I'll have this serve as my build thread for both my helmet and armor to keep everything in one place.
So I'll jump right in. The first part of my ODST build will be my Xcoser helmet. I was able to get ahold of this helmet for $80 with only a week long wait. Out of the box it's not great- paint job is rough. For a mass produced item I'm not too mad of course. It was always going to get modded and repainted anyway and the lineage of the helmet is more than acceptable once it's properly customized and made more accurate. The material is...different. It's an almost flexible rubbery plastic and the inside looks loosely reinforced with some type of fiber before a final epoxy coat is brushed over it. I immediately removed the cheap stuck in foam and removed the visor. The stock visor that comes with the helmet is hot glued in and lightly smoked but doesn't obscure your face at all once the helmet is being worn. I purchased a black tinted visor with more proper screen lineage from a maker on Etsy will should be here at the end of this week or early next week.
These first pictures are of the helmet right out of the box.
So I'll jump right in. The first part of my ODST build will be my Xcoser helmet. I was able to get ahold of this helmet for $80 with only a week long wait. Out of the box it's not great- paint job is rough. For a mass produced item I'm not too mad of course. It was always going to get modded and repainted anyway and the lineage of the helmet is more than acceptable once it's properly customized and made more accurate. The material is...different. It's an almost flexible rubbery plastic and the inside looks loosely reinforced with some type of fiber before a final epoxy coat is brushed over it. I immediately removed the cheap stuck in foam and removed the visor. The stock visor that comes with the helmet is hot glued in and lightly smoked but doesn't obscure your face at all once the helmet is being worn. I purchased a black tinted visor with more proper screen lineage from a maker on Etsy will should be here at the end of this week or early next week.
These first pictures are of the helmet right out of the box.