Newbie Custom Helmet

Gunnar120

New Hunter
Well, to get this out of the way, I am new here and would like to say hello. "Hello"

I am thinking of making my custom mando helmet that I sketched up, and I'm wondering 'should I make it out of foam?' that seems like the easiest to work with because I'm not a welder by any means and have no Idea how to get my Idea into a card-board template. I have a problem though. What should I start with and/or how do I hollow out the inside?

Any Idea on other materials or any help whatsoever is appreciated.


Edit: OK, so I have found that that ^ Idea is stupid, and is going in another direction. Instead of a completely diff bucket, I'm gonna make just a modified helm from a template. Here are some sketches I finally got up.

Gauntlet and helmet

Gunnarsstuff.jpg


Now, I'll just add a bit to the chin, bar the visor, and add a... blade?.... yeah a blade thing to the rangefinder.

Dark gray-Black
Light Gray- Red
Hand in pic is supposed to be a black glove but I finished it too soon and it is the best hand I have ever made so I thought why erase it but now it kinda looks like ****.
 
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i think it would just be easier to use WOFtemplates on your first bucket. but i think if u were to make it out of foam it would probably be relly filmsy and the foam would be everywhere. i'm starting mine out of mat board which is a relly thick posterboard, also you could try for sale signs or cerealboxes. is it possible you could post the sketch of the helmet so we could se what we are dealing with. i hope i helped.
Jango
 
Well, I have a new drawring I like. If I did have a camera or scanner it would already be up D=. I would make a mold out of the foams
 
Problem with that would be that you would have the pitting of the foam picked up in the mold.

You wouldn't be able to use silicone or latex because it would bond with the foam and Plaster molding wouldn't be practical for the undercuts.

I suggest you try building your design out of paper first to get the templates right, then move to card, if you need a slope in the helmet, just remember that a slope is really two triangles flat smoothed off to a curve.

Your other option it to try clay, you can sculpt a helmet shape out, the great thing about clay is that you can keep trying till you get it right, where as the cardboard jobbie needs to be right first time.

Another idea is to get the front, back, sides and top onto a computer program like paint, you can then show us your idea and gets you used to looking at a 3d object in a 2d way.

Hope that helps
 
I found a two piece Jango helmet that will be the basis for my custom look... and only out 35.00
I have to agree with the others on the foam idea... there better ways of doing it. But I'm new here to... so have at it.
 
sorry for getting that last bit up a bit late guys. Thank you for the ideas. And because of you I have made a better decision. (Applauds)
 
<-<-<-- huzzah for 1,000,000 bit* avi art

*Style like 8-bit but used GIMP so there are like a billion colors.

Edit: I are making them for free fyi
 
Yeah, I already have the tube and a back plate. =D

yay salvation army! the tube was part of a clamp on light. I found out it is water/airsealed so I could actually use it on an alien planet
 
Yeah, He is supposed/going to be a sniper merc (or a sniper for a clan, either way, I'll get up that info later) who does business on planets with toxic atmospheres.
 
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