So i was super cheap and decided to instead cover half of my own head with foil and then tape it to my face and neck. I then carefully covered it with masking tape, it turned out pretty nice. Im right now figuring out how i should pattern it.
I'm working on two cool helmet projects! While I wanted to start out with Star-Lord's helmet, I quickly realized that it was far too advanced for my skill level. So, I'm playing around with Evil Ted's basic helmet template. I am also starting to work on the template for my Dredd helmet for my RCCC '17 cosplay. Thanks for the tutorial, Bill!
This works really well! I made the craft foam head form another video because mine is above average and needed custom scaling (62 cm) and then I came over to here. My scanner scans at exactly 8.5 x 11 inches so I just threw the slices in there and was able to scale them in gimp 2 after using magic select to find the edges, turning that to an outline, and cleaning up the edges. Hot tip: the extra space at the back of the neck is super important!
Thanks so much for this video! I'm starting a Shoretrooper build and after my major frustration patterning my Clone (Phase 3) helmet I've kind of been dreading patterning another helmet. I started with a dome pattern and made the rest of the pieces as I went, but that taught me that making them all at once is much wiser. This video will be a big help, thanks again Bill! PS, I met you at the wand shop (I'm not sure if I was Olivander's) in Diagon Alley at Universal Studios last Wednesday, and it made my day, and then some!
Great tutorial.i know it has helped me understand the process better and my guess is it's going to help a lot of people. It's a wonderful complement to Evil Teds helmet video. Watching both in tandem gives you a lot of confidence when trying this out. Thanks for sharing
I like the look of this helmet more than the one that Evil Ted did (i.e. it looks more like the one I want to make). I will have to try this out! Template Purchased!
The Cosplay group at my maker space did foam helmets today. For most of us, this was our first foam helmet. We tried making a template, but we did not have foil and the plastic moved too much so we cut out pieces based on your pattern and Evil Ted's. They look like you would expect from a first try, but we had a lot of fun. Thank you for doing all the stuff you guys do!
thank you. I havn't made anything yet but I finally have some foam and I'm going to make a helmet your channel has been amazing to me and it has encouraged me to make my own stuff because I never thought of making props and armour. what I'm saying is thanks for the videos
i really want to meet u but i live in England and I probably cant come over to u =( but still I love ur videos and please keep on doing what u are doing. keep being awsome
I really appreciate that you tell newer foamsmiths to not to get discouraged if things aren't perfect. Do you have any suggestions on what to do with wonky first attempt props that can't be fixed? It feels so wasteful to just toss it.
I am working on a World Of Warcraft helmet project, The Chitin Shell Greathelm or Greathelm Of The Scourge Champion from Wrath Of The Lich King. I love the look of this helm too much to not have it lol. It may be a bit difficult for a beginner like me to do but getting to learn from watching your videos helps a lot! Love your videos and keep up the good work! 💜💜💜
What would you put inside the helmet so it really sticks to your head? Is there some kind of adjustable lining you could recommend? I guess some soft foam pieces could work as well.
Hi Bill, I'm a first time builder and I'm about template my first helmet. Magneto from the age of Apocolypse in the 90's. It was great to see how you use inkscape, that will really help.
Hi Bill! I am actually working in a x-wing pilot helmet (poe dameron /jessika pava) style, & I made it using my roller derby helmet as a base. I constructed one side with the "panels" the x-helmet has, made it sturdy with papie mache and then I made the whole tape-mold. It's turning out cool tbh! but bc I made it in a skinny type of foam I am working towards bulking it up. Great video as usual! All my best to you and brit :)
Started working with Inkscape to get some nice and accurate blueprints for my props and speeding up the process, and I just learned AGAIN from one of your video! Very helpful video for pattern making and inscape tips ;) Thanks Bill!! :D
I am finishing a helmet for Spiderling (Spider-Man's daughter). I based it on Evil Ted's helmet pattern, but had to adapt it to cover the eyes. Thanks for this tutorial, wish I saw it a month earlier, I would have used some of these techniques.
