Legendary Armor – Mark VI Master Chief Helmet Progress

[slavefive]

After painting a Boba Fett, its all down hill from there.

...totally hear you on that one

 

[CMANavy]

...totally hear you on that one

Well untill the upgrades start. I'm half blind form the rear pannels on my FPH, thank god I have an 8 week break.

 

[slave1pilot]

After painting a Boba Fett, its all down hill from there.

After painting an ACCURATE Boba fett...

 

[CMANavy]

After painting an ACCURATE Boba fett...

You have me there!

 

[BishopX]

A little handback armor comparison for you guys.... There's definately a very similar curve there.

 

[Xavier]

I see it now for sure, there be a curve!

 

[korekillerking]

this looks sweet

 

[1ManBattalion]

That likes good mate, any plans for the Classified section with the hand plates?

 

[Xavier]

what ever happened to this piece?

 

[BishopX]

Yeah.... Mold it this week and cast a second master. Remold it and cast in hard paintable rubber. HyperfirmX rubber. BAM!!!

 

[Skullcandy Girl]

Thank you for sharing all your progress and giving inspiration

 

[BishopX]

You guys are very welcome. We are happy to share as much with you as we can.

As far as the inner linning ring. We're not sure what we will be able to do yet. There may be a problem in the size of the padding. With the padding ring in, you may not be able to get your head in the helmet. We are concentrating on the visor and the ODST armor right now.

 

[Sean Bradley]

As far as the inner linning ring. We're not sure what we will be able to do yet. There may be a problem in the size of the padding. With the padding ring in, you may not be able to get your head in the helmet.

What about casting this in an ultrasoft material so that it compresses when you squeeze your head into the helmet.. something like 'nerf' foam rubber?

I guess thats just how I pictured the neckseal working..

 

[Xavier]

yea i like that idea... the neck seal really finishes off the helmet.

 

[BishopX]

Yeah...that was originally the intention but if the foam has to compress that much to let your head in, the foam will eventually just tear. I want to add the look of the padding but not have to deal with a ton more work for the look.

 

[slavefive]

...with the neckring one of the issues we ran into is the unpredictable inner thickness of the helmet from being rotocasted...plus we added the bottom lip on the neck area of the helmet...we can cut out that lip to allow for more room but still the neckliner may not fit as well as we would like...

...perhaps an abbreviated thinner version which only extends from ear to ear where the neckplate attaches may be a good answer...we just need to sit down and work on it...

...it is a working progress and as Bishop said the ODST is our main focus at the moment...

 

[BishopX]

You know... I really knew that I had "made it" in this industry when I was "invited" to work on Speed II. It's amazing, the feeling you get when you're down and out and the director personally calls and says, in his little Dutch accent....

"John...yah....I weesh for you to werk on my mooovee. It weell make the deeference in the whole werld. Please...say yah I weell do eet!"

That's when you know that you are somebody... Now look at me.....I have arrived.

I'm going to write a book and maybe call it "I Have Arrived!" or maybe "You Wish You Were on Speed Too?!"

This will be the picture of me on the back of my book.

 

[BishopX]

Yes! I am just being a jacka$$. I'm playing....please do not think that I actually think that I am somebody....LOL...just trying to fun it up a little.

 

[Skullcandy Girl]

*runs away crying from scary Bishop*

 

[Xavier]

It would seem that work has driven you mad