Halo 3 Security Marathon helmet WIP(pic heavy)

[flipt69]

wow looks awesome what did you use too sculpt ? cuz ive tryed scratch building with a few things ... lol i didnt work well at all

 

[Propcustomz]

wow looks awesome what did you use too sculpt ? cuz ive tryed scratch building with a few things ... lol i didnt work well at all

I started with the top of an airsoft helmet and molded the visor I'm using. And cut poster board to the shape I thought was close to it. Then tons of time getting it just right.

At first I was gonna say that I don't need to smooth the visor(beacuse it wiull just be cut out). But you have a good point, in that some might just get one for display, not helmet. But mine will be fan cooled and vented(super awesome). So I am fir sure going to have a helmet for myself Gonna wear it to the Reach release. I need to make the shoulders next.

 

[Indigo Cow]

Looks amazing, great work. never really seen anybody do the marathon. Great choice!

 

[Korydabomb32]

How much will the castings of this beauty be? That is, if you plan on selling them

 

[misfitjh]

OMG that is one sweet looking helmet, you do incredible work. I so can't wait to see it done.

 

[Propcustomz]

I'm not sure yet Kory. But yesterday I smoothed the visor part. I'm going to mold just as soon as my silicone arrives(I ran out last month).

 

[Minkyboi]

wow...your details are so clean!

 

[180spaz]

Very nice helmet dude . I'll tell you what i'd do for the visor? i'd cut about 3/4 away from the edge of the visor platform, heat form your bikey helmet and rivet it in, and do 2 layer for the effect. soory if you don't get it, but i wanted to keep it brief.

 

[Propcustomz]

Good idea. But the problem with that is that the only different layers on the visor, are just tiny ones close to the edge. Unless I have extra visor after I trim it down, it isn't worth the extra money for the spare visor(to me anyways). It would look good though!

 

[Propcustomz]

Meanwhile, as I am waiting for my silicone to get here(tomorrow). I went ahead and started this.

 

[Propcustomz]

Update: pics are one the first page.

 

[Altair651]

You sir, absolutly deserve to be in the elite section! This helmet is a BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!! =O
Alongside that comment, I have a question..... How do you get your lines and details to be so sharp and clean and what do you use to make the indented details?

 

[Propcustomz]

Check out my thread in the noob forum "10 things that you may or may not want to know about bondo". Thank you, and enjoy sir.

 

[Propcustomz]

Here is a pic of the smooth visor(thanks for the idea) and prepped for molding. This is also a couple shots of the shoulder armor being started.

 

[pendy]

This is an amazing piece of work, especially since it is a scratch build. I do have a question though since I prefer scratch over pep. How did you make the base (the gray part in your first pics) of your helmet to which you bondoed? I know you mentioned foam. Did you just carve a base shape out of foam to which you applied bondo?

 

[Propcustomz]

This is an amazing piece of work, especially since it is a scratch build. I do have a question though since I prefer scratch over pep. How did you make the base (the gray part in your first pics) of your helmet to which you bondoed? I know you mentioned foam. Did you just carve a base shape out of foam to which you applied bondo?

Thank you first of all. But i just used a top of an airsoft helmet(the black part) for the back of the top. and the gray thing you see is a temp cast of the visor i will be using. I didnt want to build the helmet on the real visor, it would mess it up. I don't know where I mention foam

 

[pendy]

Haha yeah you didn't. It was posterboard. My B I read your other thread and read through your explanations of how you do your builds, but it wouldn't let me edit my post. Nice AoT masks btw.

 

[Propcustomz]

Thank you.

 

[Altair651]

The helm..... pure win!!!! And thanx for the info by the way.... ill be sure to check out that thread!!!!

 

[Joshua Morrison]

Yeah I'm jealous of your mad skills. This helmet is amazing, nice work!