Need Help First Helmet EVER

Hello Everyone,

Im new to this costuming stuff and need some help. I have no idea where to even start with building my helmet. I want to build a Boba Fett costume to surprise my cousin for his birthday.

Please Help,
Scarecrow

Do you have a kit already or are you looking to scratchbuild one? There are templates here on TDH and plenty of threads to follow for people building their own.

I plan to scratch build(i have a budget). I saw the templates....what do i do with them when i have built it out of paper.

I have seen some of the posts on here (just do a search and you will get more information than you know what to do with!) where they cover it with a variety of stuff, paper machete clay, resin etc.

Ok I will search harder. May I ask where you saw it?

uh. Hmm. It should be in this thread somewhere. Several people have done it. You might search for helmet templates and see what comes up. I will try and find some later and see what I come up with.

Ok...Im gonna go to bed so i will look again tommorow...im trying to get this done in the next 2 weeks.

OK, just searched for Scratchbuilt helmet and here are a couple. Hopefully this will put you on the path you need!

Here are a couple of the threads:

AntMan's Second Cardboard Scratch Build
Building a Boba Bucket - A detailed scratch build tutorial using WOF templates
Tips for those planning to make a Boba-Bucket using cardboard...

Thank you all...I will post pictures as i complete the armor.

Good deal. We like pics!

I think you may be under estimating the time and efort that goes in to a project like this.
Read arount the forumuse the serch feature , every thing you need is there.
Good luck with it ,

Thanks
I am shopping for resources to do this(im gonna use fiberglass). May be awhile for those pictures but they will be posted.

Good luck, if you need tips with glassing or any thing , and if you can find an answer using the serch box, feel free to ask

can you guys see this picture?

That is my model I will work off of....im getting my materials today(hopefully).

Sweet! I see the T-Visor!!! Cool Keep at it!

Looking good , 1 thing you will need to make the dome higher for *** to fit you right the Tsection should sit around 3/5ths up almost center of the helmet .

Ok thanks....can someone post a "shopping list" for resin casting....it would be very helpful.

What are you planing to cast? If you make the whole helmet out of card board , you can brush a few coats of Laminating resin in it , this is the real name for fiber glass resin , you will also need a catalist, which is hardner that is mixed in to the resin to make it hard,, get this brush a few mixed coats on the inside alowing each coat to dry, (note if you are in a cold environment it will change the drying time so look in to the difrents temprature makes to the behavior of the mixed resin) After doing a few coats on the inside it should be hard and solid then do a resin coat on the out side , providing this has workeed for you recoat the inside then you can look in to laying some fiber glass matting , but dont do it be fore there are a few hardend coats on the interior.

I plan on casting evrything. Armor, helmet, gun, ect.