Magneto Helmet: X-men First Class
Description
Designed for a 7.5" head width. In hindsight it is a bit too big, and I would scale it by 7/7.5 if I were doing it again.
The first one was printed on a Fablicator.
fablicator.com
Instructions
There are just too many different ways to cut it up for different printers so I left it whole. It is just better if you do it yourself to optimize your ease of printing.
You pretty much have to use PLA. The pieces are to large and thin to use ABS without the 70C heated chamber that almost nobody has yet.
Once printed, I used a soldering iron to CAREFULLY melt the pieces together.
I used a liberal amount of bondo, elbow grease, and sandpaper to make the helmet smooth. The paint used similar to duplicolor metalcast over a black base coat. Bondo, primer, and wet-sanding are your friends; Patience is a virtue.
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Hi,
I just made an Iron Man Helmet and uploaded it this morning:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...
I used Blender to make the parts small enoug so they would fit on my huxley. What did you use to split up you helmet?
Also could you get a bit more specific on how you used you soldering iron to connect the pieces? Wouldnt the heat only affect the outside layers, or if you have long seams, wouldn
t it cool too fast? I thought of hot glue as a suitable way to connect the pieces! But heating the existing material is of course the better and cleaner way! Show it to me please!
Best wishes, and keep up the great work!
Maximfilms
I made the helmet in Solidworks. I sliced it into pieces directly from the source in a way they could all be printed with minimal support. It is a pain to remove PLA support material (and sand smooth the interface), so the required support should be minimal.
If you look carefully at the picture with the orange/clear helmet pieces, you can see some melty spots along the panel edges.
I literally used the tip of the iron to melt a couple spots along the edge together, and later dragged the soldering iron along the seam very similarly to how you would w
eld sheet metal. With the iron tip, I occasionally had to add a little filler PLA filament to remove some of the the gaps.
I would recommend sticking with PLA as much as possible and then bondo to smooth things out. Hot glue will not sand properly, and shouldn't be involved at all.
Oh my... I must make one of these. :)
Thank you for making and posting this to share.
Too big is always better than too small...
I would just add some breathable foam or cloth covered sponge strips to the inside of the helmet to make it a snug but comfortable fit.
Looks great!
I plan to use some pads from an old bicycle helmet to get the head spacing right.
The sizing is really something nobody will probably notice but me.
I'll try to get a final pic up with the emblem and purple accents with the rest of the costume after Halloween, but can't give too much away before I get to wear it :)
Man that is a good job on the helmet. Well done. I really couldn't believe it was printed, but there it is.
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