I've been trying to make a helmet for my Overwatch Genji cosplay for the longest time now. To be honest its taking awhile mostly because I'm afraid to mess it up, but after watching this and learning a few things I'm determined to finish it!
Does anyone have tips for creating a custom pattern that doesn’t follow all the contours of the face? How would you create a jaw portion that extends beyond the actual jaw, or a face cover that has angles and dimension?
I currently have absolutely no idea what i'm doing so I got your template and now it's time to take a beowulf costume to 11 cause i'm sure i'll get it right the first time in 2 weeks.
Thanks for this Bill!! Will get the template asap! Have just made another 'Evil Ted' template helmet. More practice needed on the seams of this helmet... My project is a Han Solo lego-hair. My son is wanting to go to a Star Wars fancy dress as Han Solo - so have painted the nerf pistol and am going to attempt to make the lego-hair to go with the costume... Fingers crossed!!
I've been watching several of Bill's helmet videos, and I was wondering if there's a easy way to put a hard surface over the EVA to get a hard shell. I've not gone through all the videos yet, so does he cover this? I've also not yet built one, so I'll probably keep it simple for the first project, but I think I'd like a hard outer surface for my stuff. Maybe fiberglass? Epoxy? Thoughts?
Punished Props Academy, thanks! I signed up for the quarterly maker box too late and missed this kit. I found the pattern on your website. I'll have to find the other materials too.
Can't wait to try that drawing program out, thanks for the suggestion!! Also, see you in Prince George in like 2 weeks, really looking forward to it :)
Bill I just completed my Battlestar Viper helmet from the original series. there were no templates out there so I used one of Evil Teds for the initial form then tweaked it. It was my toughest build so far and while not perfect it's pretty decent. Still need to work on my seam work. I bought this template and I think I am going to use this as a base for a Poe Dameron Star Wars helmet.
hi :) i'm new to the whole costume making thing and i was wondering if i could use rubber sheets instead of EVA foam for making armour, etc. Would it be the same as crafting with EVA foam? Thank you :)
It really depends on what "rubber sheets" are made out of. I know my friends in the Philippines use something they call "rubber sheet" and it works just fine for them.
love the template tutorials, could you please do one for shins? I'm making a clone commando suit an I only have the shins left but I'm completely stuck
Very nice tutorial. Thank you! I am trying to design and make an Ironfoot helmet from the Battle of the Five Armies. Do you think there is another way to do it rather than making every individual squares, rectangles and triangles and then gluing them together?
This was really cool, I bought Foamsmith 1 through Evil Ted and I found this video helped me jump into making a helmet. I failed but I reckon I know what happened :-) Cheers
Hey man. Ive been trying to make this one destiny helmet for a while but i just could never get the patterns to work. Its the titan helmet from d1 called "knight type 2" i love it so much and really want to get it done before Halloween so if you could help some how that would be GREATly appreciated
May I ask how strong are the seams? what kind of force would you need to part them again? or is it as strong as the foam would be in one piece? Hi by the way, new sub here :D
Punished Props thanks so much good sir, having spend the last 4 hours watching your channel and your appearances on tested and casting rubber hammers I'm feeling truly inspired right now! :o
Punished Props thanks so much good sir, having spend the last 4 hours watching your channel and your appearances on tested and casting rubber hammers I'm feeling truly inspired right now! :o
I'm trying to build a female Thor helmet, but having trouble getting the pointed top to come out right (my current version looks like a Lego helmet). Any thoughts on how to pattern that?
@@punishedprops Only difference is that, military helmets have a raised ceiling, basically there is space between the head and the inner shell of the helmet.
Bill, how strong of a holding power does Barge have? I need to glue a part of a sole back on to a tennis show that I have. I am not sure what the major manufacturers use to glue the soles on.
I am working on painting a helmet right now. For the base paints I used vinyl paint. For the details, I'm using a mix of wax and acrylics. I would really like to seal the whole thing in a gloss clear coat to give it an oily metallic finish, but I am concerned about the flexibility of the material and whether a traditional clear coat will hold up. Do you have any recommendations?
