DavidF
New Hunter
Following the success of last year's Boba Fett helmet (thread here), I thought I'd make another helmet, this time Din Djarin's helmet from The Mandalorian. Once again I started with cardboard and created a smooth and accurate sculpt before moulding and casting it in polyeurathene resin.
Here is the final result:
I painted it in Alclad II (107 Chrome for plastic), over gloss black, then coated the helmet with Alclad's aqueous gloss sealer.
I started this project in April 2021.
I downloaded some partial foam helmet templates and started to adjust them for accuracy and size
I reinforced the cardboard with fibreglass and resin, and smoothed the outside with Isopron P-38 (British equivalent of bondo).
It wasn't easy getting the shape right. It took quite a bit of measuring from screenshots and pictures of the original helmet. I quickly realised that I'd made the forehead too rounded and sanded it to a nice flat slope. I then build up the ears, crest and rear vents from cardboard, and smoothed them with filler.
Eventually, after a few months of work, I had a sculpt I was happy with.
Once I'd finished the sculpt, I moulded it in Rebound 25 with a fibreglass jacket, and cast it in Smooth-cast 65D
I cast the ears seperately using the same method.
Here is the first cast of the finished helmet next to the mould and the original sculpt.
Here is the final result:
I painted it in Alclad II (107 Chrome for plastic), over gloss black, then coated the helmet with Alclad's aqueous gloss sealer.
I started this project in April 2021.
I downloaded some partial foam helmet templates and started to adjust them for accuracy and size
I reinforced the cardboard with fibreglass and resin, and smoothed the outside with Isopron P-38 (British equivalent of bondo).
It wasn't easy getting the shape right. It took quite a bit of measuring from screenshots and pictures of the original helmet. I quickly realised that I'd made the forehead too rounded and sanded it to a nice flat slope. I then build up the ears, crest and rear vents from cardboard, and smoothed them with filler.
Eventually, after a few months of work, I had a sculpt I was happy with.
Once I'd finished the sculpt, I moulded it in Rebound 25 with a fibreglass jacket, and cast it in Smooth-cast 65D
I cast the ears seperately using the same method.
Here is the first cast of the finished helmet next to the mould and the original sculpt.