scratchbuild pvc helmet!

[chewiepal]

Hi!!, after a lot of time with zero progress, here my first atempt to scratchbuild a helmet...

THANKS TO WOTF FOR THIS INCREDIBLE TEMPLATES!!!!! (I don´t get tired of saying this, you are the templates freaking master!!!!

here, in Spain, I can´t find sintra( don´t even know how it´s called here) so, after the good and easy work that I find with PVC in my shoulder and knees armour, I start thinking in made a helmet with only PVC........after two days of cutting, melting, gluing and sanding, this is the result......

still a lot to do, but I´m really happy with this so far.......what do you think, dented friends??

cheersssssss

 

[MandalorFett]

It looks like you've made some good progress, keep it up.

 

[Hammer of Might]

Nice! I'm hoping to begin work on mine soon.

 

[Just another swede]

here, in Spain, I can´t find sintra( don´t even know how it´s called here) so, after the good and easy work that I find with PVC in my shoulder and knees armour

Sintra is basicly just a brand name for foamed PVC, which is slightly lighter and stiffer than regular PVC sheets. I haven't really had any luck with finding it locally either - so I'm using the regular stuff too.

But in any case; it's a great start, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

 

[KaanE]

The sintra is more softly and cheaply that the pvc, and it is a less manageable the pvc than the sintra

 

[chewiepal]

what here in Spain, there are no sucha thing, or you know where find SINTRA(or whatever it´s called) here?................

thanks for looking !

 

[GrottyFurball]

instead of saying I need sintra to people, say I need a sheet of foamed pvc, sintra is a brand name.

 

[joshcube]

Sintra is also the name of a town in Portugal, which is probably why it's not called that in Spain. I only know this because I kept getting hits for travel guides when I did web searches for "Sintra."

Here is what you need to ask for (it's called PVC Espumado, PVC Espuma, or Espuma de PVC in Spanish).

 

[chewiepal]

here an update..now working in the dome.....very fast and easy...until my dremel explode!!!!!!:facepalm

 

[never ending fett]

lookin' good!

 

[chewiepal]

here some progress, bad phone pics, tomorrow real camera pics.......
more sanding, and re-shape everything, but, this project is still ALIVE!!!!!

 

[digital509]

That's looking excellent! Keep the pics coming.

 

[Maverick118]

I ythink you've done a cracking job there. I'm curios as to how you made the dome though. Anyways more pics as it looks damn good.

 

[chewiepal]

-"I ythink you've done a cracking job there. I'm curios as to how you made the dome though. Anyways more pics as it looks damn good."

-for the dome, I have divided it in 3 bigs strippes, and 4 triangled parts..
one (the biggest) goes from ear to ear....
the other 2, 1 from the back to the middle and 1 from the front to the middle...the 4 triangle parts fill the rest, just like a pizza..
I have used a hotgun to give the rigth curve to the strippes


sorry if my english is confusing and weird.....sometimes I can`t find the proper words to says what I think......:facepalm

 

[Maverick118]

No problem mate, it's better than my spelling anyway Thanks for that as I said sterling work there. I love watching scratch builds as they gather shape and form. Kudos mate.

 

[Ronin677]

Outstanding work

 

[MandalorFett]

Great job, that's amazing!

 

[chewiepal]

here goes another....with a black fake visor.....I have fix the cheks, now need to smooth the dome and give the proper look to the dent.....and of course the left ear....:facepalm
BUT IT`S STILL ON PROGRESS!!

 

[JangoUri]

Looking really good my buddy!

 

[chewiepal]

thanks!!!...........now let´s cut some more..........jeje