I made the fin, chin, and face bar, and then hardened them with smoothcast and then filled them with rondo. The model was very accurate, there aren't too many cuts or small details like some other designs, but the additional parts were something else. I pepped, rondod the inside, and bondoed the exterior to where I thought it should be. You're lucky you're building yours after the beta released so many great photos to inspire your design. I had a devil of a time getting it to stay on with glue (would LOVE to know anybody's glue to smoothon 320 techniques) so I ended up drilling it from the inside of the helmet, and then reinforcing the inside for the wood screw with a half inch piece of wood so the screw wouldn't crack the plastic on the helmet. The head fin thing is rather heavy, being solid plastic, so I have to counter balance the back of the helmet so it stops tipping forward. Just used hot glue along the inside of the cowl and stuck the fabric to it. ![]() But, it works pretty well, you can see surprisingly well, and it's easy to replace (and cheap) should it be dislodged. ![]() That was an interesting conversation with the ladies at Jo-Anne's Fabrics. ![]() Used cloth for the inside to give it a really deep look and hide the wearer's face.
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