First attempt at ESB helmet

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Feb 29, 2016

• #1

Thought I'd share how my ESB helmet build is going, it's made out of picture mounting board 1.5mm thick as I couldn't find any 2mm board at my local hobby craft store, it has probably made it easier to cut and build but also means it's not as strong!
I was thinking of using resin to strengthen it once I have done the filing.
I will get some pictures up once I find out how to!

 

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Gregory

Active Hunter

• Feb 29, 2016

• #2

Looking forward to seeing it. I found my illustration board helmet flexible until I mounted the visor. Resin or fiberglassing the interior is sure to help.

 

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Feb 29, 2016

• #3

Didn't think of doing the inside!
Thanks for the help

 

Gregory

Active Hunter

• Feb 29, 2016

• #4

The pics show up now, looking great. I used plain old elmer's glue when I built mine. One trick that helps is to use glue to make a filet on the inside of a joint between two sections of board, when they join at some sort of angle. This is an old model rocketry tip.

 

syllander

Active Hunter

• Feb 29, 2016

• #5

Looking good so far man!

 

Silverstalker

Active Hunter

• Mar 1, 2016

• #6

Clean build

 

ShortFuse

Well-Known Hunter

• Mar 1, 2016

• #7

Looks good. The only thing I would have done differently is not cut out the visor area yet. It weakens the structure of the helmet. You are going to be doing a lot of sanding once you get the bondo on the dome and cheeks and you might bend it up more easily. You can always add a layer on the inside to strengthen it for now and then cut it out later.

 

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Mar 1, 2016

• #8

Thanks Gregory, i have hot glue filleted every joint i can find, certainly works.

ShortFuse, i am going to add another layer to the outside as i'm not happy with the thiickness of the rim of the helmet, its probably due to using thinner board, i wont be cutting out the visor on that piece this time.

Thanks for all the kind and helpfull comments will post some more pictures once i have made some progress.

 

ryan101011

Jr Hunter

• Mar 3, 2016

• #9

Look great! To add onto short fuse, I screwed a metal strip accross my chin area, helps a lot, also makes installing the visor a lot less scary.

 

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Mar 4, 2016

• #10

Ryan - sounds like a good idea, wondering what to use for the visor as I can't seem to find any black tinted face masks here in the UK, perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places!
Any help is greatfully recieved

 

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Mar 29, 2016

• #11

A few pics of my progress, dome needs one more coat of filler in places, painted inside with resin, filled and sanded cheek areas.
Slow progress but want to get it right!

 

Gregory

Active Hunter

• Mar 29, 2016

• #12

Looking great! What kind of filler are you using, bondo?

 

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Mar 29, 2016

• #13

GT Pro superfine car body filler, probably the UK equivalent to bondo

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I think my dent is slightly in the wrong place, I'm thinking it should be more to the right looking at the front of my bucket, what does everyone else think?

 

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bobawannabe

New Hunter

• Mar 29, 2016

• #14

Try these for smoked acrylic sheet, 3mm thick a4 pieces for under £5!
Dark Smoked Grey Tinted Perspex Acrylic Plastic Sheet Cut to Size Tint Cast | eBay

 

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Mar 30, 2016

• #15

Thanks Bobawannabe, now in my watching list.

 

ROYSTERONE

Hunter

• Mar 31, 2016

• #16

Looking great ,can't wait to see the final results.

 

ChrisTTB

New Hunter

• Nov 5, 2016

• #17

Not been on for quite a while as I have been really busy over the summer, anyway have made some progress with my bucket so here are the pics
Decided to go ROTJ instead of ESB after looking at the painting posts (I'm not that good at painting) I thought my bucket might finish up looking better with a simpler colour scheme!

 

Fandango Fett

Doesn’t share his ribs.

• Nov 5, 2016

• #18

I'm interested in how this come out

 

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GodfatherFenix

New Hunter

• Nov 7, 2016

• #19

That's a lot of work! Good job! I'm struggeling with the paintjob on my helmet.

 

Grimstuff

Active Hunter

• Nov 8, 2016

• #20

ChrisTTB said:

I think my dent is slightly in the wrong place, I'm thinking it should be more to the right looking at the front of my bucket, what does everyone else think?

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You might be right, it does seem a bit left-ish to me, but it's hard to tell though with the helmet whited out and the angles of the photos.

Best way to find out I found after a lot of fretting over dent placement myself is to find some reference shots of dead-on front and side angles, then try to replicate those shots yourself. Then view them all side by side and see how it looks.