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Re: More custom castle helms (Kyle!)
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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:27:21 GMT
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Kyle, you still around?  I went back to this message to do some research on
the Sculpey process, but your web page seems to be inaccessable now.

I recently chopped off the camail on some "flair" helmets to get more norman
looking helmets.  Liking this, my eyes fell on some leftover Sculpey from a
project my son had for school.  One lumpy looking sugar loaf helm later, I
went hunting for my dremel.  Any words of advice or directions to your old
information?

I'm just lightly toasting (275 in the toaster oven for a couple of minutes)
to get the stuff firm enough to dremel (to misuse a trademarked name).  I
just find an old minifig head and slap the Sculpey directly on to that (the
constipated guy from Wild West, or those funky Bulls heads) for now.

Bruce


In lugnet.castle, Kyle Peterson writes:
Well, I think I've been getting better.

Not sure if you remember my first two attempts at custom castle helms:
http://web.newave.net/~kpeterson/legodesigns/images/crusaders.jpg


Here is the latest:
http://web.newave.net/~kpeterson/trizeta/images/helmets.gif


These are just variations of the traditional Great Helm....with the
exception of the Barbute helmet on the very end.

Folks, do me a favor and vote on which one you think is the best...perhaps
consider which one is most "LEGO-ESQUE". As you can see I've been playing
around with different designs and would like to hone in on two or three.
Breathing holes or no breathing holes? etc...

Send comments, questions, and criticisms to kyle@peterson.net, or post.

The ones you see here are prototypes and will probably eventually be sold,
once I have a few more in my "armory".

I also documented a "how-to" section which I will publish online as soon as
I can. Just keep in mind that when you are baking your sculptures...make
sure your wife hasn't secretly changed the temperature from 275 to 450 to
cook some french fries for dinner.

-Kyle



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  Re: More custom castle helms (Kyle!)
 
(...) Bruce (and others), I have pretty much been lurking around at LUGNET and not actively building anything. I did draft up a quick (primitive) tutorial to help people get started on sculpting custom helmets for their minifigures. Perhaps it might (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)

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  More custom castle helms
 
Well, I think I've been getting better. Not sure if you remember my first two attempts at custom castle helms: (URL) is the latest: (URL) are just variations of the traditional Great Helm....with the exception of the Barbute helmet on the very end. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)

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