My Cqb Helmet Progression

[Yajirushi]

I figured that if I was going to join these fine forums, I should place an initiation test on myself. I went ahead and started on a CQB helmet.

So I humbly present you all a pepped and ready-to-be-resined CQB helmet!

It's a tad lopsided at the moment; I will be straightening it out as the first layer of resin cures. The three bolts are accounted for, but are separate and will later be attached as I mud glass the helmet.



Any sort of input is appreciated! I'm sure any suggestion will aid me well on this project.

I'll be updating soon

 

[Jason0]

Looks good, is this your first pep piece?

 

[Yajirushi]

Looks good, is this your first pep piece?

Yeah, it is. Never even heard of Pepakura until I found 405th. It's really a marvelous program :V

 

[Jason0]

Yeah, it is. Never even heard of Pepakura until I found 405th. It's really a marvelous program :V

Yes, it is. And you did very good for your first time.

 

[A Guardian]

Looks pretty good, especially for your fist Pep piece.



And quick question, it looks to me like you used printer paper.

Did you?

 

[Yajirushi]

Looks pretty good, especially for your fist Pep piece.



And quick question, it looks to me like you used printer paper.

Did you?

Haha, nah. I went out and bought 110p cardstock.



If I recall, I saw a list of things on these forums that mentioned the price of cardstock, and that it was usually 10 bucks (not sure), but I found a nice pack of 110p at Walmart for 5 bucks.

 

[A Guardian]

Haha, nah. I went out and bought 110p cardstock.



If I recall, I saw a list of things on these forums that mentioned the price of cardstock, and that it was usually 10 bucks (not sure), but I found a nice pack of 110p at Walmart for 5 bucks.

Haha, I use the walmart 110p too.

Georgia pacific, right?



And i guess its a bigger helmet then i thought.

I based that it looked thin based on it being smallish.

 

[Yajirushi]

Haha, I use the walmart 110p too.

Georgia pacific, right?



And i guess its a bigger helmet then i thought.

I based that it looked thin based on it being smallish.

Yup, that's the brand



Yeah, I have a fairly large head :sleep so it is in fact a rather big helmet. I just scaled the image down a bit if that's what you meant. Also, that's a feather stuffed comforter, which may account for the illusion of tininess :V

 

[A Guardian]

Yup, that's the brand



Yeah, I have a fairly large head :sleep so it is in fact a rather big helmet. I just scaled the image down a bit if that's what you meant. Also, that's a feather stuffed comforter, which may account for the illusion of tininess :V

Yea, me too.

Huge head, but its proportional to the rest of me.

Which sucks for me.

More paper to print out, cut out, and glue.

 

[bevbor]

Hey, great work,

but why you didn't use much more smooth Robogenisis CQB model?



I glued it, and got something absolutely different from your:

(press on pic to enlarge)





Good luck with your projects anyway!

 

[Carpathia]

I'm going to agree with Bevbor on this. You did a pretty good job, but you could have picked a better model to start with. I've build the helmet Bevbor has pictured. It's farely simple, has fewer parts, requires less scoring meaning it's smoother (which means less bondo work later; less bondo = less $$$), includes a visor so the warpage will be minimized and turns out a beautiful piece as you can see. Just my 2 cents, good luck and hope to see more.

 

[Gixxer]

good pep for your first time .. keep up the good job ..

 

[Yajirushi]

Hey, great work,

but why you didn't use much more smooth Robogenisis CQB model?



I glued it, and got something absolutely different from your:

(press on pic to enlarge)





Good luck with your projects anyway!

Yikes, I had not seen that until now. Wow, that does look much better x_x



I'm in the process of resining mine as I type this, so I'm just gonna go ahead and finish mine. Thanks for showing me that, though. I'll keep in mind to look a second time before deciding on a pep piece from now on.