Fiberglass or Resin Helmet?
- Thread starter GeekPastor
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Heh, I think it was "intended" as a helmet, but the glass work on the inside would have taken even more cleanup than the outside- it was FULL of what we call "gators"- little strands of glass sticking out covered in resin that become little needles when the resin hardens. Many of them are still in there- I jammed one almost 1/4" into one of my fingers on the latest mold when I was mounting it to the turntable. (we need an OUCH! smiley.)
-Sarge
Beskar kad
New Hunter
Working on a complete aluminum ESB helmet..almost done welding and grinding ...no more cracks or tears with this *****...pics should be up in the next couple of months.
pennywise
Well-Known Hunter
Guys, I'm getting a little tired of having to address this- Mine IS the original Mystery helmet, because that's what I called it on the RPF when trying to identify the blasted thing. It was based on this raggedy thing Tyler Durden calls the "Lava Helmet" that I got off eBay from a "KBoyette" and extensively resculpted into the MH you all know today.
This helmet (or at least a copy of it) is the father of the MH- the seams match exactly with the one I got and you can see how much clean-up was needed. I also sculpted all new ear pieces after measuring the warped originals, and grinding them off to simplify molding.
The current MH is (consevatively) at least 75% my sculpt after all the sanding, puttying and outright reconstruction that I had to do to make it as nice as it is now.
Now that we've got that out of the way, does anyone know conclusively what the history is with this "Lava Helmet"? If we find that, the "Mystery" will finally be solved...
-Sarge
OK, I was wrong (God I hate to admit that). I am so sick of hearing the term "mystery helmet" so loosely thrown around as a movie used casting I was too quick to denounce Sgt. Fang's bucket as the original "mystery helmet". From what I've learned, it is! So I'm sorry Sgt. Fang for any remarks I said that may have questioned your buckets history, and to Niknak Aka for mis-information.:facepalm
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