** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:07 am

PitYak Studios wrote:Foam might be a good idea, i was planning on cutting out shapes of plastic card.

Paid $30 for that hat

WOW they normally go for a couple of hundred, great buy, if there are any more, keep me in mind.

Post by **badges2nz** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:14 am

I have used polystyrene as a base for one of my helmets and covered it with builders bog, filed and sanded to shape then cast off from that with silicone.
I'm about to do something similar with my I dream of genie bottle, castings and molding etc etc.

Post by **PitYak Studios** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:34 am

first stumbling block: my local shop hasn't got any tamiya clear which i was planning to do the visor with. Any suggestions? I'm considering future tinted with ink

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