And that's why you're the pro maker. :) I know I have some spray shellac somewhere. I'm not sure if that's what you are thinking. Looking at varnishes, I'm seeing quite the variety. Some are enamel, some are acrylic, which brings up the question of what is the difference between those and the spray clear coats? So, I'm going to guess that you're referring to the polyurethane stuff. Thank you.
What's messing with me now is that I keep looking at reference photos and the helmet looks like it has different finishes in different shots. In some shots it looks slick, like its covered in oil, while in others it looks dull and dirty like its covered in dust. :|
@@punishedprops Thank you! I am having a tremendous amount of difficulty with getting the edges to line up and fit properly. (To be true to the character, I have to keep the amount of exposed seams to a minimum.)
Punished Props sorry was having a no brain day! Lol just bought the blue print and already have it all cut out into foam, just need to source some contact adhesive before I can stick it all together! Feeling inspired! :D and my 4 year old is super excited lol
Punished Props thanks for the feed back. Hopefully it will be the same as every other contact cement, and yeah I may need more than 45ml. Thank you again and I Love your work.
The foam doesn't get sanded. The only time I'll sand the foam is if I do a round over or bevel with my rotary tool and use sandpaper to clean up the fuzzy foam bits.
It's taking a few tries but so far it looks like this will be the base for my Destiny Hunter helmet because the plans I had bought are weird and outright overcomplicated
will soo have to try this after the next con here (end june Supanova). my plan is a Sailor Moon type armour with the buns and twin tails 😊 but mecha style not hair or ribbon.
Pulling the pattern into Inkscape is an extra step that you totally don't need to do to have a successful pattern. You can just do exactly what you see Bill doing in the first part of the video and use tape and a sharpie to create your shapes, cut them apart, and transfer directly to your material. Inkscape is free to use though and a great addition to your toolset as a craftsman :)
So, I don't have the time, nor the mental fortitude to sit still long enough, to have my head cast in plaster and latex. But my head is also larger than the head in the description, Does anyone have any idea what I should do?
So i was super cheap and decided to instead cover half of my own head with foil and then tape it to my face and neck. I then carefully covered it with masking tape, it turned out pretty nice.
Im right now figuring out how i should pattern it.
How did it work out for you?
Good Idea. I would find it funny if someone walked in on you lol.
@@victorialazareva died
OK! Now I have to learn how to use Inkscape Bill. Thanks Ha ha.
I'm working on two cool helmet projects! While I wanted to start out with Star-Lord's helmet, I quickly realized that it was far too advanced for my skill level. So, I'm playing around with Evil Ted's basic helmet template. I am also starting to work on the template for my Dredd helmet for my RCCC '17 cosplay. Thanks for the tutorial, Bill!
This works really well! I made the craft foam head form another video because mine is above average and needed custom scaling (62 cm) and then I came over to here. My scanner scans at exactly 8.5 x 11 inches so I just threw the slices in there and was able to scale them in gimp 2 after using magic select to find the edges, turning that to an outline, and cleaning up the edges.
Hot tip: the extra space at the back of the neck is super important!
Thank you for making this.
I always thought helmets were something you sculpt and cast.
This will save me a lot of time, and supplies.
Thanks so much for this video! I'm starting a Shoretrooper build and after my major frustration patterning my Clone (Phase 3) helmet I've kind of been dreading patterning another helmet. I started with a dome pattern and made the rest of the pieces as I went, but that taught me that making them all at once is much wiser. This video will be a big help, thanks again Bill! PS, I met you at the wand shop (I'm not sure if I was Olivander's) in Diagon Alley at Universal Studios last Wednesday, and it made my day, and then some!
What if I don't have.. A head..?
Then you shouldn't need a helmet.
Problem solved.
Then you shouldnt need a helmet! Problem solved.
Then you shouldn't need a helmet?
Problem solved.
Then you shouldn’t need a helmet. Problem Solved.
hibbity hoobla
I've been watching the Expanse. They got some pretty cool EVA helmets.
It's definitely a good one. My favorite at the moment.
