Pepakura clone helmet phase 2(comments welcome)

i've never done paper craft, but i'd imagine a heavier material would work better... to hold its shape a bit more?
 
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thks for the advice mates.Just bought more resin and hardener,as the fibre kit only gives a small amount of resin.
 
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progress soo far,with a layer of bondo.
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Not bad mate. I'd have built the helmet with the visor in to help the face keep its shape but it doesn't look bad. Work in sections like you've started and you should be fine. ;) get sanding!!!!! LOL!
 
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current progree today.Problem with the dome area.Sprayed primer and gloss white to see how it would look.:)
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To get the "plasticy" look, you need to keep working your surfaces, work and work and work. Get your bondo on smoothly and take it back with a heavy grit, then bondo again and repeat, keep working untill you have a smooth surface and work your way up to finer grits. What might be a really good idea for you to try, could be to buy one of the hasbro kids helmets and practice using bondo and sanding on it. Pepakura is not a good way to learn prop making. There is a misconception that it's a good starting point for people when in reality it's actually quite an advanced model making tool. You need quite a wide knowledge base to get a professional result from it. You could liken it to airplanes, a lump of clay is like a Cessna, a great training tool and perfect starting point and, in the hands of a pro it can do wonderful things. Pepaakura is like the space shuttle, it looks like a plane but, really it's nothing like one, it's an experimental aircraft, if something goes wrong, no one walks away, you're left with a crater. My point is, with pep you're working a ridged surface, if you structure is out by a tiny bit, the whole thing is ruined, it will never look good. You can sand all you like but you'll just be polishing a turd. Clay is far more forgiving. You can keep going back to base structure and altering it without too much drama.
I hope that helps
 
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Everything Tim said above is right. I'll also add that patience is key when working on a helmet. It doesnt happen overnight or even in a few days. It takes weeks. You work on it, one section at a time making sure that everything is as symmetrical as you can get it. I think you jumped the gun when you painted it white. What you need to do is get yourself a good fast drying filler primmer and that will show you areas that need fixing.

Remember, patience is key. Take it slow.
 
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They're right bro. ;)

My Mando lid(for my custom) is probably one of the more straght forward lids to scratchbuild and that took a about two months all in to get the way I wanted it.

The key is indeed patience and also perseverance(sp?). It's easy to get frustrated particularly with your first build as there's a long period where you feel like you're getting nowhere. It can be hard to keep going when you're getting fed up of sanding but then before you know it, you get some primer on it and you can see just how much progress you've made.

Keep at it. ;)
 
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Haldfords. U-POL EasySand. I think it's around 17.99 and you get a big tin. I managed to do some armor and two helmets with it. ;)
 
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'nice work'??-thats a first.Thanks alot mate :lol:.$12.00 dollars ,so thats 6.00 quid.Thats preety cheap.Isn't there any bondo for a cheap price,cause imagine you owned a garage and was fixing up a car with dents (its a good car),and buying bondo for its body,it would cost you the world.There must be a cheap supplier somewhere:confused.
 
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