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    Daft punk Guy helmet

    Hey - sorry to bring back an old thread, but thought you might like to know that my helmet was featured in the excellent Dark Side of Glastonbury documentary ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jv7f4/Glastonbury_After_Hours/ ) at best it can be described as a fleeting appearance, but hey I...
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    Daft punk Guy helmet

    Yes, there is always time for more sanding - it really is the superfine sanding that makes it look all the better. Mine looks good in pictures and at night, but is nothing like some of the properly perfect ones I've seen online. I'm currently a bit torn about making another - or repairing that...
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    Daft punk Guy helmet

    Hey, sorry not to have been back for so long - for back I had another plastic panel - I was going to vac-form that properly, but I used an off cut of the front visor that went a bit wrong. Then I sprayed it blue like the visor. I was going to put one of those EL sound activated panels in there...
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    Installing fans inside helmet?

    Hiya, Worth noting that USB fans are 5v - and 3 AA batteries are about 4.5v so will run them fine. I bought a laptop cooling pad from ebay for about £5 that included 3 fans (with some nice blue leds) then just made a very simple circuit with a switch. I wanted my fans to show, but would be...
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    Daft punk Guy helmet

    Last one, me and my brother - was great the range of styles we had - that said it was my two brothers (this one with the colander and one who is in the pics above wearing an iMac on his head) - they made it into the festival review magazine! Still very pleased for them. and I'll dig out a...
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    Daft punk Guy helmet

    Hiya, here are some more pics of mine - I have lots of the build process, I'll add those later. Was great fun building together, would advise it to anyone that is thinking about building. Makes twice as easy! Also power tools - using an orbital sander was BRILLIANT, and so much faster (and...
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    Daft Punk Guy Helmet Build Log

    Sorry all my images disapeared - my server host seems to have gone bust - so need to buy new rackspace. Anyway, build progressing nicely, still just sanding and working on the lights at the moment, planning where they all go...
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    Gears Foam Build

    excellent stuff - look forward to seeing how this pans out.
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    DP guy manuel homem de cristo :D

    I look forward to seeing this am doing Guy helmet at the moment too - http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/32111-Daft-Punk-Guy-Helmet-Build-Log What sort of timeline you looking at to complete this? I have to get mine done before mid June for a festival... loads to do!
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    Daft Punk Guy Helmet Build Log

    Thanks, yes much bud, becks and scrumpy jack went into those helmets! It's been a long double bank holiday weekend here in the UK, so I started my helmet last Saturday (6 days ago) probably only spent about 10 hours on it so far. We are going to build a vac table and vac form the visors - I am...
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    Daft Punk Guy Helmet Build Log

    Sorry for the huge pictures ;) So that was when we had finished the paperwork bits. Then here is where we filled with fibreglass and finally added body filler and started sanding, which is where i am up to now, loads left to do. Note - since I used a work printer the primer went black when I...
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    Daft Punk Guy Helmet Build Log

    Actually figured out a way to do it from pics I uploaded to facebook... yawn. Anyway soory for huge images: Here are some pics of what we are up to: Here the helmet on the left has been resined inside and out, mine had just been completed, started at 4pm on saturday (over easter bank hol)...
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    Daft Punk Guy Helmet Build Log

    Hi all, A while back I was told DP were playing glastonbury 2011 - and so in honour of that I decided to start some sort of robot meet at glasto (i'll post the link later for anyone going) and that i would build some sort of DP type outfit. Well Daft Punk aren't playing, but meh, it's too late...
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