Opinions please.

Before I start putting paint on this thing I'd like to ask my fellow TDH members for opinions on the overall appearance/dimensions on this scratch built. This is the one I made from WOF's temps. Please spare no expense in your critisism. I put some contrasting paint here and there to help with the lines etc.
Thank you for your time
Josh

Good Lord that is awesome!

WOWZERS! That is awesome!
You nailed the waviness of the visor while maintaining the cool squint!

Man. That is really sweet! Looks great to me.

The only think that looks a little off, but I'm no expert, is the upper sloped cheek area. It looks like there is a seem there where two pieces came together. Is that area supposed to have an angular appearance, or should it be smoothed out?

First of all, kudos on the excellent work. Second, the only thing I see that looks a little off is in the rear view, it looks a little wide and squat. That's just my opinion though.

wow! thats awesome! I dont really see any noticeable things either,

WoW! Outstanding work!

That is definitely an amazing scratch-build.

The two things that jump out at me is the thickness of the mandibles, especially near the bottom, and the angle of the flair looks a bit exaggerated.

Your work is amazing. It always is. This helmet, however, is probably your best yet. After you put some paint on it, I'm sure it will look even more incredible. You never cease to amaze me. Good work.

That is a great piece of work, you should be very proud.

One minor point, from the side view, the dome looks a little low towards the back of the helmet... even though, this lid will look awesome once painted.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

DAZ

Looks Great Josh...Love the ear Lifts...

Looks great so far - I'm still a few steps behind you! Can't even tell that batting helmet was quartered! Look forward to monitoring your progress.

-Propcicle

I envy your skills... looks really great.

Thank all of you for the input thus far.
I have fixed the creases in the upper cheeks, and am going to thin out the bottom of the mandibles tomorrow.
The dome........well, unfortunately, it is what it is I guess. Thats really hard to duplicate and I'll deal with what I have. I'm racking my brain about how to decrease the flair without damaging the structural integrity of the cheeks. They may have to be redone. We shall see. I think I'll also relocate the dent a little more south.

Once again, thank you all for your comments. Good or bad they are most welcome and greatly appreciated. If any body sees any thing else please feel free to chime in.

Josh

Josh, I was going to say something about the mandibles as well but you've got that covered already.

Simply WOW man!

Not to be a pain, but I think I have a good thing going here with this thread. I value the opinions of you all very much and I'm going to keep posting updates as I go. I want to make this my last bucket (this is my third attempt at it) so I can move along to other things.
I started the paint work yesterday and the rear quarters are pretty much done. I realize my camera throws certain colors off but overall I'm happy with the results thus far. I know there are some seriously talented painters on this board ( some of your threads are like the law to me ) and I would appreciate the critisism.

Josh

Thanks Bob, maybe I'll have this ready for the 10th........still not sure If I can make it though.

I don't know nearly as much about painting as a lot of the people here, but that looks **** impressive to me.

Originally Posted by Kripps

I know there are some seriously talented painters on this board ( some of your threads are like the law to me ) and I would appreciate the critisism.

Well from the looks of things you are one of them. The back looks great. If the rest of the bucket follows suit you will have a **** fine looking helmet in the end.

Well, after reading AFFO$'s thread here http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/affo-s-ms-esb-progress-11503/
I had to sand down the back of this puppy and start over.
Needless to say it was worth it IMHO.
If you haven't checked this thread out definately do so.
I didn't use templates or anything (not that good with the computer) and I changed the colors a tiny bit..........sorry about the wash out with the flash.

Cool man! thats one great helmet!

wow, that looks really nice.

Now Josh IS the master!

Okies,
Had an accident with a table saw at work so no fabrication on the ears, However.....I've been painting a little and I took the masking off the visor -well, I'm not sure if its the over exagerated flair throwing it off or not, but does the visor look too narrow??. I like the squintiness but I'm not so sure about the width of the vertical part of it. Thanks for the input.

Josh

Looks great!
Nice flare too...

Mason.

the vertical part looks a *little* narrow... nothing that anyone outside of this board would ever see

WOW!!! THAT is unreal! I wouldn't worry about the vertical part of the visor. It's not a big enough deal to mess with. I personally like the narrower vertical part. I'm getting the itch to try and scratchbuild a bucket myself. Your creativity is rubbing off. Keep up the good work.

WOW...Josh this looks amazing.....

When are you going to cast all of these scratch built ones up already???

And I think the visor looks fine....

Colors look great too..

I want one.

Originally Posted by Kripps

Okies,
Had an accident with a table saw at work so no fabrication on the ears, However.....I've been painting a little and I took the masking off the visor -well, I'm not sure if its the over exagerated flair throwing it off or not, but does the visor look too narrow??. I like the squintiness but I'm not so sure about the width of the vertical part of it. Thanks for the input.

Josh

The helmet looks awesome, what did you use to piece it together starting off?

-=QuinN!