FettTheHunter
Active Hunter
Wow !!!.. the helmet really is coming along nicely 
.. brilliant
.. brilliant
Scratch-made Helmet - Pics and Updates
- Thread starter TBone
- Start date
Fettish Attack
New Hunter
awesome work
its amazing this thing was scratch built
its amazing this thing was scratch built
raptorarts
Active Hunter
Holy smokes! You have come a long way on this helmet. I love it! Gives me some ideas for my DP mask.
Rogue Studios
Active Hunter
So glad you liked it. Hit it with a heat gun it'll be just like new.
Dentedarmor
Active Hunter
wow! I have to say that is incredible! Great work all round, i'd love to make my own bucket but alas i am not skilled anough :facepalm Again really good work
Great work all round, i'd love to make my own bucket but alas i am not skilled anough :facepalm Again really good work Jangobobbafett
Hunter
DAMN!!!!!!!!!! LOOKS GREAT
ZeroVisibilite
Hunter
Have you decided if you are going to sell one of these bad boys yet. I am finishing my daughters Boba Fett and am running into a possible dilema with the helmet. Either i use a rotocast vinal helmet that is smashed(looks like boba after a bad accident) or a 2 piece jango that is way to large for her. She is 6. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appriciate it. I have neither the time or SKILL to fabricate one from scratch but I also don't want to send her out with a scale body and a big head. Unless i convince her some how that she is Bobble Head Boba Fett. She's pretty quick I don't think that will work.
thank for any help you can offer
Zerovisibilite
thank for any help you can offer
Zerovisibilite
TBone
Active Hunter
Guys - thanks for all the nice comments. I really appreciate it. It was a nice project to make, and I'm eventually going to finish my Little Jango helmet too. I've got a little more tweeking and sanding to do on it. I have the mold material at home now just waiting on me to finish it.
I still cannot thank Lee enough for the awesome paint job he did on it. It looks so cool.
I do have some bad news though. When I was cleaning this bucket up I left it in my shop and the heat warped it pretty badly. Well, not to be stopped, I put a metal hoop in the back to make it round again and glued a wire in the front to hold it into place and keep from warping again.
Well, after I got it back from Lee, Will tried it on. Apperantly I must've widened it, which in turn shortened the distance from the front to back. Needless to say, Will can barely wear it. He can get it on his head, but he has to keep the chin pushed up so it doesn't smash his nose flat.
As a consolation, my wife bought him one of those Ep III clone trooper costumes to wear this Halloween. There's no way I would have the time to finish his Fett up now that I have to add making a new bucket to list. But one day soon...and hopefully before he gets too big for it .
ZeroVisibilite - sent you a PM.
GlennP - I did use sintra for the trim around the visor. The ear caps are made from it as well. Why did I use styrene...Well, for one I didn't have to heat it to shape it around the helmet I was using as a base. Cutting and sanding it was easy too. You can see in this pic the sintra parts on the left.
I still cannot thank Lee enough for the awesome paint job he did on it. It looks so cool.I do have some bad news though. When I was cleaning this bucket up I left it in my shop and the heat warped it pretty badly. Well, not to be stopped, I put a metal hoop in the back to make it round again and glued a wire in the front to hold it into place and keep from warping again.
Well, after I got it back from Lee, Will tried it on. Apperantly I must've widened it, which in turn shortened the distance from the front to back. Needless to say, Will can barely wear it
. He can get it on his head, but he has to keep the chin pushed up so it doesn't smash his nose flat.As a consolation, my wife bought him one of those Ep III clone trooper costumes to wear this Halloween. There's no way I would have the time to finish his Fett up now that I have to add making a new bucket to list. But one day soon...and hopefully before he gets too big for it
.ZeroVisibilite - sent you a PM.
GlennP - I did use sintra for the trim around the visor. The ear caps are made from it as well. Why did I use styrene...Well, for one I didn't have to heat it to shape it around the helmet I was using as a base. Cutting and sanding it was easy too. You can see in this pic the sintra parts on the left.
I would also like to add my congratulations on a great job.
I have one questions though. I was reading and trying to understand your process. I think you started with a helmet and carved a styrene base. then covered it in card stock. You used sintra for the raised areas and the edges. I think I follow you to that point.
Did you cut out the cheeks from the styrene and then recover with card stock? And in your picture you seemed to use a mesh or fiberglass on the cheek area to finish the cheek and the curve up to the syntra. Can you provide more details on how you did that area?
thanks
I have one questions though. I was reading and trying to understand your process. I think you started with a helmet and carved a styrene base. then covered it in card stock. You used sintra for the raised areas and the edges. I think I follow you to that point.
Did you cut out the cheeks from the styrene and then recover with card stock? And in your picture you seemed to use a mesh or fiberglass on the cheek area to finish the cheek and the curve up to the syntra. Can you provide more details on how you did that area?
thanks