Great tutorial.i know it has helped me understand the process better and my guess is it's going to help a lot of people. It's a wonderful complement to Evil Teds helmet video. Watching both in tandem gives you a lot of confidence when trying this out. Thanks for sharing
Any advice on sizing someone else's premade template. That would be a great tutorial video
I like the look of this helmet more than the one that Evil Ted did (i.e. it looks more like the one I want to make). I will have to try this out! Template Purchased!
The Cosplay group at my maker space did foam helmets today. For most of us, this was our first foam helmet. We tried making a template, but we did not have foil and the plastic moved too much so we cut out pieces based on your pattern and Evil Ted's. They look like you would expect from a first try, but we had a lot of fun. Thank you for doing all the stuff you guys do!
thank you. I havn't made anything yet but I finally have some foam and I'm going to make a helmet your channel has been amazing to me and it has encouraged me to make my own stuff because I never thought of making props and armour.
what I'm saying is thanks for the videos
i really want to meet u but i live in England and I probably cant come over to u
=( but still I love ur videos and please keep on doing what u are doing.
keep being awsome
I really appreciate that you tell newer foamsmiths to not to get discouraged if things aren't perfect. Do you have any suggestions on what to do with wonky first attempt props that can't be fixed? It feels so wasteful to just toss it.
Bro i didnt realize you were punished props i have your foamsith book its AWESOME
Hey that's great! We're so glad you're enjoying it :)
@@punishedprops it’s helped me a lot
Omfg thank you so much. I love using Inkscape and uploading my own images with measurements is genius! I like prop building and this is so helpful!!
Seems like you could use one of those foam heads for this. I LOVE INKSCAPE OMG. I've traced so many reference photos with it.
Amazing! This template will be perfect for my planned 40K Guardsman Cosplay! :3
I am working on a World Of Warcraft helmet project, The Chitin Shell Greathelm or Greathelm Of The Scourge Champion from Wrath Of The Lich King. I love the look of this helm too much to not have it lol. It may be a bit difficult for a beginner like me to do but getting to learn from watching your videos helps a lot! Love your videos and keep up the good work! 💜💜💜
What would you put inside the helmet so it really sticks to your head? Is there some kind of adjustable lining you could recommend? I guess some soft foam pieces could work as well.
Thanks for the prop on your e-books! Will devour them as much as i can!
I am currently working on helmet from Voltron.
Me too! =D
Hi Bill, I'm a first time builder and I'm about template my first helmet. Magneto from the age of Apocolypse in the 90's. It was great to see how you use inkscape, that will really help.
wooo just bought the helmet pattern from your shop, thanks!!!
Thank you very much for all the great videos. I bought the helmet pattern. Works great!
Fantastic!
Great as always, helmets are always a beast to tackle! Gotta get me a headform!
Great video, bud. I’m such a noob to “foam smithing.” One question; when heat forming the foam, do you use the high or low setting on the heat gun?
I usually find a higher setting is more effective, but you have to be careful not to overheat it
@@punishedprops Ok, perfect! Dude, you have no idea how much this was bugging me. Working on a Death Knight set. Haha. Thanks man!
Hi Bill! I am actually working in a x-wing pilot helmet (poe dameron /jessika pava) style, & I made it using my roller derby helmet as a base. I constructed one side with the "panels" the x-helmet has, made it sturdy with papie mache and then I made the whole tape-mold. It's turning out cool tbh! but bc I made it in a skinny type of foam I am working towards bulking it up.
Great video as usual! All my best to you and brit :)
Started working with Inkscape to get some nice and accurate blueprints for my props and speeding up the process, and I just learned AGAIN from one of your video!
Very helpful video for pattern making and inscape tips ;)
Thanks Bill!! :D
Thanks Bill and Ted, an excellent video
Thanks Bill! Gunna start crafting a helmet for my dark souls cosplay.
oh geez you guys went to 100k to nearly 200k super quick! good job!
I am finishing a helmet for Spiderling (Spider-Man's daughter). I based it on Evil Ted's helmet pattern, but had to adapt it to cover the eyes.
