New Helmet Templates WIP.

OK guys here is a Photo of the bucket. Skip, I hope I'm not jacking your thread mate! (I forgot about the visor insert you mentioned!)

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Hey that looks good, I like the cards color scheme too! :) For the support parts I'd either laminate card together to thicken and strengthen it, or use thicker card. I can see it bowing there so the weight of resin or fibreglass could cause it to bend more and spoil the shape.

Can I ask how the dome looks? I can't see all around it. I wasn't sure about unfolding the dome that way. When I did the RG lid, I unfolded the dome into horizontal strips rather then for forks I went with on this one. Did it build ok? Or would you recommend the strips?

Great work buddy! Makes me want to print one out now!!!!
 
Can I ask how the dome looks? I can't see all around it. I wasn't sure about unfolding the dome that way. When I did the RG lid, I unfolded the dome into horizontal strips rather then for forks I went with on this one. Did it build ok? Or would you recommend the strips?

Great work buddy! Makes me want to print one out now!!!!

I fixed the problem with the ‘eye’ area; I inserted the visor and added a thin coat of casting resin to form the shape. I've resin/glass it this afternoon. I might have to start my own thread about this Mondo Buy’ce, (instead of wasting your space.)

The dome was THE hardest part but I think it turned out OK. I think for this bucket, horizontal strips works best, it was hard but once I join the four pieces together it just took shape no need for extra support. Besides Samurai Kabuto are constructed the same way and it’s worked well for them for almost a thousand years (I’m a History Buff). I think the strips are more of a project to project thing, I don’t think that it may have worked for the RG lid.


WOW...hey 1manbattlion, nice to see you on the TDH forums as well!!

Great to see another 405th member here as well mate!

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Hey Skupilkinson how would I decrease the overall size of everything by say 25% so that I can build one for my son that is more his size. By the way these templates rock!!! Thanks for all of your hard work.
 
how would I decrease the overall size of everything by say 25% so that I can build one for my son that is more his size.

On the menu bar on the top:
2DPatternWindow --> Scale Up/Down Development by Specifying Value...

Brings up the window:
Assembled Size (Height) in CM. Skip saved it at 27 cm tall, so if you wanted 25% smaller you'd just calclulate and then enter 20.25 there. You might just want to measure your son first though and see how 20.25 cm tall would look, that seems a little small.
 
Thanks Ruze! ;)

There's that way, or go into the 3D model options, and select scale down by 10%. Do this as many times as you need to. Or scale it up by 10% if you go too far. ;)

For these options though you need Pepakura Designer. The Viewer program will not allow this. ;)
 
You're welcome buddy! Though you could have posted these in my Boushh thread instead of the Fett one. Still, not to worry.

It's looking good bro. ;) I can see a few areas that may be mistakes or areas that need a little more shaping but overall you've done a great job. Thanks for letting me see it. :)
 
Excellent work, SPC! Amazing, really. I'm going to use this for my bucket, i think. What do you suggest is the best medium to use for this? Obvious regular 8.5x11 paper is far too thin, but I don't think something thicker like photo paper would work well with resin, fiberglass, or bondo.
 
Excellent work, SPC! Amazing, really. I'm going to use this for my bucket, i think. What do you suggest is the best medium to use for this? Obvious regular 8.5x11 paper is far too thin, but I don't think something thicker like photo paper would work well with resin, fiberglass, or bondo.

Stepping in for a moment, as I have been researching all this stuff for a long while due to interest in Halo helmets, Fett, and Daft Punk... The general answer for this is "card stock". Card stock, however, comes in a variety of thicknesses, just like normal paper, and can also be bought in various sizes.

For my Daft Punk helmet I am working on, I am using 110lb cardstock, sized at 8.5"x11". I got 100 sheets or so in a package at Walmart for about $5. This should be more than enough for a few helmets.

I've also heard -- but not seen -- of cardstock in the 130lb weight range (!!!) and in A4 sizings. Again, heard, not seen. I wonder if the 130lb weight would jam a printer...

In any case, with careful folding, and plenty of careful work after the assembly (resin coat, fiberglasing, bondo'ing, etc) you should come away with a good helmet using 110lb card stock.
 
Thanks very much samlynn. :) I appreciate the compliments.

For the build of this, you can use regular cardstock. Once you have it put together, give it a coat or two of resin. This won't make the card helmet super strong, but it will strengthen it and help when you come to add the fibreglass on the inside of the helmet. Work carefully and make sure there are no bubbles when 'glassing.

I was a big skeptic when I first found this technique over at the 405th. I'm happy to say that it works really well. The fibreglassed card helmet becomes very strong. There was a video on youtube a while back of a guy standing on his glassed helmet and it didn't crumple! ;) Then the bondo or filleris used to just smooth it all out and add some definition to the edges and contours of the helmet.

That said...

...I'm building my own bucket from my templates. For mine I wanted a stronger base to begin with to I laminated all of my sheets (except the dome parts)to thicker cardboard, 1mm thick. The helmet was still easy to make and the thicker card will help against warping or accidental damage before the fibreglass is added. To ensure a more stable model prior to glassing, I even triple laminated the flat plates inside the mandables.

It's looking really good so far IMO and hopefully will become a nice lid when I'm done. :)
 
I thought I'd post these here as well as my Custom thread. This won't be a Fett lid but it was built using my templates.

I improvised alot here as I wanted to use thicker card for it to form a tougher base. I pretty much explained it in my last post I think. Anyway, here are the pics:

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Your templates make me want to play with maya again lol.

Just a question out of curiousity though, what got you into the whole paper modeling thing? I've found this alll to be pretty intersting and I'm just curious as to what got you interested in it.
 
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