DeathOfBlades said:
Won't adding that much resin and fiberglass basically cover up the detail of the helmet? If not then will the extra toughness make it Airsoft proof ;D?
Thin layers of resin go on the outside, i usually use around 2 or 3 light to medium coats to make sure the pep is supported, the resin coats shouldnt remove any detail on the outside as long as you keep them reasonably thin.
The fiberglass goes on the inside of the helmet where it wont erase any detail. while no one sees the inside because thats where your head goes, i would still recommend keeping it reasonably neat and clean, sharp and pointy pieces of fiberglass do not make your scalp happy....trust me lol
also,
We highly recommend not using the armor you build for paintball or airsoft. The reason why is the safety requirements that have to be met and so on and so forth. It is also impractical because it limits your range of movement, giving your opponents an advantage(unless your playing a halo themed game)
with the obligatory warning out of the way, i must say that i was curious today and thought i would test to see how many layers of fiberglass it would take to stop a PAINTBALL without taking damage.
The result was a strip of fiberglass that was at least 6 layers thick. note: the fiberglass i used was the fiberglass cloth(the woven, not the short strands) so the added flex you get from that might have helped.
The fiberglass took around 60 paintballs POINTBLANK (the muzzle was about half an inch from the fiberglass) at 300 FPS from my Spyder MR-1 Marker without any damage, it was kinda messy though....
as i stated, this was only for paintballs, airsoft would most likely require more due to the smaller projectile that is solid will add a more concentrated application or force to a smaller area, also paintballs are ment to bust, airsoft BBs are not.
I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS OKAY. im just saying that if you wanted to, it would take a lot of fiberglass and sufficient testing before i would even remotely trust it.