Thanks for this tutorial, wish I saw it a month earlier, I would have used some of these techniques.
I've been trying to make a helmet for my Overwatch Genji cosplay for the longest time now. To be honest its taking awhile mostly because I'm afraid to mess it up, but after watching this and learning a few things I'm determined to finish it!
Did you finish it?
Thanks I am making a headpiece and this was so helpful!
Does anyone have tips for creating a custom pattern that doesn’t follow all the contours of the face?
How would you create a jaw portion that extends beyond the actual jaw, or a face cover that has angles and dimension?
I currently have absolutely no idea what i'm doing so I got your template and now it's time to take a beowulf costume to 11 cause i'm sure i'll get it right the first time in 2 weeks.
Good luck!
Thanks for this Bill!! Will get the template asap!
Have just made another 'Evil Ted' template helmet. More practice needed on the seams of this helmet...
My project is a Han Solo lego-hair. My son is wanting to go to a Star Wars fancy dress as Han Solo - so have painted the nerf pistol and am going to attempt to make the lego-hair to go with the costume... Fingers crossed!!
So challenging - and has been shelved until I up-level some skills!! :o)
Thank you. Got the template and helmet in progress
You're welcome!
I've been watching several of Bill's helmet videos, and I was wondering if there's a easy way to put a hard surface over the EVA to get a hard shell. I've not gone through all the videos yet, so does he cover this? I've also not yet built one, so I'll probably keep it simple for the first project, but I think I'd like a hard outer surface for my stuff. Maybe fiberglass? Epoxy? Thoughts?
Smooth On makes an epoxy called Epsilon that's great for brushing on a solid coat on foam.
Punished Props Academy, thanks! I signed up for the quarterly maker box too late and missed this kit. I found the pattern on your website. I'll have to find the other materials too.
Would be nice if I could order a helmet kit. Might be a product idea for you.
Can't wait to try that drawing program out, thanks for the suggestion!!
Also, see you in Prince George in like 2 weeks, really looking forward to it :)
Bill I just completed my Battlestar Viper helmet from the original series. there were no templates out there so I used one of Evil Teds for the initial form then tweaked it. It was my toughest build so far and while not perfect it's pretty decent. Still need to work on my seam work. I bought this template and I think I am going to use this as a base for a Poe Dameron Star Wars helmet.
Ill post it on your facebook page
Thx for the foam helmet tip. Cool destiny hoodie too
hey Bill could you possibly show us how to make a space marine helmet from warhammer 40K
and a tau one two PLS
P.S. YOUR AWESOME
oh well that's ok
lol might as well
yeah I did dap once in my room for Eva stuff...
there is no ventilation that works in my room.
I slept inside a contact cement can for 2 weeks.
Punished Props
it certainly didn't smell like a good idea
hi :) i'm new to the whole costume making thing and i was wondering if i could use rubber sheets instead of EVA foam for making armour, etc. Would it be the same as crafting with EVA foam? Thank you :)
It really depends on what "rubber sheets" are made out of. I know my friends in the Philippines use something they call "rubber sheet" and it works just fine for them.
Punished Props alright i'll give it a try. thank you so much! :)
love the template tutorials, could you please do one for shins? I'm making a clone commando suit an I only have the shins left but I'm completely stuck
Punished Props thanks!
Would love to see you build the Viper Pilot Helmet from battlestar Galactica in foam.
Yessss
Im wanting to to the silver robot from Daft Punk for halloween. Thank you!
Hi bill thanks for your awsome tutorial could you please let me know which vector software you are using? Thank you,
Hello, we use Inkscape: inkscape.org/
I always wanted to get something like this, and put in a set of those yellow safety glasses lenses in for a sci-fi feel.
Is it better to do any details or designs to the helmet before heating, molding, & glueing?
Bill can this method work for 3d printing
Just finished buying all my supplies and ready to get started on my first attempt at prop making with an Iron Man Helmet
Can't wait to see it! Share what you make with us on Twitter: twitter.com/chinbeard
your videos are always funny and so interesting! Thank you so much!
