Hiya! I'm new here to these forums, and I've been a huge halo fan for awhile, so I thought I'd give armor-making a shot. Anyhow, I started my project when the forums weren't open for registration, so I couldn't exactly get any help if I had a question, Well..I did my first mark 6 halo helmet over February break, pepped it, resined, fiberglassed, resined again, skipped bondoing because I wasn't (and still not sure) What exactly it does, then painted it. It came out...bad..like..REALLY bad, infact, it's the most screwed up and warped thing i've ever seen, it's also low-def.
Here's how it was finished pepping:
Yeah...here's a tip for all those really newbie newbies, NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER use yellow glue sticks when your hot gluing, ALWAYS use clear, or else if your not neat, you'll have huge yellow globs everywhere, like seen here:
Anyhow, did resining, fibeglasses, etc. etc. Warped like hell, etc. etc. Here's the final helmet all painted:
I think I didn't sand enough >.>
So after putting in padding, I realized it was way too small, and when I finally got my head in, I couldn't take it off, arrangements had to be made, and I wound up cutting like the whole bottom off the helmet, now I can finally get my head in! and...everything was tight..REALLY tight..my nose was pushed hard against the nosepiece, I'd just realized I made it to small...Oh well though, it really looked...REALLY bad...so I was deciding whether I should chuck it or not, but then an idea came to me, I know I've only done like one thing out of pep so far, but what if I tried this again, but in Hi-def, with a small, low-temp glue-gun, and with clear glue sticks? So I thought my idea through, and printed out the pages. So heres the start:
And what I'm up to so far:
So here's a side by side comparison of my new helm, and my old one:
Here's how it was finished pepping:
Yeah...here's a tip for all those really newbie newbies, NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER use yellow glue sticks when your hot gluing, ALWAYS use clear, or else if your not neat, you'll have huge yellow globs everywhere, like seen here:
Anyhow, did resining, fibeglasses, etc. etc. Warped like hell, etc. etc. Here's the final helmet all painted:
I think I didn't sand enough >.>
So after putting in padding, I realized it was way too small, and when I finally got my head in, I couldn't take it off, arrangements had to be made, and I wound up cutting like the whole bottom off the helmet, now I can finally get my head in! and...everything was tight..REALLY tight..my nose was pushed hard against the nosepiece, I'd just realized I made it to small...Oh well though, it really looked...REALLY bad...so I was deciding whether I should chuck it or not, but then an idea came to me, I know I've only done like one thing out of pep so far, but what if I tried this again, but in Hi-def, with a small, low-temp glue-gun, and with clear glue sticks? So I thought my idea through, and printed out the pages. So heres the start:
And what I'm up to so far:
So here's a side by side comparison of my new helm, and my old one: