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# there's a youtube vid
somewhere of the guy who made the stormtrooper helmets I remember watching but he had all the equipment and a plastic vacuum setup. I can imagine if you nail it and are able to make a few you could have a setup flogging them, the fact they're so hard to make will make them more desirable. if ameobaboy pops up he'll have loads of good advice
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 19:56, archived)
# I think there might be a vacuum forming booth at my uni.
If the price is reasonable I'll give it a go, make the final design look a bit more professional.

And there are people out there selling Daft Punk helmets they've made, but for hundreds of pounds a piece. :S
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 20:00, archived)
# definitly worth a go
here's that vid:
www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Make-a-Stormtrooper-Helmet-517132548
gonna be tough getting it done for halloween - maybe rope in some help?
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 20:08, archived)
# Hmm, the link isn't working. Is it this one?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS79sDr70zc

I was really hoping to get it done tonight, but with no helmet to build around, it'll have to wait till tomorrow :( I guess I could ask someone in 3D design or technology about it; I went down there to ask if I could have it 3D printed, but it'd cost WAY too much.

I do plan to have each segment cut out on plastic/lino using the laser cutter; I downloaded a net of sorts, and tried it out with thin card. It definitely looks the dog's bollocks. :D
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 20:14, archived)