MLC's journey to becoming MC!
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LastSpartan said:
I searched the net looking for a site that has a large sample swatch of both Oregano and Olive Drab 2. Printed both out and gave it to a paint mixer nearby. Told the mixer to mix something a bit darker than Oregano but a tad lighter than Olive Drab 2. The rest is just flat black.
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Xavier said:nice man! two words still remain! BATTLE DAMAGE!!!
Yeah I know........but thats my Waterloo!
Must send it to "West Coast Customs" eh!
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Halo 1
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MLC said:Yeah I know........but thats my Waterloo!
Must send it to "West Coast Customs" eh!
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Hey Bro,
Got an idea about the 'Battle Damage'. PM sent.
Stay safe,
Tim.
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JaredBlair
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Hey everyone. This is my first post here on the site. I have been a guest here for about a week now, looking at projects and collecting information to begin my project. I must say this is a nice site with skillful armor makers such as MLC here.
MLC, may I say to you sir nice work on that helmet. I will soon send you an email about buying one of those magnificent works of art. This helmet is blowing my mind. Hopefully when i get into the business mine would be a quarter as good as yours.
Good Luck with the rest of your project
-Jared
MLC, may I say to you sir nice work on that helmet. I will soon send you an email about buying one of those magnificent works of art. This helmet is blowing my mind. Hopefully when i get into the business mine would be a quarter as good as yours.
Good Luck with the rest of your project
-Jared
smartypants1635
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Damn MLC you have churned this thing out wicked fast.
Loving the details too. Keep it up, and I can't wait to see it finished.
Loving the details too. Keep it up, and I can't wait to see it finished.
mlcallanta
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Update 11/20/07
Apologies for the lack of updates, but since my son needed the camera for a school project I just went ahead with the ff mods:
- Helmet was gelcoated black in its interior
- installed wirings properly - including a dettachable 9V battery box made out of fiberglass as well as fiberglassing a metal bracket for the light switch.
- cut out the 4 small oval slots at both ends of the brim design for actual vents to lessen the fogging of lens.
- installed the 2 3/4" wire loom for the cheeks
- installed a hard hat liner with fiberglass flat sheet
- ....... and finally installed the visor
Check out the last 7 pics:
http://www.printroom.com/ViewAlbum.asp?use...6&curpage=3
Uber apologies for the phone cam's resolution. 2nd to the last pic shows my other worker wearing the helmet - he is 5'6" and the last pic is of me wearing the helmet inside the room taken by my wife with her crappy phone cam
Well, that finally concludes the Halo helmet. How do you guys like it so far?
Hopefully by tomorrow, we could start with the torso/body armor - but I promise not to take as much pictures like I did with the helmet Besides, my printroom photo album is running out of space!
More pics attached below........
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Apologies for the lack of updates, but since my son needed the camera for a school project I just went ahead with the ff mods:
- Helmet was gelcoated black in its interior
- installed wirings properly - including a dettachable 9V battery box made out of fiberglass as well as fiberglassing a metal bracket for the light switch.
- cut out the 4 small oval slots at both ends of the brim design for actual vents to lessen the fogging of lens.
- installed the 2 3/4" wire loom for the cheeks
- installed a hard hat liner with fiberglass flat sheet
- ....... and finally installed the visor
Check out the last 7 pics:
http://www.printroom.com/ViewAlbum.asp?use...6&curpage=3
Uber apologies for the phone cam's resolution. 2nd to the last pic shows my other worker wearing the helmet - he is 5'6" and the last pic is of me wearing the helmet inside the room taken by my wife with her crappy phone cam
Well, that finally concludes the Halo helmet. How do you guys like it so far?
Hopefully by tomorrow, we could start with the torso/body armor - but I promise not to take as much pictures like I did with the helmet
Besides, my printroom photo album is running out of space! More pics attached below........
Mardon (MLC)
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mlcallanta
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More pics......
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Halo_1 said:Bro,
Looks awesome! Love it with the visor installed...and to be honest, I can't see a difference tween you and your worker wearing the helm. Looks great on the both of you.
Stay safe,
Tim.
We have about 5"-6" between the both of us
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mlcallanta
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Ruze789 said:
I was actually waiting for somebody to ask that question.....eventually
Both visors were mounted in 4 positions - both ends of the temple, forehead & even on the snout sections. Visors were drilled with holes on their mounting positions & fiberglass putty was used to adhere both visors to the inside of the helmet.
Sorry for the reso of the pic below, but those round tan colored spots you see on the visors are the mounting positions or the fiberglass putty (resin mixed with fiberglass & patching compound) - very strong bond!
You have to use a grinder & grind those mounting positions to bits before you can remove the visor!
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Ruze789
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MLC said:I was actually waiting for somebody to ask that question.....eventually
Oh, somebody always asks that question. I figured it'd be me this time, I could make out the spots on the visor in your other photo and was intrigued. I thought they were screws, though.
Very cool method, and thanks for the reply.
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Walter Spase
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Awesome Helm btw.... looks great. And plastic is completely repairable, its just a bit less intuitive than fiberglass. Awesome helmet.
What scale did you build your Pep to?
What scale did you build your Pep to?
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Walter Spase
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Same here, it just looks a bit larger when you wear it than my helmet turned out... probably just a trick of the camera.
Halo 1
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MLC said:I was actually waiting for somebody to ask that question.....eventually
Both visors were mounted in 4 positions - both ends of the temple, forehead & even on the snout sections. Visors were drilled with holes on their mounting positions & fiberglass putty was used to adhere both visors to the inside of the helmet.
Sorry for the reso of the pic below, but those round tan colored spots you see on the visors are the mounting positions or the fiberglass putty (resin mixed with fiberglass & patching compound) - very strong bond!
You have to use a grinder & grind those mounting positions to bits before you can remove the visor!
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Bro,
Have you ever thought of using Chicago Screws to mount the visors into place? Since the helm is made from fiberglass, it should hold the Chicago Screws fine, and it'll allow for easier, quick removal for cleaning or replacement.
Here's what I mean by using the Chicago Screws, this is my setup on my BM Helm.
Just an idea.
Stay safe,
Tim.
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Hollis DZC
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Looks like you've hit another one out of the park bro! Great job!!!
mlcallanta
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Halo_1 said:Bro,
Have you ever thought of using Chicago Screws to mount the visors into place? Since the helm is made from fiberglass, it should hold the Chicago Screws fine, and it'll allow for easier, quick removal for cleaning or replacement.
Here's what I mean by using the Chicago Screws, this is my setup on my BM Helm.
Just an idea.
Stay safe,
Tim.
We did actually, but the slight thickness of its screw head might leave us a small gap between the visor lens & the helmet.
I think this would work well integrated in the design whereas you can have these installed by boring a hole outside the helmet, recessing it & covered by bondo so nothing can be seen outside.
Of course, finding a good height for these screws are paramount as long ones may hit you in your face.
Nice work on your fett helmet, BTW
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