Im more than a little bit upset that you're stealing ideas out of my head. DOH!
The wife was thinking of Kat as a costume but this one blows my stupid ideas out of the water!!! Thanks a lot for making me feel LAME!
*** Just kidding(somewhat)OOoo. Really though, your lines are clean and look very professional. It's so cool that yo have the entire family involved in the Halo goodness. My son is still in his 'Ninja' stage and my daughter is WAYYY into Minnie Mouse. Which is fine for a 3 year old, but still.
pics please MOAR!!
Everything is awesome accept for the Carter helmet...it doesnt rly look like it.Try Ruzez model.Its waaayy better.I mean they both have all the details the helmet usualy has,its just that Ruzez helmet isnt as misshapen as this one.I can give you the link if you want it?
Yea, i know it is just an AR. wanted something else but got to thinking about it. this is the first one i have tried this way so i figured i would go easy for first time that way i had a better chance of actually finishing it and not getting frustrated and pitching it. figures this was a basic first time experiment that would allow me to try out the skills needed to do one more complicated.
spartan_d211--- thanks, yea i have Ruzez helmet file and i like it, but, there were aspects of the two that i liked and would have liked to have been able to combine the two to get what i wanted. this one was an easier pep and i figured with a little bit of extra work i could get the look and shape that i wanted. i noticed there were parts of this one that were accurate and parts that were not. it is the same for ruzez. so figured i would get a base shape and go from there. (bondo, sand and repeat)
word of advise. it does not stick really well to hot glue.. so if you have hot glue exposed where you want to use it there might be an issue. what i found works well with it is to spray the foam with plasti-dip and then apply the flexible putty and there will be no issues. afterwords you could if you want put on another layer of plasti-dip for final smoothing or just go on with paint. after sanding i have been spraying a layer of flexible primer / filler to smooth everything out the rest of the way and then sanding that lightly and have been able to get decent results. Does not compare to the old and true method of resin and bondo for details but decent results.
Sweet, thanks a ton, I've added the product to my squidoo lens and put a link to your WIP, as well as your advice
Thanks again and keep up the good work
Sweet, thanks a ton, I've added the product to my squidoo lens and put a link to your WIP, as well as your advice
Thanks again and keep up the good work
lol i have been watching your build and didn't realize that was you.. lol.. i love the fact that you did a helm out of foam. i would have never tried that one. looks great..
Ok spent a better part of the day working on the helmet. Gawd it was a pain. after several hours and being completely covered in dust i made it a little close to where i want it to be. here are some pics of the progress..
thanks. well the primer is dry.. but getting late and i am still waiting on the stinking visor.. here are some pics:
now 3 hours later i have the attachment pepped. what a pain in the arse. it is now in the shop with the first coat of resin on it. while i wait for things to dry and set for the night i am going to work on some more foam. hope to have some more updates in a few days. i work for the next couple days then off for the weekend and hope to really get some done then. here is the pep of the attachment.