Another scratch made bucket

Thanks, I've got my visor cut and tinted. Now I've got to devise my mounting method, I'd really like to keepit easily removeable in case something happens to it and I wish to replace it later on. I've still got to make the rear keyslots and mount it, and the dome will require at least one more scratch coat and some sanding. I'll be sure to post up some more pics before the end of the week.
wow you amaze me GREAT job!

Forcebewitya.
 
Yeah, I played 40K but I've been taking a very long break from it. I got tired of my local gaming groups, too much arguing. I decided to move from customizing and scratch building in 28mm scale to something that I can wear. Once you've done just about everything possible to convert/customize a Crisis suit, it's kinda time to move on to other things.
 
Not much of an update I'm afraid as I've been quite busy at work lately. :facepalm

I've now got the key slots made and installed, but still need one final sand on the dome and to make the brow triangles. A buddy of mine has some poly urethane that I'm going to use to coat the dome for added protection.

On to the pics...

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I almost forgot... I've got a temporary T-visor made, but I'm still planning to go the welding visor route. ;)

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The visor looks way better in the pic than in real life. The tinting film that I used isn't designed for plastic, and there's always issues with applying it to curved surfaces... in other words, it still crinkled and my vision tends to be a tad fuzzy in spots. The pre-tinted visor will only run me $8, with only needing to cut it out to fit, which is easily done with a dremel tool. Well worth the expense for clear vision to me.
 
I took a brief/short break from working on my helmet, and got some more done on my sons. I was spured on to finish his when I over heard him and his best friend talking about what they were going as for Halloween. His friend told him that he was dressing up as a cop, to which my son exclamed... "I'm going as a Star Wars dude!!" It brought tears of joy to my eyes. **sniff...**

Anyways, this is what I've got done on his helmet so far. It still needs some more work on the dome, and the rear keyslots need to be made and installed.

Now... on to the pics!!

This is before the second coat of compound and before the earcaps were made/installed.
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With the earcaps installed and almost completed. ( still need to make the angled bits at the bottoms of both ears )
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Thanks for the feedback guys, it's always well received.

I'll try and post up some more pics tonight, with close ups of the ears. You can see pretty well how I made them just from looking. I used a similar technique in making my sons as I did with making mine, save for the change in materials. ( I made the ears on my sons helmet out of hardboard, with cardboard for the curved/domed bits )
 
A couple sheets of stiff cardboard: 5 bucks
A tub of plaster and 30 tubes of superglue: 10 bucks
The sight of your son grinning with his Boba bucket on and being the envy of all his friends at Halloween: Priceless.
:)
Rob
 
I'd have done his Boba style, that way you as jango and him as boba on halloween would look aweosme, but it looks awesome any way so rock on!
 
I had thought of that, but he's already picked his colours. :facepalm

He says that he wants his helmet to have black and purple on it. I'm trying to decide whether it'll look better with silver ( rub-n-buff ) or a light grey as the third colour.

I figured that the curved part of the cheeks will be black, with the rest of the mandibles and ears purple. Then the dome, back and flat part of the cheeks in silver/grey.
 
Lookin good man. Your son, seemed pretty excited about the helmets when we swung by. what ever color variation you do I'm sure will look fine. from what I saw in your basement you got some decent painting skills ;)
 
Thanks for the kind words bud.

Yeah, I've painted a few things, and my skills aren't all that bad either. I've yet to paint anything on this scale though, aside from wargaming terrain.

Here's one example of a miniature that I've painted using purples. ( the first pic shows the true colors, the second is kinda washed out but shows the technique rather well )
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WOW! Great bucket! :cheers
It's amazing what you can do with plastic, WOF's templates and some enthusiasm! It's great when you can work on something with your kids, too. My kids are more pumped about Halloween this year than ever since I've been working on my PP2 Fett. I'm making cardboard helmets for them, so they'll be able to paint theirs the way they want to.
 
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