Brodie Helmet

[woody64]

I've received the 1st version of my Brodie Helmet.

Here are the first pictures:

The helmet was already ordered by Evan which published his photo here::

Under the shapeways item I've uploaded some more pictures ...

http://www.shapeways.com/model/27526/brodie_helmet.html

Woody64

Edited May 9, 2009 by woody64

[Joey Lock]

Looks amazing!

It will look perfect with Forest Green and mabye a tiny net on it!

Thanks Woody!

[Darth Legolas]

God, what can I do? I want to make a big army of WW soldiers (I want to make big armies of everything...so far I've succeeded ) but I only have six with those Military caps from Indy Jones. Brodie helmets would do good...

Well, considering I'm drop dead broke until I get my drop ship, I guess that I'll just deal with my little dudes.

P.S. Please don't take my parentheses in... the wrong way.

Edited May 9, 2009 by Darth Legolas

[The Who]

It will look perfect with Forest Green and mabye a tiny net on it!

That would be more than perfect, and I would absolutely love to see somebody pull off making a good net for helmets.

P.S. Please don't take my parentheses in... the wrong way.

By 'the wrong way,' do you mean by thinking you're like a modern Adolf Hitler or something?

EDIT: Woody64, really looking forward to the finishing of that gasmask also.

Edited May 9, 2009 by booger540

[Captain Green Hair]

Looks amazing Woody!

I don't really like the flat paint though, it doesn't seem very Lego-ish to me.

[woody64]

I don't really like the flat paint though, it doesn't seem very Lego-ish to me.

The painting is the crucial point. Maybe somebody comes up with a good idea ...

Here's the new German/French Helmet in a scene ....

Woody64

[tedbeard]

That would be more than perfect, and I would absolutely love to see somebody pull off making a good net for helmets.

I wonder if you could not simply include the "net" as part of the process. Obviously it would mostly just be a texture on the helmet but it might look really cool.

[woody64]

I wonder if you could not simply include the "net" as part of the process. Obviously it would mostly just be a texture on the helmet but it might look really cool.

You mean the M1 pot?

That's a question I also considered last week ...

Here are the helmet's painted in sand colour

Woody64

Edited May 17, 2009 by woody64

[tedbeard]

You mean the M1 pot?

Uhm, no this thread is for the Brodie helmet right?

Anyway the Canadian version of the Brodie helmet was almost never seen without the cammo netting during the war so if it was molded right in it would look more accurate.

[woody64]

Here's a more professional photo of the brodie helmet:

There's also a new material available at shapeways: Aluminide. That's white&flexible with aluminium dusk inside. that may be an interesting option for my helmets. The result should be a little bit smoother and some kind of metallic look. Let's see.

Woody64

[woody64]

With the last order I also received a lot of Brodies in Transparent detail which should cover the wish of many users for a smoother material:

Woody64

Edited August 8, 2010 by woody64

[woody64]

In the last days I tried to make the process of material plus coloring as much reproducible as possible.

To verify that I've used three different colors to check if the results can be achieved with a broad type of products.

The material always was transparent detail resulting in the smoothest surface currently possible.

Black: Acryl colors (for brush) from the paper and hobby shop nearby (Marabu)

Grey: Spray from the house builder market

Silver: Acryl spray color from the paper and hobby shop.

That's the result:

Woody64

Edited October 2, 2010 by woody64