Array's Custom Mando Helmet

Hey All

Just wanted to show you guys... and gals my Rubies two piece Jango helmet mod

Before After

Its not done yet but what do yea think?

Looking good keep us posted on the progress

I dig it!

Thanks guys. Just to let eveyone know I'm an absolute beginer so I have no experience in costume making so I've made some mistakes, like this of instance I painted the light brown parts before the dark brown parts which was stupid. So if there are any other beginers who haven't painted their helmet yet please learn for my mistakes paint the dome, cheeks and back first or you may be kicking your self like I am anyway, anyone know how to fix this?

Originally Posted by Array

Thanks guys. Just to let eveyone know I'm an absolute beginer so I have no experience in costume making so I've made some mistakes, like this of instance I painted the light brown parts before the dark brown parts which was stupid. So if there are any other beginers who haven't painted their helmet yet please learn for my mistakes paint the dome, cheeks and back first or you may be kicking your self like I am anyway, anyone know how to fix this?

Its custom, you meant to do that

Sarcastic Statment: Thank you .

Well Just an update, I restencelled the helmet and painted the silver parts that were missed the last time BUT... When I took off the tape and stencelling material it also took of some paint, primer and worst of all, the bondo! and I just ran out! so I reprimered and just remembered that I didn't sand it down .

So I fixed the first problem and now have a new one! so I'm still kicking myself. I'll update you all when I've made some noteable progress

Are you using low tac tape like 3M painters tape? Tamiya also makes awesome masking tape in different sizes and its also very flexible.

Yeah I'm useing 3M's Painters tape. I think the reason it came of was because I droped the helmet the night before.

Sorry guys haven't had time to do much because of school work

So I got some bondo and started to patch up the parts that cracked off but other than that I haven't done much, hopefully I'll Be able to get back to working on this soon. but I wont leave you all empty handed here are some pictures from start to where I am now. Enjoy

Here is the helmet after I bondoed it


Here is the helmet after I smoothed the bondo and primered it


Here's the helmet after I sprayed it with silver paint

The bumpy things on the dome are bubbles made by tisue paper after a bug landed on it and promply died

Here's the helmet after I stuck to ears on for some reson I put them on after I painted it silver

FYI: The ears are actually made of bondo, I did not know if it was a good idea but they seem to work not sure though

Here's the helmet with the first coat of light brown paint

The helmet with the rangefinder on

the helmet with the paper off

And the ears and ear cap


RF Stalk also made of bondo


And you guys have already seen the helmet with the dark brown but here's the picture anyways


So hows my approach? does it look good?

You can clearly see the tape marks "stepping" from piece to piece and it creates a geometrically jagged edge. Solve this by either using more, smaller pieces of tape and overlapping them or by putting weathering on those high points so that the paint is scratched down to silver and most of that line is no longer there.

Ok Update

So I thought "I'm going to have to repaint some parts" then I remembered what apolifka said and took his advice thinking that if I botched it I was going to repaint any way right?
So I took my rotary tool and lightly slashed at the helmet and the end result is this


This part will be gotten rid of


So what do ya think?

It looks pretty good, with all the lighter scratches like that, you will have to come up with a good story, what I thought of just by looking at it is maybe racing through somewhere on a speeder bike? Perhaps a planet with lots of heavy dust/dirt where you where constantly hit by pebbles in the air, or an area of heavy trees with branches hitting you as you navigated through. Just something to consider, having an idea in your head also helps with the weathering of the rest of your costume when the time comes. keep up the good work, that bondo ear peice looks good, I just hope it doesn't crack on you. Good luck

Thanks
Well I haven't thought about background story much; but was thinking a Jango clone that has been in a lot of battles, I know I know overused right? but I cant think of any thing else.
As for the skraches I was trying to get a boba look and I think I did pretty good. as for the lighter parts of the metal I think it is actually primer so its matte, just letting you know also I repainted the left cheek so it does not have that silver paint no more.

I will update when I've made more progress and thank all of you guys of all your positive coments.