Well, I'm green as a grannysmith apple and really haven't posted much on here but I have spent hours and hours and hours and Hours and HOURS reading stuff on here. Lol, even so I'm on my third try pepping a helmet. First fail I didn't pay attention and started a Noble 6 helmet when I wanted a Master Chief helmet. Second fail I had the right file but when I scaled it I put my measurements in straight with no wiggle room(literally). This time I looked for the file mentioned by Xtreme Tactics 101 in Method #3 of his(her?) scaling tut.
Tonight I finished the the collar of the helmet, and I'm working my way up from there. I'll put up some pics when I get some more done.
My plan is to eventually make the suite look like an Actual suite of armor, not just a prop. I think I'm going to see if I can make my helmet 2 pieces, with the visor and top as one piece and the "jaw" and back/neck parts as the other. I want to put a fan in there for cooling but the smallest I've found so far is 120mm(although I have yet to check out any SMALL computer stores which are more likely to have them available). I also want to incorporate a laser/ultrasound range-finder(It's small and was only $12 at Canadian Tire) into the helmet(with the display on the inside) but I'm going to have to get a computer person to do the modifications to it so I don't break anything
I also intend on mounting LEDs in the light spots just behind and below the visor.
For the armor I intend on putting a port for a smart-phone in the forearm wired to a couple of small speakers in the chest so I can play Master Chief quotes as a show-off bit
I intend on cutting up some armor pieces and extending them so they overlap like real armor would(specifically, but not limited to, the abs/ribs area of the chest piece)
I don't have a specific idea on how I'm going to mount the body/limb armor yet but I did find a nice padded full body harness at Home Depot as well as a padded belt. Anyway, most of my ideas don't really affect anything until the point after fiberglass, but b4 bondo so I'm going to just leave them on the shelf atm
Any advice, cautions or links u guys could send my way would b greatly appreciated. For any product recommendations, just a reminder, I live in Canada so u will need to keep availability in mind.
Tonight I finished the the collar of the helmet, and I'm working my way up from there. I'll put up some pics when I get some more done.
My plan is to eventually make the suite look like an Actual suite of armor, not just a prop. I think I'm going to see if I can make my helmet 2 pieces, with the visor and top as one piece and the "jaw" and back/neck parts as the other. I want to put a fan in there for cooling but the smallest I've found so far is 120mm(although I have yet to check out any SMALL computer stores which are more likely to have them available). I also want to incorporate a laser/ultrasound range-finder(It's small and was only $12 at Canadian Tire) into the helmet(with the display on the inside) but I'm going to have to get a computer person to do the modifications to it so I don't break anything
I also intend on mounting LEDs in the light spots just behind and below the visor.For the armor I intend on putting a port for a smart-phone in the forearm wired to a couple of small speakers in the chest so I can play Master Chief quotes as a show-off bit
I intend on cutting up some armor pieces and extending them so they overlap like real armor would(specifically, but not limited to, the abs/ribs area of the chest piece)
I don't have a specific idea on how I'm going to mount the body/limb armor yet but I did find a nice padded full body harness at Home Depot as well as a padded belt. Anyway, most of my ideas don't really affect anything until the point after fiberglass, but b4 bondo so I'm going to just leave them on the shelf atm
Any advice, cautions or links u guys could send my way would b greatly appreciated. For any product recommendations, just a reminder, I live in Canada so u will need to keep availability in mind.
