Thanks for your help on my weapon delema, I'm probably just gonna make silicone molds but what materials would be best to fill the molds, and I just thought of an easy way to make a visor but I need someone to run a test for me, I need to test the clarity of straight resin, (since it doesn't stick to tin foil you could brush a thin layer on it wait for it to cure then take it out and check the clarity) but like I said it was just a thought and if someone actually tests it I could continue with the rest of the thought.
I'll say upfront, it is generally frowned upon too essentially reply to yourself twice making three posts in a row from you. It's sort of bumping even though this is a sticky. You have an edit button you can use in the future to add stuff!
I think you may be getting ahead of yourself also. Take it one step at a time and don't overload yourself or you'll end up in over your head and giving up out of frustration.
Now... to address the issues.
Mold making is great, but it is VERY expensive to do. You're going to be looking at forking out a couple hundred bucks to make a copy of a pistol. There is also a lot that can go wrong, so a lot of experience and practice with it is vital as well. Even the best mold makers run into problems, and I am not sure you have even started pepping yet.
Trust me when I say, getting from pep to ready-for-molds is going to take you a few weeks. I'd start a build thread if I were you, and start actually making the stuff before you start preparing to do final steps to something that doesn't exist yet! As you make it, you may find that your needs for the piece change, like when I started the needler, I was expecting to just have it be a single final piece, but as I messed with it I saw the need to cut it apart, which meant I had to consider how I was going to reattach everything, and it was a long road to deciding I was going to vacuum form and mold cast it.
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As to resin visors, I'll stop you right there and say don't bother. The resin is not strong enough to serve as a visor, nor is it clear enough. Without a matrix (fiberglass, fabric etc), resin is floppy and weak, but if you add those matrices you lose visibility.
This is another case where I think you're getting ahead of yourself. Make the helmet first, get pictures up so we can see what you're doing and better help you out, and once the helmet is under way you can start thinking about visors.
Depending on which one you're making, almost every instance calls for just buying a cheap motorcycle visor off the internet instead. It will give you that cool, mirrored look where people can't see into it, but you can see out, and amazon has them for about 8$ so they are WAY cheaper than making your own. Making your own visor is only really worthwhile if you have access to a vacuum forming machine, and a lot of time and money, as they'll set you back a lot in materials costs.
I am not trying to be mean, I just want you to understand that a lot of your plans are a bit further down the road than you are ready for, we want to help you get a good helmet going, but you have to start it first! Maybe you have, but we'd really need a build thread started so we could see how it's coming along, and better give tips on where to go with the visor and gun.
