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The Helmet
Posted: 06 Jun 2006, 15:45
by emros
Hello
myself and my friend Steve are going to re-create the Helmet.. not the Newest version the Old Skool one.. Now we have been thinking and we think either an Old Beer Keg or a Wooden Tub that u can buy from most garden centres would do for the main bit of the helmet but can anyone help me out with as to where i can get my hands on a pair of horns? or a Beer Keg for that matter!
Re:The Helmet
Posted: 06 Jun 2006, 16:18
by TheBrollachan
Prehaps use a safety helmet or similar as your starting point, that's what the real helmets were built around.
Re:The Helmet
Posted: 06 Jun 2006, 22:42
by Forester
Mr Brollchan is right, the original does indeed use a safety helmet, a yellow one if I recall correctly.
They need used foam around the outside of it to give it the shape and then layers of paint of top of that. The ridges are made from string painted gold.
Makes it very light to wear and comfortable too. The newer one is less comfortable for adults as it was made using a childs bike helmet I think. Also unlike the original it's not made of foam.
Re:The Helmet
Posted: 06 Jun 2006, 23:00
by Snowcat
Also, if your trying to get a decent set of horns for the early HoJ, it wouldn't do any harm to have a word with the local Cattle market, farmer or perhaps a Vet. The reason is that all 3 tend to remove Horns from Cattle to stop the animals goring each other in transit.
Don't be surprised if they give you the items fresh cut and with little bits of flesh hanging off of them though! Your average farmer tends to have that sense of humour if you see what I mean.
Make a helmet
Posted: 09 Dec 2007, 02:02
by Mangamad
I appologize in advance if this isn't the place to talk about it.
I'm thinking of making the Helmet of Justice and Eye shield for a convention I'm going, Amecon. Before I make it...any ideas on how to make it? ^,^;\
Re:Make a helmet
Posted: 09 Dec 2007, 02:47
by Drassil
Hi. One approach would be to try getting in touch with fans who've made their own Knightmare props, and asking their advice. Here's some info from a post I made earlier this year, when a former KM contestant dropped by and asked about the helmet:
And here's another KM prop maker that's posted since:
http://www.knightmare.com/forum/http:// ... eadid=2231.
Here's a page from The Quest with an article on how the eyeshield was made:
http://knightmare.com/club/2-2/p7.htm. And
http://knightmare.com/pictures/ holds many high-quality photographs of the helmets and eyeshield.
Even though all that's indirect on my part, I hope it helps, and I wish you luck. I reckon you'll be as good at making a replica of the Helmet of Justice as you are at drawing it. Let us know how it all goes (in words or pictures or both!).
P.S. Do you have a link for information on Amecon?
Re:Make a helmet
Posted: 09 Dec 2007, 16:41
by Mangamad
Drassil wrote:
Hi. One approach would be to try getting in touch with fans who've made their own Knightmare props, and asking their advice. Here's some info from a post I made earlier this year, when a former KM contestant dropped by and asked about the helmet:
And here's another KM prop maker that's posted since:
http://www.knightmare.com/forum/http:// ... eadid=2231.
Here's a page from The Quest with an article on how the eyeshield was made:
http://knightmare.com/club/2-2/p7.htm. And
http://knightmare.com/pictures/ holds many high-quality photographs of the helmets and eyeshield.
Even though all that's indirect on my part, I hope it helps, and I wish you luck. I reckon you'll be as good at making a replica of the Helmet of Justice as you are at drawing it. Let us know how it all goes (in words or pictures or both!).
P.S. Do you have a link for information on Amecon?
Great. Thanks for the help Dressil, I'll take a look at them.
Oh...the gift I give to you is
Amecon.org. Best of luck. ^_~
Re:Make a helmet
Posted: 09 Dec 2007, 18:11
by Drassil
Mangamad wrote:Thanks for the help Dressil
You're welcome, Mengamad.
Re:Make a helmet
Posted: 13 Dec 2007, 14:07
by Fidjit
Incidently one of the advisors in Gideon's quest (Series 8, Team 2) Requested use of the Helmet of Justice for his wedding if I remember rightly
The first helmet was made of a sort of foam, the horns were papier mache and the seams of the helmet was thick string, the whole thing was painted brown with a hint of gold glitter. Built around the outside of a hard-hat!
I sound like the Oracle of Confusion there for a moment!
Re:Make a helmet
Posted: 14 Dec 2007, 02:34
by Mangamad
Fidjit wrote:
Incidently one of the advisors in Gideon's quest (Series 8, Team 2) Requested use of the Helmet of Justice for his wedding if I remember rightly
The first helmet was made of a sort of foam, the horns were papier mache and the seams of the helmet was thick string, the whole thing was painted brown with a hint of gold glitter. Built around the outside of a hard-hat!
I sound like the Oracle of Confusion there for a moment!
I'll say...*Tries to filter out the cooking ingredient and making the perfect sword*
Re: Make a helmet
Posted: 26 Apr 2011, 10:27
by JamesA
Mangamad wrote:I appologize in advance if this isn't the place to talk about it.
I'm thinking of making the Helmet of Justice and Eye shield for a convention I'm going, Amecon. Before I make it...any ideas on how to make it? ^,^;\
I know it's a few years since Mangamad made this post, but I'm just wondering if
this was the eventual end product. Pretty good even if it isn't him, I have to say.