Building a Styrene ANH Helmet with CAP-W

[BlueGrot]

Thanks for this guide, I'm looking forward to finally receiving my helmet and getting started

[john danter]

Love it

 

Good work sir

[darthnova[501st]]

Nice tutorial!

 

A step by step how it´s done, thanks for sharing mate

[NoVATie[Admin]]

I must have missed this thread earlier Scott, great write-up

[budspencer1971]

Let's take a look at the tip well washers we made:

They've turned out very nice and now provide good backing for the mic tips.

remember this helmet is paper thin in the tip well area. If yours is thin it is a good idea to reinforce if you plan to use the helmet regularly.

 

Another method of reinforcing I haven't tried personally but many friends have said is awesome:

Saturate a piece of cotton T-shirt material in quality super glue (NOT THE DOLLAR STORE STUFF!!!)

Apply over the tip wells INSIDE the helmet and allow to set up. My buddy Amish Trooper says it reminds him of fiberglassing.

If anyone has pics we will add em here....

 

 

Lol if you look at this closely you can see E.T weird ahahahahahah

[jamez1965]

I'm using the taupe base coat & liquid latex chipper effect on my build helmet build. Thanks for this trick!

 

Also, I understand now why you didn't post photos of the helmet with the white latex blobs all over it! Ewwwww, is all I'll say. Lol

[Tesla Kinetic[TK]]

Good tutorial!  Nice tips!  I wish I had found it *before* I started working on my ears!  ;^)

[Cantina Security[501st]]

Yes Sir, Nice tutorial, funny how i read this about a month ago and forgot to reference during my build.  

 

Thanks for the help Scott...