MrPinski's Daft Punk Guy Manuel Helmet (Tron-Discovery)

Mrpinski · Feb 17, 2011

So I want to first introduce myself. My name is Igor and I have been making costumes for the past 5 years and and like many of you, I am a member of the RPF. Under the wing of Tmccarty23 I have been building this helmet for about 2 weeks now and since this is my first build, I would like to share what I have and open myself up to suggestions and criticisms. I would also like to send a special thanks out to Dung0beetle for the 3D design and unfold! The scale is 280mm and I am 5'10" Here we go...
THE PEP BUILD!

RESIN!

BONDO!

A BIT MORE SANDING...

VACCFORMER MADE!

Mrpinski · Feb 17, 2011

VACCUFORM 1-3 = EPIC FAIL!

ATTEMPT 4 = GREAT SUCCESS!!!

THOUGHTS?

fat hi555 · Feb 17, 2011

This is really good!
I cant wait to see the finished product. Good luck!

FROCKLIFFE · Feb 17, 2011

Looks sick!!!

SPRTNBD50 · Feb 17, 2011

YOU, WHY AREN'T YOU MY NEIGHBOR!!!! Awesome helmet man!

Filurix · Feb 17, 2011

Love the vacuumformed visor! I didn't know it was that "easy" (perhaps it's a bit harder than it looks) but that setup seems very straight to the point. Did you build it yourself?

aktaylorh · Feb 17, 2011

Is that visor solid?

Liamthedevastator · Feb 17, 2011

aktaylorh said:
Is that visor solid?

Ditto. It looks like you vacuum formed the plastic with some kind of factory film still on it...what's the dealio?

And awesome progress, I'm super stoked to see how this is going to work out.

Mrpinski · Feb 17, 2011

Thanks for the feedback guys! The visor is made of 1/16th" acrylic and did get a little thinner when it was stretched over the visor form. I did make the vaccuformer myself. And the Visor is blue because acrylic sheets come with a protective film on them to keep them from scratching before the customer gets them and is finished working with it. It does come off after you're done (even after vaccuforming) I know this because all the 3 failed attempts that I had all peeled off without a problem! Thanks again guys! If you know of any tips you might wanna shoot over my way, I am very open to them!

tmccarty23 · Feb 17, 2011

Very good work on this one. I think it is easily one of the cleanest visors I've seen in a while. I think an EVA should be in the future. : D

Liamthedevastator · Feb 17, 2011

Mrpinski said:
Thanks for the feedback guys! The visor is made of 1/16th" acrylic and did get a little thinner when it was stretched over the visor form. I did make the vaccuformer myself. And the Visor is blue because acrylic sheets come with a protective film on them to keep them from scratching before the customer gets them and is finished working with it. It does come off after you're done (even after vaccuforming) I know this because all the 3 failed attempts that I had all peeled off without a problem! Thanks again guys! If you know of any tips you might wanna shoot over my way, I am very open to them!

That's very interesting. That stuff is usually just held on by static right? It's interesting that it doesn't bubble up (which makes sense because there is no adhesive there).

Mrpinski · Feb 22, 2011

Finally made a rear panel. Still a little tweaking here and there but... Well here it is.

BLACKULA727 · Feb 22, 2011

I must say, this is turning into an awesome build. I was scratch building one, but the shape wasnt right. Anyways, great job so far.

Mrpinski · Mar 4, 2011

So... I've decided to redo the ear pucks... I didn't like the way they looked at first and this is the progress so far! (took one out of Volpin's playbook!)

tmccarty23 · Mar 4, 2011

Very nice customization there.

This helmet is going to be very cool.

Mrpinski · Mar 16, 2011

So I went camping this weekend... And my dad thought it would be cool to give my helmet to a painter buddy of his to get some color on this thing... It's not the right color, nor was I done shaping it fully, so it's not totally done but still cool to see some color on it I guess... Thanks Dad.

tsau mia · Mar 16, 2011

Looks like one of the best Daftpunk helmet builds I've seen!

Mrpinski · Mar 16, 2011

Thank you! That's really cool of you!

BLACKULA727 · Mar 16, 2011

I know your not finished yet, but it looks absolutely amazing. Have you given the electronics any thought? Keep it up!

Mrpinski · Mar 16, 2011

Thank you! I think of the electronics every day!!! haha. I just don't have the skills to make the boards and all of that. I don't want to do the LED light's from Tron... I want to do that lights from Discovery but I need to commission someone for the job. But I don't want to spend more than $250 for sure. I have found a couple of guys to do it for $500 but that seems like too much.

So I had nothing to do so I painted the visor....