Hello everyone,
First time poster here,
I started my costume thinking I could sneak by and make a cool looking costume for cheap, now having learned along the way that its near impossible. I had never made a costume before in my life and had no idea what I was in for. Here is my journey, beginning with the helmet.
After reading though a few of the cardboard helmet builds I was confident I could construct my own. So after following the tutorial and cutting, wetting and trimming, I ended up with a rough draft that was ready for some puddy, but before starting it I had to try it on. And much to my dismay it was too small, like I couldn't get my chin covered by the bucket. I was really bumbed and desperate to solve the problem. At last I settled on the idea of using the cardboard bucket as a mold for a fiber glass version. Having no experience with any of this before it took a lot of reasearch on how to work with fiberglass. I'll be going through the posts in the near future to clean them up and add more detail to the instructions.
First time poster here,
I started my costume thinking I could sneak by and make a cool looking costume for cheap, now having learned along the way that its near impossible. I had never made a costume before in my life and had no idea what I was in for. Here is my journey, beginning with the helmet.
After reading though a few of the cardboard helmet builds I was confident I could construct my own. So after following the tutorial and cutting, wetting and trimming, I ended up with a rough draft that was ready for some puddy, but before starting it I had to try it on. And much to my dismay it was too small, like I couldn't get my chin covered by the bucket. I was really bumbed and desperate to solve the problem. At last I settled on the idea of using the cardboard bucket as a mold for a fiber glass version. Having no experience with any of this before it took a lot of reasearch on how to work with fiberglass. I'll be going through the posts in the near future to clean them up and add more detail to the instructions.
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