nikolojedison
New Member
Ladies and gentlemen of the 405th:
Today I present to you my first true project, still a work in progress as of yet. My goal, simple: Build a MJOLNIR Mk. V helmet with Pepakura, using @Zaff's unfold of the Halo 4 Mark V Helmet file, found here. I don't have a colour scheme as of yet, but I do know that I won't be using black (Honestly, thank you @Arcanine!) or any of those silly red colours . I plan on doing some light weathering as well as some traditionally-positioned lights mounted in the sides, for which I have cannibalized some book lights since my current soldering skill == 0.
My first helmet, a rather lumpy and misshapen Mark VI made from foam a year ago (apologies for the angle, I had Legos in it at the time):
Due to my experience with that helmet, I knew when I first started that I didn't want to do foam again. I had initially built a 'demo' of sorts for it with Pepakura, then disassembled that demo and used those pieces as templates for the foam. In retrospect, not such a good idea since many of the pieces turned out slightly asymmetrical. Doing that gave me some experience folding & cutting on top of some basic origami folding skill & a few years of fascination with paper planes.
And so, we come to the true helmet I started this thread for:
As you can see, there's some slight warping/dipping on the upper half, but other than that the rest is minor cleanup and detailing. I am a good deal more satisfied with the symmetry and accuracy of this helmet as compared to my first one.
I'm waiting on resin, fiberglass, proper gloves, and respirator cartridges before starting the next stage: resin/fibreglass!
Today I present to you my first true project, still a work in progress as of yet. My goal, simple: Build a MJOLNIR Mk. V helmet with Pepakura, using @Zaff's unfold of the Halo 4 Mark V Helmet file, found here. I don't have a colour scheme as of yet, but I do know that I won't be using black (Honestly, thank you @Arcanine!) or any of those silly red colours . I plan on doing some light weathering as well as some traditionally-positioned lights mounted in the sides, for which I have cannibalized some book lights since my current soldering skill == 0.
My first helmet, a rather lumpy and misshapen Mark VI made from foam a year ago (apologies for the angle, I had Legos in it at the time):
Due to my experience with that helmet, I knew when I first started that I didn't want to do foam again. I had initially built a 'demo' of sorts for it with Pepakura, then disassembled that demo and used those pieces as templates for the foam. In retrospect, not such a good idea since many of the pieces turned out slightly asymmetrical. Doing that gave me some experience folding & cutting on top of some basic origami folding skill & a few years of fascination with paper planes.
And so, we come to the true helmet I started this thread for:
As you can see, there's some slight warping/dipping on the upper half, but other than that the rest is minor cleanup and detailing. I am a good deal more satisfied with the symmetry and accuracy of this helmet as compared to my first one.
I'm waiting on resin, fiberglass, proper gloves, and respirator cartridges before starting the next stage: resin/fibreglass!