Scratch built bucket. Pics....One ear....

Kripps wrote:
Hello all!
I must say, you are a bunch of very creative people. The amount of information I've gathered here in a week, far surpassed my expectations.
Again, you folks are awesome.

Suck-up.

Just kidding man, welcome aboard.

Welcome to the boards mate. Look forward to seeing some photo's of your creation.

Welcome Kripps!
Can't wait to see how it progresses. Keep us posted.

HEY!!!! hows it going. welcome!!!! you'll enjoy this site..i gaurentee it.
Michael

Glad to have you aboard. Keep us posted on your progress, and make good use of the Search engin!

Well, everything is going well, working out dome issues now.......should have the camera back this week so stay tuned.
You guys see this by the way ? Hillarious to say the least.
http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/jedi_hunter

yeah so the project is on going. I can't seem to figure out how to post pics in here (yeah sometimes I'm an idiot) so heres a link to a pic I have of whats going on now. The paint on the helmet is me getting bored with doing the technical stuff....it'll be sanded off and done once the bucket is done. I know the resolution is horrible but do you all think the mandibles look the right width, curve etc?? I dont know......haven't decided. input greatly appreciated.
thanks.

http://www.geocities.com/kripps00/fett_project.html

Dude! You'll be hooked.

Be prepared for this new obsession.

We live off of this place

LOL....yeah. aready hooked. This has become a challenge to me and I'm enjoying it.

Yeah..Don't laugh yet. My favorite auto body filler is next.

well hey...it looks pretty good already. i would never have the skill to do something like that. well, i would never be able to make the helmet. i can do some simple stuff on the helmet.
Michael

Gettin there. need to smooth out the dome a bit more.

Wow !! that looks cool, I like the way you did the dome part

Thanks man. Yeah the dome was a blast (sarcasm)
Now that I have this thing mostly completed, I've noticed that the bucket is farrrrrr from perfect. I think the cheeks aren't sunken enough, the mandibles are a little too narrow under the eyeslit, and the "ear bases?" may be a little far to the rear. Oh well. I think I'll be able to hide these discrepencies with a good paint job. Guess we'll see. Perfect or not, I built it outa the plastic you line your shower with, and some bondo. lol.

Thanks again.

I can imagine the pain and torment you are going through as you tweek and change this and that!
It looks great though.
Show us some pictures from the back keyslot detail.
Excellent progress buddy.
Cheers

what kinda plastic, what is the cost...?

That is awesome work man keep us posted!

****, look at all of these scratch-builts! amazing. my creative genius feels like its being crushed underfoot.

Macantosh station 1138 wrote:
what kinda plastic, what is the cost...?

Initially I was going to buy sheet styrene, but I was doing a demolition on a house and when I was ripping apart the bathroom I noticed the shower had been lined with.....yeah 3 1/2 by 6 foot sheets of styrene. Thought it was weird. But hey if it's for free, it's for me. Honestly, besides the six dollar can of bondo, I haven't spent a dime. I'll post some more pics tonight of the keyslot area and the dent.

That is truly sweet, I love making stuff like that, so I'll probably make a boba helmet, is the helmet durable or flimsy...?

Well, the plastic is about 3-4 mm thick. With the curves and the epoxy all put together....i would say very strong. The Dome has a skeleton if you will, of this same plastic cut into thin strips, glued from the inside of the bucket..then about a 1/4 inch of bondo. I thought it would be heavier, but compared to my old kevlar, it's like nothing.

that's promissing, did you heat up the plastic before you bent it?

and what did you use to fill in the gaps in the dome, in between the strips?

- Thanks.

Little progress. Got base coats down. Excuse the pics, camera is such a piece of trash now. Believe me, these colors aren't that bold.

saaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeet!

Very impressive man! I wish I could find that much styrene in my shower!

Wow . . . .I think you are miles away from being a Novice.

You are in the right place man!

Outstanding job on the bucket!

I decided to take a break from the fabrication process and paint. I'll do the ear pieces later. Anyhow, I washed the bucket with the accryllic black wash prior to doing all this and I think I may have to do it again to tone everything down, But I'm not sure. Once again, a terrible pic....suggestions on the tones greatly appreciated.

uh...dude...THAT SCRATCH-BUILT BUCKET LOOKS BETTER THAN MOST STORE BOUGHT ONES!

THAT looks awesome! I can't wait to see it with the ears on!

~Darren

Thanks man, appreciate it. I still have a lot of paint to put on it, and the ears of course, Maybe I'm being a little picky on the color but i think it's real important to get this part right.

Very impressive! You're really moving along on that thing!
And I agree, it's really hard to believe that's scratch built. Can't wait to see the ears

Some people have a talent for this stuff, very nice!

Very impressive!

I like...

Think I may send you a pm...

Wow, there's some **** fine hand-made buckets showing up lately. What an awesome paintjob as well.

K Did the left one.


Anybody wanna really bad digital camera by the way???

NICE!

Very nice! Can't wait to see it finished.

Well, after all that work it seems my design has a fatal flaw with the dome construction. The layer of Bondo over the styrene skeleton just isn't going to cut the mustard. While installing the RF ear piece I noticed a small crack that will inherantly become a big crack and so on and so forth. Im going to start over again with a hard version and cast it. I'm still in the research stages and this seems to be the best route for a durable bucket that's wearable. I wasn't entirely satisfied with some of the dimensions anyways so ....off to work I go.
I think I'll give the one I made to the lady and she can make a nice planter out of it for the garden. lol.

Bummer...

well sorry to hear bout the flaw, but people learn from their mistakes, and besides practice makes perfect. just keep going and you'll have a helmet that has extrodinary powers, powers my friend that people are willing to give their lives for. just kidding was kinda out of the loop there, any way awsome helmet. it is truley remarkable i'll be sure if i make a helmet i'll use your pictures for reference.

wow...just wow.


Why dont you glass the inside?

Actually, I gave this one to a friend........he liked it and the more I looked at it, the more I began to dislike it. I've been working on a second one for some time and it should be done within the week. I didn't want to keep posting the same ole' pics over and over again as the construction is so similar, but this second attempt is really alot better. When it's done I'll throw up some images. Thank you for the compliments though........I've learned that taking your time is soooooo very important.

Glad to read that your working on another helmet,

Ripped my shower off the wall to see if I had any Styrene behind it. None durn it! Anyone know of any tutorials for building a helmet out of 6 inch ceramic tiles?

EDIT: They're white; maybe I could do a pre-production Fett?

That's some great work.