I actually plan to spend a long time on this (possibly 2-3 YEARS), and not just doing the helm. My overall objective is to create a FULL SUIT of ODST battle armor. I plan to mold to whole thing. Ambitious, but what ever. I'm not going to start out with a full sized helm. I'm starting with something a bit bigger than a tennis ball, and then mold and reproduce it.
I am currently doing some research, and there are a couple of things I don't know.
1. How would you model arm plates, thigh plates, chest plates, etc? With the Helm, I am placing it over a skating helmet for sizing purposes, but what for those plates? Would I be able to use a manaquin if I could aqcuire one?
2. Cutting the visor. How do you cut the visors that you get from motorcycle supply stores? Seem kind of hard to scale...
3. I plan to use actual Urban Charcoal BDUs. How would you fasten the plating to the BDU?
4. Coloring and Painting. For ODSTs, would you use a dark grey sort of color, a black color or what. Would it be a good idea to spray on some sort of rubber? To add grip?
5. Ventilation. In the helmet, should I cut ventilation holes?
6. Thickness. Is there any way I could make thicker armor plates without sucking up huge amounts of Smoothcast 300?
If I think of any new questions, I'll post them.