Great tutorial! Gotta get a head cast. You ever thought about cutting the parts out on your laser since you have a digital file?
I'm still working on a Guy Manuel daft punk helmet. Slowly but surely plugging away at it 7 months and counting👍🏻👍🏻
Any ideas on adding the horn type things for the final stage of Cooler
Would it be possible to do the same thing but with plastic or metal ?
Thank you so much for this tutorial video
Does this help if you're making a racer?
Did you pre-heat the foam matt before cutting? I did that once and the results were nice.
I did not.
I've also learned that the foam shrinks when headed so I pre heat all my pieces before measuring and cutting. It really makes a difference
Very nice tutorial. Thank you! I am trying to design and make an Ironfoot helmet from the Battle of the Five Armies. Do you think there is another way to do it rather than making every individual squares, rectangles and triangles and then gluing them together?
This was really cool, I bought Foamsmith 1 through Evil Ted and I found this video helped me jump into making a helmet.
I failed but I reckon I know what happened :-)
Cheers
how would you deal with a sort of crown. same method? I'm thinking of making the seer's headband 4 from RuneScape
I used this to build on to make a bigger more complex helmet it's a really good base
That's perfect! =D
Vvjon123vV Did you use the contact cement as well ?
Hey man. Ive been trying to make this one destiny helmet for a while but i just could never get the patterns to work. Its the titan helmet from d1 called "knight type 2" i love it so much and really want to get it done before Halloween so if you could help some how that would be GREATly appreciated
also, how do you start a three dimensional file for pepakura? I'm trying to make the Wilderness sword from RuneScape as well
I purchased the template but didn't get the center section
May I ask how strong are the seams? what kind of force would you need to part them again? or is it as strong as the foam would be in one piece? Hi by the way, new sub here :D
+Aartwood The contact cement bond is stronger than the foam.
Punished Props thanks so much good sir, having spend the last 4 hours watching your channel and your appearances on tested and casting rubber hammers I'm feeling truly inspired right now! :o
Punished Props thanks so much good sir, having spend the last 4 hours watching your channel and your appearances on tested and casting rubber hammers I'm feeling truly inspired right now! :o
Thank you for sharing this. This is helpful!
I'm trying to build a female Thor helmet, but having trouble getting the pointed top to come out right (my current version looks like a Lego helmet). Any thoughts on how to pattern that?
Also, can this pattern be useful for making historical military helmets like the Stalhelm?
Sure!
@@punishedprops Only difference is that, military helmets have a raised ceiling, basically there is space between the head and the inner shell of the helmet.
How difficult would it be for me to make a cast from a foam helmet or weapon? is it even possible?
Bill, how strong of a holding power does Barge have? I need to glue a part of a sole back on to a tennis show that I have. I am not sure what the major manufacturers use to glue the soles on.
Cool, thank you for the response. 👍🏼
Bill, rename this video "how to become dora the explorer"
Took me awhile to understand this joke lol
I don’t get it please explain it to me
the dora in bill doran
Meanwhile 1:32 looks like "Construction Site Daredevil".
NOOOOOOO-
I'm curious what can you do if you put a template together and the size is too large or too small? Can you adjust the foam so it's not wasted?
The template can be scaled up or down when printing.
Have you ever tried to do an x-wing pilot helmet?
I am working on painting a helmet right now. For the base paints I used vinyl paint. For the details, I'm using a mix of wax and acrylics. I would really like to seal the whole thing in a gloss clear coat to give it an oily metallic finish, but I am concerned about the flexibility of the material and whether a traditional clear coat will hold up. Do you have any recommendations?
And that's why you're the pro maker. :) I know I have some spray shellac somewhere. I'm not sure if that's what you are thinking.
Looking at varnishes, I'm seeing quite the variety. Some are enamel, some are acrylic, which brings up the question of what is the difference between those and the spray clear coats?
So, I'm going to guess that you're referring to the polyurethane stuff.
Thank you.
