Can I ask where you got the Blaxmyth pep file? Is there a specific link of thread, please? These are fantastic - as if you need me to tell you.
Even though these are just test helmets I installed lenses in them to prevent warping. I need to repaint the bright red one at some point. Not only is it an excellent match but it's the same color I use on my Commander Fox clone trooper armor that gets repainted every other troop. I think the right, Rustoleum Colonial Red, is a no-brainer. Camera and TV are both calibrated as well as possible without special equipment. This was early morning, diffuse natural lighting only coming through white curtains. To try to get it as close as I reasonably could (not using $30/can custom paints), I set up a little test area: I had a couple of choices of red that I was considering. I picked up the brass powder today, so hopefully I'll have a finished helmet before I sleep again! I ended up carving out the built in badge and going with a movie accurate recess and a separate cold cast brass badge. Since I was revisiting it after only 2 castings, I figured I might as well tweak a bit more. Nothing says fun like $100 worth of wasted rubber! only to discover that the brand of spot filler I used reacted with the silicone in some places, leaving me with wet spots in the rubber all over the forehead and badge. I finished up the helmet, molded it, and was all happy. This proved to be a VERY expensive project.
I finished up everything but the badge, and that should be done tonight. Once I get everything smoothed out and looking good it will get a week to outgas, then into the silicone it goes. I'm happy with it as-is, and this will make casting and assembling easier. I didn't go for the screen-accurate separate badge. The badge on the forehead is more styrene. I've still got a lot of smoothing and spot filler to do, but I remain happy with the progress! Last night / this morning I started sanding out the details. Just a sheet of 0.040 styrene cut to fit and hot glued in. Since I can't put it on my head anymore, I closed up the face to prepare it for molding. This also prevents flex as I do the final filling/sanding, so it would have had to happen sooner or later. Another 3/4" dowel went in at the bottom of the helmet, ensuring that the sides would stay in line. Once that was secure I used calipers to make sure the lines were pretty straight down the front, then taped the sides into position. To do this, I hot glued a 3/4" dowel to the inside of the helmet at the top of the visor. fair ground I think as I'm not really planning to be Dredd specifically. I have been using Lex as a reference since there are some great screencaps of him, but Dredd's helmet looks much tighter at the bottom. I built up all of the detail areas using epoxy putty borders and Bondo for surface filling/smoothing:Īfter talking to some of the other Judges, I pulled in the flare at the bottom of the helmet a bit.
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