Finished ODST helmet
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tomahawknutter
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outstanding mate 
best ive seen yet, what did you use for the visor ??
best ive seen yet, what did you use for the visor ??The visor is heated and hand-formed plexiglass. Its a touchy thing, it takes me a couple tries each time so far. The plastic tends to bubble if it isnt heated just right. There are a few tiny bubbles in this one, but its not noticeable with battle damage and how small they are.
EDIT - I almost forgot to thank you for the compliments! Look at BenStreepers work, I learned from his tutorials, and I like his better than mine.
EDIT - I almost forgot to thank you for the compliments! Look at BenStreepers work, I learned from his tutorials, and I like his better than mine.
tomahawknutter
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well im buggered lol, trying to find something to use for my rocketeer helmet, cant do that stuff lol. you deserve the compliment, its an awesome build you've done.
tomahawknutter
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well ive already built the rocketeer helmet, its just the eyes that im stuck with, im happy to leave them but would prefer to have sum kind of glass plastic thing
Not really. I made a small vac form table, but my shop vac isnt that strong. So I use my hands to press the plastic onto my visor form.
Tomahawk, get a sheet of clear plastic, cut the pieces out a bit too big, heat them and you should be able to form them to the right shape for the lenses. Just wear gloves and be careful not to burn yourself. Then you can just tint the plastic to the right color and seal them in place.
tomahawknutter
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sweet will try that, cheers mate
SkullBoy13
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Nice work man, specially on the visor!! can you show us how you did it? keep up the good work
The visor was made the same way that Benstreeper made his with his small vac table in his video. The difference being that my shop vac wasnt strong enough to pull the plastic onto the original so I had to form it with my hands. Ive done it a couple times now, but its not the best way. Each success had about 3 fails a piece. I think I have something new worked out. If it does work, Ill put a video of it up for everyone.
SkullBoy13
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Whats a vac table?? thats cool thinking of a new way to shape your visor. i hope you'll find a new way )
)SkullBoy13
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so like. place the sample visor(resined or finished)on the vac table then heat up the visor, then put the visor on top of the sample??
Well, what I did, is I cut the visor out of the molded helmet, used that cut out and built it up to extend the edges about 1/2 inch with bondo and resin.
Then I filled it in to make it like a big wedge so it was sturdy. I sanded the front smooth and stand it on the vac table.
After heating the plastic, it SHOULD just get sucked down over the wedge and then I have a new visor to cut out.. but my vac isnt strong enough. So, when the suction dies out, I just push it over my wedge with my hands and fingers until it covers the whole wedge.
When it cools, I pop the wedge out and cut the flashing off of the new visor and install it.
Ill tell you what, Ill try it again on a new kind of plastic I found thats A LOT thinner.. maybe my vac table will work. If it does, Ill do a second one and record and post it so you can see what I mean.
Then I filled it in to make it like a big wedge so it was sturdy. I sanded the front smooth and stand it on the vac table.
After heating the plastic, it SHOULD just get sucked down over the wedge and then I have a new visor to cut out.. but my vac isnt strong enough. So, when the suction dies out, I just push it over my wedge with my hands and fingers until it covers the whole wedge.
When it cools, I pop the wedge out and cut the flashing off of the new visor and install it.
Ill tell you what, Ill try it again on a new kind of plastic I found thats A LOT thinner.. maybe my vac table will work. If it does, Ill do a second one and record and post it so you can see what I mean.
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