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Better known to us all as EOD.
This helmet is a side project I've been kicking around, and finally started tackling here recently. The intention is to make a full suit of Spartan III armor down the road, but this helmet is actually being made mostly as a gift for a friend. (currently without his knowledge)
The helmet comes from Halo Reach, and was once again supplied from the great folks at the 405th. Seriously, if you want to make papercraft armor, they are one of the few places that essentially has a library of information on how-to as well as hundreds of files to help get you started.
Overall build time was actually close to eight hours over two days. Pretty much, if I could get a laser cutting machine to do the initial cuts that take so much time, I could probably build these things in two or three hours. (I might try building a machine, to do exactly that.)
For those of you that know the EOD helmet, you'll also know that this helmet is not complete. The reason is that this helmet is going to be cast and molded, and the parts that aren't on it at the moment would be problematic towards that end. They'll be molded separately and added on later.
Number of parts:103
individual faces on part: 745
number of injuries: 1
In closing, I learned an amusing detail of prop building. When you're making hundreds of tiny dots of hot glue, strings will begin forming from each dab and pull away that you do. As these add up over time, you rapidly find yourself being covered in "spider webs" made of hot glue! So it's true, if you sit at your workbench too long, you will get covered in webs.
This helmet is a side project I've been kicking around, and finally started tackling here recently. The intention is to make a full suit of Spartan III armor down the road, but this helmet is actually being made mostly as a gift for a friend. (currently without his knowledge)
The helmet comes from Halo Reach, and was once again supplied from the great folks at the 405th. Seriously, if you want to make papercraft armor, they are one of the few places that essentially has a library of information on how-to as well as hundreds of files to help get you started.
Overall build time was actually close to eight hours over two days. Pretty much, if I could get a laser cutting machine to do the initial cuts that take so much time, I could probably build these things in two or three hours. (I might try building a machine, to do exactly that.)
For those of you that know the EOD helmet, you'll also know that this helmet is not complete. The reason is that this helmet is going to be cast and molded, and the parts that aren't on it at the moment would be problematic towards that end. They'll be molded separately and added on later.
Number of parts:103
individual faces on part: 745
number of injuries: 1
In closing, I learned an amusing detail of prop building. When you're making hundreds of tiny dots of hot glue, strings will begin forming from each dab and pull away that you do. As these add up over time, you rapidly find yourself being covered in "spider webs" made of hot glue! So it's true, if you sit at your workbench too long, you will get covered in webs.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Miscellaneous
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 973 x 379px
File Size 318.2 kB
Once they're molded and cast, I'm sure we could work out sending one your way. (finished helmets will be done with standard Halo Reach markings like the UNSC stamp on the ears.)
Mind you, how big is your head? This one's pretty beefy to fit the over-sized noggin Tony and I share.
Mind you, how big is your head? This one's pretty beefy to fit the over-sized noggin Tony and I share.
It depends on what's available. I can actually make them from scratch. But those take forever and a day (Brody will vouch for how "fast" my 3d work is.)
If you have a helmet in mind though, I can look into it, and see how tricky it'd be to make it happen.
According to my jury rigged tape measure (shoelace, and a 12" Corner bracket) my head is roughly 20", and the helmet is loose for me. (to leave room for padding) so a 22" should be fine. Of course, if I find my *actual* tape measure, it might be more like 24". I'm just guesstimating until I find the proper tool.
If you have a helmet in mind though, I can look into it, and see how tricky it'd be to make it happen.
According to my jury rigged tape measure (shoelace, and a 12" Corner bracket) my head is roughly 20", and the helmet is loose for me. (to leave room for padding) so a 22" should be fine. Of course, if I find my *actual* tape measure, it might be more like 24". I'm just guesstimating until I find the proper tool.
