UnDed's Project (56ks beware) *Update x4* New Pics page 3

[UnDedSnipr]

Hmm thats news to me. I just guessed how much Resin I would need to coat the glass.

 

[drgon47]

Looks pretty good dude.

Side note though..the resin will dry at the same rate regardless of the fans.

Though they help tremendously with the awfull smells...hate the stuff....

 

[FinAeros]

http://www.fiberlay.com/howto/Fiberglass-E...ining-Guide.pdf, from the tut listed here I think, on page 23.

And the fans actually slow the process a little.

Since it's essentially a heat-driven process, the hotter it gets the quicker everything sets up.

But yeah, fans help with getting rid of the smell.

 

[UnDedSnipr]

Ok so I finished the left, right and back sides of the helm. So here are the pics of my helm during the stages of fiberglassing. I still would like more people to vote on my color options.

Left side of the helm before resin:

Left Side after Resin:

Right side before resin:

Right side after resin:

Back side before resin (hehe backside):

Back side after resin:

Sorry for the mass amount of pics. But might as well. O and I still need color opinions. Plz.
Thanks for all the comments. O and tomorrow I'll finish glassing then go buy some Bondo, for the outside. I'm wondering how much to get. Because I want the outside to be thicker so I can dremel details in. Thanks again.

 

[Spartan 110]

looks good, keep up the good work!

 

[Caboose]

did you just use regular printer paper?

 

[Leadingspartan]

that is awesome!

 

[GDan]

good job! looking forward to seeing it done

 

[TheBlue]

Woot! Good job. I say MC green.

 

[UnDedSnipr]

Ok so I will for worn everyone this is a ton of pictures. I'll start out with the finishing of fiberglassing my helm, then go to using bondo, then to after sanding, the bondo, then to penning of the details to make the H2 helm a H3 helm. O and more paint schemes, and anyone that could give me any tips on putting details into my helm using a dremel. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. O and in response to Caboose I used, 110 lbs cardstock.

After fiberglass dried overnight:

Placing mat in mouth guard:

Mouth Guard after glass:

After sanding the glass with dremel:

Wearing helm after glass:

Last coat of resin over the glass:

On to Body filler I used these materials you need/recommended:
Bondo Body Filler

Nice and small plastic spatula thing

A Shiny piece of cardboard, big piece

What Bondo looks like

Mix with this hardener the ratios are on the can

You want to mix it on the cardboard, till it gets to a nice creamy pinkish grey. Then spread over the area where needed, with the spatula thing.

Where I applied bondo:

After Bondo dried, outside:

Penning the H3 details on H2 Helm, details in darker black:

Wearing helm with H3 details:

Tired after a long day of working:

So if anyone could give me any tips about dremeling details into my helm, would be great. O and color options. Thanks for the comments. And again sorry this is so long but I couldn't upload the pictures so that it would have been two big updates instead of one ginormous (sp) one. Thanks again.

 

[Spartan 110]

looks great! 1 questions though, why did you put bondo on the inside of the helm?

as for the paint scheme, its all up to you, i am in the same dilema, i have a choice of a dark metallic blue, jet black or the standard woodland green

keep up the good work dude

 

[UnDedSnipr]

I bondoed (sp/ Idk if thats a word) the inside because there were some areas where I couldn't reach, like the bottom part of the brim of the helmet and also there were some sharp edges and I wanted to strengthen the rim of the whole where you put your head.

 

[Spartan 110]

oh ok, keep up the great work!

 

[LastSpartan]

Nice thread man.

Will you fiberglass the outside as well, or bondo it?

 

[IceTray]

Well, I have to ask, how strong does that body filler get after completely dried? I've never used it, only the resin.
As apart, its really cool to see so many pics of the helmets progress, as opposed to one or two images, so really nice, keep up with the boat load of images

 

[UnDedSnipr]

For the outside I was planing on doing a mixture of bondo and cardboard so I could convert my H2 helm to a H3 one. O and the Bondo gets very hard like a rock. But its not as hard as glass. So I would suggest glass for most the helm then touch ups with the bondo. Also if you want to make a lightweight helm, don't use a lot of body cause this stuff is really heavy for how little you use of it. O and I'll keep up with the extreme number of pictures. Thanks for the comments. O and I still would like tips on dremeling in details or ideas on how to change from a H2 helm to a H3 helm. PLZ any tips, tricks or something would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Spartan 110]

you could use a little bit of bondo and the use some kind of fine tool to make the design

 

[UnDedSnipr]

Yeah well bondos not really a material that can be sculpted.

 

[Spartan 110]

any updates?

 

[UnDedSnipr]

The past few days I haven't had the time to work on it. But later today I may have sometime to work on dremeling details.