Apollo

Every RC I've seen has had the visor and ear light rigged up. The links posted should also be a huge help

wow, thats pretty cool

There wasn't anything on the inside of my bucket (lenses, electronics, padding) when I sprayed it, but the helmet was completely assembled so all it took was some heavy duty masking. I'm really glad I did it too.

Haha, that's pretty much how I learned. Not a whole set (that would be murder), but working on one. The ting I was talking about was using bondo on something already painted and all that. Putting bondo on two pieces of recently cut sintra = ok. Putting bondo on a well done helmet with paint and decals already applied = scary

You're more ambitious than me to use bondo on an otherwise completed piece

he's even more imposing as a clone

TK-4261, with all the mods you did to your skullworx it probably would have been a lot cheaper to just make the rig yourself

That really does look great, you can really tell the difference between your suit and all the other predominantly ANH suits.

Yea, sorry for the poor lighting and blur on those

I am going to start by saying that on just about every costume related thing I do, progress is pretty slow. It's taken me months to get to where I am now on this thing lol. I started by taping off every bit of the outside with painters tape and newspaper to paint the inside black. The hardest part were the eyes and teeth (which had already been cut out) and I did get some minor overspray. I chose to paint the inside first because of the overspray which was later covered up by white paint on the outside. The black on the inside was krylon fusion satin black, and it has held up wonderfully to me ripping any number of adhesives off the single coat with no chipping. I used whatever it is the Mike Harrison recommends on his website for the outside. It comes in a big silver can and is industrial. Many weeks later I started to paint on the sandie details with a sponge brush. This is where I learned that it is not my destiny to be a painter . I'm banking on the fact that the details are supposed to look slightly messy and it might be partially covered up with weathering. I'm trying to make the inside look as nice as possible because I just want it to look somewhat realistic. It makes the whole process a lot harder but I'm hoping the end result will be worth it. To that end I spent a lot of time looking at tk4205s build thread and trying to copy his methods. I ended up making something similar to the skullworx but without the sound (I'm using a larger radioshack amp for more volume) because the first thing I rigged up (based off tk4205) did not allow enough room for my chin so the thing sat on my head weird. I'm also considering getting rid of all of the tubing in the back because it makes putting the helmet on and removing it a huge hassle, especially with a mic on lol. And I just like how the lighting here makes the curves look so sharp The next step is padding, then lenses, then weathering!