That's what I'd meant as well. What I have immediately on hand file wise, are:
(Noble Team) Carter, June, Emile, Kat, Jorge, HAZOP, GUNGIR, EOD (both permutations), EVA, Recon, CQB, Rogue, Scout, Mk IV, Mk V, Hayabusa (please don't) ODST (Rookie, Dutch, Sniper) and Standard Trooper helmets.
Bearing in mind, those are specifically the helmets. I can also offer armor variants as well, but I honestly can't suggest that without a DTD to size the suit to you.
(Noble Team) Carter, June, Emile, Kat, Jorge, HAZOP, GUNGIR, EOD (both permutations), EVA, Recon, CQB, Rogue, Scout, Mk IV, Mk V, Hayabusa (please don't) ODST (Rookie, Dutch, Sniper) and Standard Trooper helmets.
Bearing in mind, those are specifically the helmets. I can also offer armor variants as well, but I honestly can't suggest that without a DTD to size the suit to you.
I can make full suits of MK V, ODST, and Trooper armor. I'm working towards being able to make an entire Spartan III (Reach) suit, but that's still in the works.
The cost falls down to a few factors: Difficulty to build, materials used, quality of product, and the ever present S&H costs (which vary based on size and weight)
As an example, a "base" helmet like this one once it's finished, could be made. But it would be built with fiberglass, weigh a fair bit, and be a little fragile (Less than pure fiberglass though, thanks to a method a friend of mine taught me.)
The intended "down the road" product from this helmet will be made from the mold out of a more tolerant plastic that can take a beating, and also weigh less. But the cost goes up because of the additional expense of making the mold.
A benefit to a cast helmet versus a fiberglass helmet is that; if for some reason, the cast one breaks, it can be replaced for a lot less than the intial cost.
That's Because the mold is still on hand to make a new one, and all you're paying for is the plastic, and detailing (or just the plastic, if you want a plain helmet). The fiberglass helmets have to be rebuilt from scratch though, so they'd be the same price every time.
The Quality I'm referring to is things like painting and visors. I could just send you a blank helmet, leaving the visor and painting up to you. But I'm also willing to paint them, detail them (battle damage) and similar to try and give it a more quality finish. I'm also going to offer helmet interiors (think stuff like this http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309.....745127d2fd.jpg ) for those than want them. But that's just a personal touch, because I think it's neat to have stuff like that.
On a more practical side, I can offer cooling fans and padding just like we use in fur-suits, to make it more comfortable to wear.
The cost falls down to a few factors: Difficulty to build, materials used, quality of product, and the ever present S&H costs (which vary based on size and weight)
As an example, a "base" helmet like this one once it's finished, could be made. But it would be built with fiberglass, weigh a fair bit, and be a little fragile (Less than pure fiberglass though, thanks to a method a friend of mine taught me.)
The intended "down the road" product from this helmet will be made from the mold out of a more tolerant plastic that can take a beating, and also weigh less. But the cost goes up because of the additional expense of making the mold.
A benefit to a cast helmet versus a fiberglass helmet is that; if for some reason, the cast one breaks, it can be replaced for a lot less than the intial cost.
That's Because the mold is still on hand to make a new one, and all you're paying for is the plastic, and detailing (or just the plastic, if you want a plain helmet). The fiberglass helmets have to be rebuilt from scratch though, so they'd be the same price every time.
The Quality I'm referring to is things like painting and visors. I could just send you a blank helmet, leaving the visor and painting up to you. But I'm also willing to paint them, detail them (battle damage) and similar to try and give it a more quality finish. I'm also going to offer helmet interiors (think stuff like this http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309.....745127d2fd.jpg ) for those than want them. But that's just a personal touch, because I think it's neat to have stuff like that.
On a more practical side, I can offer cooling fans and padding just like we use in fur-suits, to make it more comfortable to wear.
*laughs* Understandable. Plus a helmet has the side benefit of not taking up a bunch of room, if storage is a premium. If you'd like to discuss things without playing chat tag. I'm on Trillian (Skype, AIM, Yahoo, and ICQ) at the moment, and would be happy to answer any questions you have.
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