Hyo's Female Reach Build - Finished

[Hyokenseisou]

The visor was hand molded. After the helmet was pep'd and I cut out the visor piece, I cut it into 3 pieces, heated the thermal plastic in the oven on a baking sheet, then quickly took it out of the oven and sort of pulled/pressed it over the pep'd pieces. Same idea as if you were forging a sword; heat up the material, work with it a bit, heat it back up a bit, work with it, etc. And the only reason why we had to heat/work it so much was because it was 1/8" thick plastic (already tinted a dark grey). Then just used a dremel to etch some detailing, then glued it in.

There's a couple other pilot helmets floating around on the forum, but from what I can read on them, they've all been vac-formed then spray tinted.

[Pack hunter]

hmm i've had a few ideas on how to make some visors real cheap, havn't had the time to try it....or the money 4 that matter, i love the suit, one hot looking spartan,

[sandy1973]

Where did you get the plastic for your visor.

[Hyokenseisou]

@Pack: Thanks.

@Sandy: Local plastic store here in Calgary called Industrial Paints and Plastic.

[J326]

did you spray tint it with the VHT nite shade stuff? cuz if so, how good is the visibility?

[Hyokenseisou]

No the plastic itself was already tinted a dark grey, so looking through it is exactly like a pair of sunglasses.

[Road Kill]

WOW this is amazing =D looks awesome

[Hyokenseisou]

Here, has a vid. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99eYn...ature=youtu.be

[Hyokenseisou]

Found this super epic pic of my friend wearing my suit at the Halofest VIP party (photo I *think* taken by her husband)
Finally a really good pic that displays all of my suit.

[Warpath5150]

Wicked suit! and nice shooting, I know my contact from philly went to a shooting range in his COG armour, that was awesome