My in game armor selection, currently in process of being built.
I decided to start with the hardest part: the helmet. I have no idea how many people are actually attempting the Pilot helmet, but when have I ever made things easy for myself?
Hardest part of the Helmet? That huge visor, of course.
Step 1: Build a throwaway pepakura helmet.
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Step 2: Fill paper helmet with casting resin.
Step 3: Remove paper from hardened resin
Step 4: Fill in low spots with autobody filler
Step 5: Prime and sand smooth your new vacuform mold
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Step 6: Borrow a vacuform machine from your aunt's friend's son to form your visor.
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Step 7: Take the visor to a local car window tinting company who has agreed to apply a gold mirror tint to your helmet visor.
Step 8: Listen to reasons why it is physically impossible for said company to apply any kind of tint, let alone a gold tint they don't actually have, to the visor. These reasons include: the curve is to severe to apply any kind of tint without folds; if they try and use the heat shrink capability of the window tint, they might melt the visor with their heat gun; etc.
Step 9: Go home and work on building the rest of your armor while you figure out how to get a gold tint on your visor . . .
That being said, here's my progress on the rest of the armor:
Pilot helmet and first shoulder built with pepakura and sprayed with enamel.
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Pilot helmet visor cut out, Rip stop nylon and nylon resin applied to inner surface.
That strip of orange in the back is a newspaper bag wrapped a strip of elastic cloth. This elastic cloth was sewn into one strip of the rip stop nylon prior to applying the resin. Once the bag is removed, the elastic will act as a headband, holding the helmet in place on my head.
Unlike my previous two projects I have posted, this one isn't done as of starting the thread. Now you can all look forward to updates as I muddle my way through my largest build yet.
I decided to start with the hardest part: the helmet. I have no idea how many people are actually attempting the Pilot helmet, but when have I ever made things easy for myself?
Hardest part of the Helmet? That huge visor, of course.
Step 1: Build a throwaway pepakura helmet.
------
Step 2: Fill paper helmet with casting resin.
Step 3: Remove paper from hardened resin
Step 4: Fill in low spots with autobody filler
Step 5: Prime and sand smooth your new vacuform mold
-----
Step 6: Borrow a vacuform machine from your aunt's friend's son to form your visor.
-----
Step 7: Take the visor to a local car window tinting company who has agreed to apply a gold mirror tint to your helmet visor.
Step 8: Listen to reasons why it is physically impossible for said company to apply any kind of tint, let alone a gold tint they don't actually have, to the visor. These reasons include: the curve is to severe to apply any kind of tint without folds; if they try and use the heat shrink capability of the window tint, they might melt the visor with their heat gun; etc.
Step 9: Go home and work on building the rest of your armor while you figure out how to get a gold tint on your visor . . .
That being said, here's my progress on the rest of the armor:
Pilot helmet and first shoulder built with pepakura and sprayed with enamel.
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Pilot helmet visor cut out, Rip stop nylon and nylon resin applied to inner surface.
That strip of orange in the back is a newspaper bag wrapped a strip of elastic cloth. This elastic cloth was sewn into one strip of the rip stop nylon prior to applying the resin. Once the bag is removed, the elastic will act as a headband, holding the helmet in place on my head.
Unlike my previous two projects I have posted, this one isn't done as of starting the thread. Now you can all look forward to updates as I muddle my way through my largest build yet.
