Rubies 1997 Helmet questions....

Kissker

Active Hunter

• May 10, 2005

• #41

_error_ i seem to have fiberglassed too much.. makes it difficult to get my head in AND weighs too much. Need suggestions on thinning and lightening. the dome of the bucket seems to have accumulated a lot more resin then the rest (odd since it dried face up to my knowledge) id like to "scrape" some out and sand down the back and sides a bit (i have a flaw in my skull, and putting it on as it is, the keyslots rub against a bone protrusion in the back of my skull, dangerous, and uncomfortable *if someone smacks it with it like it is, hard enough, Ill either pass out or die.)

 

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SledFang

Hunter

• May 11, 2005

• #42

I don't know much about fiberglass, but... that's one Hell of a job. I just took the easy way out and bought a DP '95!

 

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slave1driver

Hunter

• May 11, 2005

• #43

Thining fiberglass huh? You might need something try something more powerfull than a dremmel to work efficiently. 'Like a heavy duty grinder. You might be able to rent one from a homedepot or something if you don't have one. Just be carefull not to overgrind and go all the way through! Whatever you do, make sure you wear eye and mouth protection against the dust particles. good luck!

 

RBF

Well-Known Hunter

• May 11, 2005

• #44

Kissker said:

(i have a flaw in my skull, and putting it on as it is, the keyslots rub against a bone protrusion in the back of my skull, dangerous, and uncomfortable *if someone smacks it with it like it is, hard enough, Ill either pass out or die.)

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hmm... nasty... but won't you pass out or die if someone smacked ur head without the helmet?

good luck with the error fixing, don give up, bad things happen everynow and then, looking at what uve doen so far, id say ull get it fixed!!

 

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SledFang

Hunter

• May 11, 2005

• #45

It's probably that people are more likely to smack his head as a joke when he's wearing the helmet. Like at a convention or something. You never know.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• May 12, 2005

• #46

I can see it now, "Hello! Hello! (annoying conventioneer thumps Kissker on the head) Anybody home? Think, McFly! Th-" (Kissker falls to the floor, shaking) "Oh, crap. Is there a doctor in the house?!"

Just kidding, K.

Don't let it worry you so much. That's the beauty of a cheapy Rubies. If you screw it up, you can always chalk it up to experience and start over. I know the time thing is a pain, but you've learned a valuable prop-building lesson.

 

Elofsson

New Hunter

• May 15, 2005

• #47

I have a vinyl fett helmet and i wanna make a real fett helmet out of it.
Its really ugly but i have now seen that it can be done.
Contact me on MSN or something so that we can talk.


Or sell one to me!!

 

Kissker

Active Hunter

• May 15, 2005

• #48

Jaiden said:

I can see it now, "Hello! Hello! (annoying conventioneer thumps Kissker on the head) Anybody home? Think, McFly! Th-" (Kissker falls to the floor, shaking) "Oh, crap. Is there a doctor in the house?!"

Just kidding, K.

Don't let it worry you so much. That's the beauty of a cheapy Rubies. If you screw it up, you can always chalk it up to experience and start over. I know the time thing is a pain, but you've learned a valuable prop-building lesson.

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oh but see, I NEVER GIVE UP! ILL DIE BEFORE I LET THE UGLY BUCKET WIN! heres some update pics, tell me what you think *note, the colors are wrong to start with and the flash wash out makes em look even worse, but since iam not going for 100% screen accurate, i think its lookin pretty damn good. specially since ive never painted ANYTHING (but a house) before!


Oh yea.. and the bump thing, yea, if you hit juuuuust right it would, but the helmet had a bump from the keyslot that pressed right on it, making it 100 times easier to hit me "just right' and cause severe injury/death to me. i sanded that puppy down, drilled out some of the fiberglass, sanded smooth, applied a very THIN layer of fiberglass to fill the uneven spots, sanded again, and well, its still a heavty paper weight, but i think i can wear it now. lol.

 

Kissker

Active Hunter

• May 15, 2005

• #49

Elofsson said:

I have a vinyl fett helmet and i wanna make a real fett helmet out of it.
Its really ugly but i have now seen that it can be done.
Contact me on MSN or something so that we can talk.


Or sell one to me!!

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WOW I (ME!) INSPIRED SOMEONE! I feel special for my POS hodgepodge work to have touched someones heart.. I only wonder how UGLY that bucket really is.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• May 16, 2005

• #50

I NEVER GIVE UP! ILL DIE BEFORE I LET THE UGLY BUCKET WIN!

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you frighten me...

seriously, I see your point, but like I said, it's just $30, definately a lot less than what your life is worth. But, hey, if you can and did fix it, huzah! Keep posting pics!

 

Kissker

Active Hunter

• May 16, 2005

• #51

Jaiden said:

but like I said, it's just $30,

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what you talkin bout Jaiden? I didnt pay no 30 bucks for this POS. LOL UPDATE PICS! had to do the paintin myself.. so it sucks.. but eh.. its not going for 100% movie no more. lol.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• May 16, 2005

• #52

Looking good!

I only said $30 because that's what I paid for mine on eBay. I already planned on doing a Desert Storm/Iraqi Freedom Fett painted in the tan camo colors. So go wild, dude! Paint as you see fit! It's your bucket, have fun!

 

Kissker

Active Hunter

• May 30, 2005

• #53

almost finalized.. my new visor has yet to come in.. gettin mad at the provider... have to have a few choice words with them about it.. its been 3 weeks... but heres a pic of it. tell me what ya think.

 

Kissker

Active Hunter

• May 30, 2005

• #54

didnt get to get the professional paint job done.. thats my work.. kinda horrible.. but eh.. ive never painted anything before.. so.. i think it looks alright. its got about 15 layers of paint there.. and 3 topcoats of clearcoat

 

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Zeever Fett

Active Hunter

• May 30, 2005

• #55

wow you came a long way, I did sort of the same thing with my heat gun and DP 95 helmet....and a basketball

 

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sixarmspiderman

New Hunter

• Sep 1, 2007

• #56

so tell me exactly how you shaped your helmet and when do you put in fiberglass?

 

AFettFullofDollars

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 2, 2007

• #57

IT'S ALIVE!!!...IT'S ALIVE!!!

 

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drokkul

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 2, 2007

• #58

Night of th e LIVING Thread!!


sixarmspiderman, not sure if you noticed or not, but this thread was started almost three years ago and before you it was last posted in over 2 years ago.

That being said it does look like Kissker is still a fairly active member...looking at his public profile he was on the board recently (06/08/07), but it was still 3 months ago. You may want to try PMing him or emailing him. It may get you some info quicker than waiting around on new info in a dead thread.

Good luck~