Col Keller said:
Hey ben,
Just wondering how the builds are coming along... And I can personally thank you for helping me get a first place metal in VAC (visual arts competition) at state. I used the tutorials you made to help make the sculpture i did for the long term project. So thanks!
Our prompt was to use nontraditional building materials (aka: no clay, no paper, no wire sculptures) to make an art piece that reflected your personalities. It had to also include some major icon in the 70's. So once again thanks for the advice and tips!
Builds are coming along a little slow this month due to prepping the store for opening (yep I'm opening up a gamestore) However I do set aside one or two days to get some work done. As it stands here is my current project status
Eod Helmet: Hardened
Mark V: Hardened
Eva : Working mold done, needs mother mold
Childsize Dutch: Final mold done, needs mother mold
Mark VI v3 (pep + vac formed mask details): Working mold done, 2 pulls made, cleaning up 2nd and prepping for final mold
LoneWolf: Detailing stage 90% complete wave one will be "working molding soon"
Mark 6 suit done (awaiting rubber for molding): this has been laying around the shop for a while my last molds were destroyed in the 2008 hurricane and I have yet to re-mold
I hope to get some work done on these today, but I have 3 adult size dutch helmet orders to complete, and 1 odst suit to complete before I can get back to my "recreational" prop making. You know how it goes, got to sell some to fund making more.
P.S.
I would love to see some pics of you project sir, feel free to post them up in this thread.
OXM_Chase said:
Granted I haven't been doing this as long as most of you, but how can 280mm be the normal height for all types of helmets if they're shaped differently and produce different widths and depths? I scaled a scout helmet to 280mm and a Mark VI at 280mm ending in different measurements. Now, the Mark VI I understand why 280mm is a good measurement to use, but if I set other helmets at that height they're going to be bigger?
Mark VI
height 11in. width 9.6in. depth 14 in.
Scout
height 11in. width 11.9 in. depth 16 in.
Sorry to keep pushing this confusion, I just don't want to do all that work and find out I scaled the helmet too big again. I feel like you have to go off of the Mark VI 280mm measurement as a guide to what you want the helmet to size up to. For the scout, I'd probably want to drop it down to 270mm if I'm not mistaken. Again, I'm completely lost after looking at multiple helmet layouts haha
good answer below
mc hammer time said:
Well, the reason that they all are usually close to 280 is that despite the fact that the widths and depth's change, the height of the helmet is what makes it the right/wrong size for your head. As it stands, the scout helmet has that really long front to it, so even though the height is the same as the mk VI, the depth of the helmet will be larger. Also, you want a little room inside to put padding and whatnot.
To summarize when you set the height it auto adjusts the width and depth 280 is a good starting point as it is the most common height of a helmet. This of course does not mean it will be right for all helmets, or for you, but it's what I would recommend to start. I personally have helmets that are 300, 310, and 290. I have none that are 280 that fit me due to my massive ego, um I mean head
darkcrest0716 said:
hi, i was wondering if there was any other similar product to the flex-it foam that i might be able to find at a local wal-mart? i also tried to look for your other videos concerning washing your helmet but had no luck finding them. so i was wondering if you could explain to me what you mean by wash your helmet? or do you mean literally just wash it with water? thanks again for all your help!!!
not really, the closest thing would be "great stuff" but it does not have the same physical characteristics, and I don't recommend it. Great stuff has destroyed many a helmet due to it's constant rate of expansion, and over use by helmet makers.