What's messing with me now is that I keep looking at reference photos and the helmet looks like it has different finishes in different shots. In some shots it looks slick, like its covered in oil, while in others it looks dull and dirty like its covered in dust. :|
Any chance you might upload your mechanist templates for sale, that's be super cool
Didn't you digitize the at least the helmet, I remember you saying on stream you would use inkscape to scale it down
Hey Bill. I'm looking for a good source for EVA foam but none of the listings specify if it's smooth on one side. Do you have a link to share?
+Mark Tuttle Check out TNT Cosplay Supply
How would you go about this process...but with fabric (/leather) for a skullcap-like design?
Exact same process, but for assembly with leather you'd likely need to stitch the pieces together edge to edge.
@@punishedprops Thank you! I am having a tremendous amount of difficulty with getting the edges to line up and fit properly. (To be true to the character, I have to keep the amount of exposed seams to a minimum.)
Is there a way to buy this template from your website as i'm from the UK and can't work out how to? lol
The template is digital and the site takes Paypal for payment. Shouldn't be a problem to make a sale in the UK.
Punished Props sorry was having a no brain day! Lol just bought the blue print and already have it all cut out into foam, just need to source some contact adhesive before I can stick it all together! Feeling inspired! :D and my 4 year old is super excited lol
do you guys recommend the Zebra contact cement, or is there no difference? and would 45 ml fit this one project?
I've never used Zebra contact cement. If you plan on doing several projects, you should probably get more than 45ml.
Punished Props thanks for the feed back. Hopefully it will be the same as every other contact cement, and yeah I may need more than 45ml. Thank you again and I Love your work.
Does anyone have a link to one that has a face im making one out of wood and aluminum signs and i just wanted a helmet with no details but eye holes
Just one or two quick questions, if you cut the foam by knife would you sand it before gluing, and if so what strengths of sandpaper do you suggest?
The foam doesn't get sanded. The only time I'll sand the foam is if I do a round over or bevel with my rotary tool and use sandpaper to clean up the fuzzy foam bits.
Thank you! Saved me from having a dumb mistake! Happy Crafting!
Can I do that without a computer
It's taking a few tries but so far it looks like this will be the base for my Destiny Hunter helmet because the plans I had bought are weird and outright overcomplicated
ever tried to put a hard shell on one of these?
also; weekly? finally! I've been going through withdrawal since the hiatus.
i’m trying to do a helmet for my motorcycle helmet to be ghostrider but idk how to do this and i’m scared about where to start
Thank you, I'm trying to work on a dragon helmet
hi sir, like to make one, do u have a pdf pattern for it? thanks
The patterns are available for purchase in our shop, as mentioned in the video. The link is in the video description.
will soo have to try this after the next con here (end june Supanova). my plan is a Sailor Moon type armour with the buns and twin tails 😊 but mecha style not hair or ribbon.
So what about a full face helmet like a mandalorian or storm trooper
Would it be the same principles but continue the template on the face
Punished Props thanks
Very helpful want to do a deadshot mask/helmet lol
What if you dont have a whizzydo computer program.. What if you have to do it all by hand???
Pulling the pattern into Inkscape is an extra step that you totally don't need to do to have a successful pattern. You can just do exactly what you see Bill doing in the first part of the video and use tape and a sharpie to create your shapes, cut them apart, and transfer directly to your material. Inkscape is free to use though and a great addition to your toolset as a craftsman :)
what is the name of the program
For tracing the pattern? Inkscape - listed with a link in the description of the video
the look reminds me of the helmet of the Marines from Starship troopers.
So, I don't have the time, nor the mental fortitude to sit still long enough, to have my head cast in plaster and latex. But my head is also larger than the head in the description, Does anyone have any idea what I should do?
You could buy a stock head casting, like the one from Monster Makers, and wrap it in packing paper and tape until it's the size of your head.
What's a good way to scale it up 10% without using a computer?
+Lomari You might just have to guess.
Trace the original on a 1 inch grid, use that as a guide copying to a 1.1 inch grid.
How resistant are these foam helmets. I aim to make one but need it to be resistant to airsoft equipment
EVA foam isn't designed to be used for Airsoft.