Thanks for the replies again
Yes I am reading through heaps of build threads and how - to's. Progress has been a little slow the last few days. Wife is working over the weekend, but I've got the last week of school holidays off work so I am home with both boys. So I am doing more research and getting together my shopping list. The youngest goes to Daycare on Monday so I am going on a shopping mission tomorrow. But I have cleaned up the eyes and teeth, and cut the ears out ready to start sanding them down to shape.
A couple of things worth mentioning... while wife is working I've got heaps of jobs to do around the house...
Yes my Doopys arrived. Have been reading up all the build threads on it also, not really sure what I was going to do with it. Pretty sure I will order T-Jays finishing kit for it. But focusing on finishing the bucket first.
My eldest couldn't help himself and had to pew pew some lasers.
Now while getting my shopping list together I was going to grab some foam for lining the helmet. But remembered I had an old motorbike helmet that I had a crash with while wearing. Was a decent crash, I broke my collarbone and the helmet had a decent whack. So it really should have got destroyed, but I held onto it just incase. I think I will cut out the chin strap and use that on the bucket. But I can also use the lining from it.
Just need to remove the plastic shield part that sticks out at the front. The white plastic clips at the back should be easy to remove, then I will attach some velcro on that back plastic part. Also on the top it has a black fabric mesh. Removing that will not affect its structure and will allow me to put a bit of velcro straight onto the foam part at the top. Also I think it could be used as the mesh covering for the teeth. There should be no reason why you can't use a fabric mesh for that?