Harrison Krix of Volpin Props (who previously created a Half Life Gravity Gun among other awesome things), is back with a tutorial explaining his method for fashioning fantasy or video game-inspired helmets and armor, such as the Skyrim example seen above. Included are features on scaling, base forms, shape refining, sculpting, etc. Click here to check it out.
(via Neatorama)
A collection of helmets from our favorite nerdy movies—on a shirt.
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If you were so inclined, you could spend time crafting your own Minecraft heads or take the easy way out and spend a little money to get them ready-made. I’ll take the lazy way every time.
Jinx now has both the Minecraft Steve head and Creeper head in stock for $17.49 each.
Some of Boba Fett’s earliest ancestors were savage Norse warriors known as berserkers. Paul McCue has masterfully recreated one of their helmets complete with horns and a weathered metal paint job over the original plastic.
This particular version has sold on McCue’s Etsy page, but he does take custom requests.
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A Daft Punk community member known as Agent RayBans has put together a visual history of the group’s helmets in one convenient infographic. Why they don’t teach us this stuff in history class I’ll never know.
It might have been useful to learn how to actually build one in shop class as well.
Check out the full infographic after the break.
I wouldn’t have expected Tron to be a theme that would come out of a Paris-based luxury helmet maker, but it does make a lot of sense. Too bad the retro design clashes with the modern Tron motorcycle suit.
Pricing for the helmet has not been made available, but it set to arrive in time to coincide with the release of Tron:Legacy in France this January.
(Ruby via Highsnobiety)
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If you’ve got Star Wars fans on the gift list this year, Entertainment Earth is slashing 34% off this awesome Boba Fett helmet with an articulated rangefinder, electronic sounds and a battle-damaged design as part of their Black Friday sale.
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In case you haven’t noticed, realistic Stromtrooper helmets are pretty expensive. Fortunately, you can make one on the super cheap using two gallon-sized milk jugs. The process outlined by the blog Filth Wizardry is actually pretty simple, so much so that it would make a great project for kids.
Make sure to clean those bottles out thoroughly though. A helmet full of sour milk could get real nasty, real fast. Should probably use water jugs instead.
(Filth Wizardry via BoingBoing)
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If Vader was a baby girl, the Imperial March would be played by Raffi, the Death Star would be pink and she would constantly be spitting up in her helmet and crapping her pants.
Stormtroopers (also dressed in pink) would have to change her and occasionally serve as wet nurses—which is just so wrong.
(via 9GAG)
There are lots of electronic helmets and masks out there for fans of sci-fi that light up, play sounds and even alter your voice. And many of them might even fit your giant adult head. Don’t be ashamed—these toys are awesome at any age.
