Vacuum Forming Halo 3 Visor

[KamikazePigeon]

Hi all,

I'm in the process of building my first halo 3 master chief armor. I'm almost done building the helmet with Pepakura, but I'm already thinking about how I would make the Visor for it.

I'd decided to go with the vacuum form technique, but I'm not sure as to how I would make the mould to form it.

Any ideas?

Thanks, KamikazePigeon

 

[Hoddski]

Well, i would start off by cutting out the visor portion after bondoing it and what not, then make a base for it, say expanding foam and just carve off the extra foam to make a base for the visor to sit on

 

[Chiefwannabe]

In one of frozenshot's threads he made a vacuum formed visor an goes into a lot of detail about how he went about making it

[h=1]Frozensnot's Mark VI w/ duel SMG's + MA5D (HD pic heavy)[/h]

 

[RobotChicken]

There is both a Pepakura version and a 3D printer version of a Halo 3 Mk VI buck for vacuum forming a visor in the File Archive. There are also two versions of the visor, one intended for the side pockets as part of the helmet (visor is cut around them to fit), and one with the side pockets as part of the visor.

Pepakura version: http://www.405th.com/file-archive.php?do=download&downloadid=1211

3D Printer version: http://www.405th.com/file-archive.php?do=download&downloadid=1212

There are also 3D printer files for other helmet details at the second link.