tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51709715425775025282024-03-12T16:57:54.617-07:00Creating a Daft Punk HelmetLongfellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16922298472599055440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170971542577502528.post-7109653047452006312011-06-27T13:12:00.000-07:002011-06-27T13:49:51.782-07:00So I decided to Create a Daft Punk Helmet<div style="text-align: center;">"Dude, you should totally make a Daft Punk Helmet" ~Drunken Friend<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGz-Sg5DE4NzCqIuu4j8-PTepVLaV53MOlcFEoFjsm_voIcSuHUa9ua3dQNlUkJi9m6tzpSFDA6JZCW96rkRSiK7-khYtYm_8c13Y4l6abT_uT0b5kB_UTBZ-KnSkWv8_8a4YjED8fU24g/s1600/349.PNG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGz-Sg5DE4NzCqIuu4j8-PTepVLaV53MOlcFEoFjsm_voIcSuHUa9ua3dQNlUkJi9m6tzpSFDA6JZCW96rkRSiK7-khYtYm_8c13Y4l6abT_uT0b5kB_UTBZ-KnSkWv8_8a4YjED8fU24g/s400/349.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623002441862797442" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13d86_nn8X3UFPhJPns9POzlooaPkL69lGhm88iy5XfDC_xQGYsbUPqg9qRWkyX6z4nJUp5_sagoe-vAVv-wsoAs35brbvln3TWD7rzGl-RQAYPFZJ_DudmeNgHgrSIZuyt-3KegbmT42/s1600/cover_silver2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13d86_nn8X3UFPhJPns9POzlooaPkL69lGhm88iy5XfDC_xQGYsbUPqg9qRWkyX6z4nJUp5_sagoe-vAVv-wsoAs35brbvln3TWD7rzGl-RQAYPFZJ_DudmeNgHgrSIZuyt-3KegbmT42/s320/cover_silver2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622996020579824338" border="0" /></a><br />With <span class="tl"></span><a href="http://www.ultramusicfestival.com/" class="l vst"><em>Ultra</em> Music Festival XIV</a> on the horizon, I've decided I needed to make a Daft Punk Helmet just for the occasion. That and I've been dying to start some kind of project to kill some time.<br /><br />I have decided to create a helmet modeled after the Thomas Bangalter helmet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It will be created out of mainly Bondo and Fiberglass Resin and the LED configuration will be ran off an <a href="http://arduino.cc/">Arduino</a> Duo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEJePRT8hOfLcSFNpYzncyv8DRVdJ1ksU-OXO3o4-NGlP8rq6nzK-2NziELWfwmjj9cu3im_ymnSrKMUo1dID_HPNGEr_ROhfnTcRGyoYYvQT-z3N4QygbdlFCJ-y88InJtkwhe8cp0vp/s1600/370.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEJePRT8hOfLcSFNpYzncyv8DRVdJ1ksU-OXO3o4-NGlP8rq6nzK-2NziELWfwmjj9cu3im_ymnSrKMUo1dID_HPNGEr_ROhfnTcRGyoYYvQT-z3N4QygbdlFCJ-y88InJtkwhe8cp0vp/s320/370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622997060916361570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I started off pretty crappy. I printed an entire 3D model onto cardstock, spent hours cutting it out and gluing and taping it together. After about 3 hours of doing that I used Fiberglass Resin to give it some strength and it turned out a little to small for my head.<br /><br />Not to mention the ears turned out to be a bit too big.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_PDYCB9-jJh1bY5-_Q3brlgzW02JN7mNiNOX1A9juXpVb8bFWU_K-SUFz_ah8sCTbKXPjMTsOrXO9tkYaXGV7OxXHPnaTYtOvmD1MohYa_i2DWmjolNWJ99Jn9OXiJQI7z1e6kkZ7UaZ/s1600/377.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_PDYCB9-jJh1bY5-_Q3brlgzW02JN7mNiNOX1A9juXpVb8bFWU_K-SUFz_ah8sCTbKXPjMTsOrXO9tkYaXGV7OxXHPnaTYtOvmD1MohYa_i2DWmjolNWJ99Jn9OXiJQI7z1e6kkZ7UaZ/s400/377.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623002927932420434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So after some digging online, I found a better approach. I decided to print the Face/Visor part of the mask on Cardstock, and attach it to a Skateboard helmet. Which as you can see on the left, turned out to be a better fit, and give me more room inside to work with.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">After creating my "model" I coated the entire thing in Fiberglass resin, sanded, rinse and repeat.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWD6tPNfRNGWw1ScuqFXf4-WvM56Slc4HdfUbfFBzh7xKNVbm_33fLV5NlPhNdKSAH-qRpmN-QrE3gncNvhXbnCrinnstkk2n_nfG2tL1_xDtQKGu9jwSTnONhrpT9Esuq_va87AKULeGi/s1600/384.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWD6tPNfRNGWw1ScuqFXf4-WvM56Slc4HdfUbfFBzh7xKNVbm_33fLV5NlPhNdKSAH-qRpmN-QrE3gncNvhXbnCrinnstkk2n_nfG2tL1_xDtQKGu9jwSTnONhrpT9Esuq_va87AKULeGi/s400/384.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623000479462247490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And then filled in the gaps in the visor with more Fiberglass Resin.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1n3rVa4IKYZGt7ipIr-BmuLEGEPS92rmUtRJ5LPDTnzszAonZyUDSwsg2HFldfth-MbS8Q3qVQvSZvuyHfaqPgUMgoP6x7eWRWB2_ZcYF-WHd58RfM8d7wMmeQGSK3b2mEmT9iequadsh/s1600/385.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1n3rVa4IKYZGt7ipIr-BmuLEGEPS92rmUtRJ5LPDTnzszAonZyUDSwsg2HFldfth-MbS8Q3qVQvSZvuyHfaqPgUMgoP6x7eWRWB2_ZcYF-WHd58RfM8d7wMmeQGSK3b2mEmT9iequadsh/s400/385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623001499601010802" border="0" /></a><br />After getting a base of what I wanted, I gave the whole thing a coat of primer.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FnO4L89gpM-Wy_VOFQLq2Q7frn_rKYgfWBVAGExV0ekwV1erVk6usu5g8p8eg9gnp3c1jlRYhxucXAsOC5lv5tZlU_cIWXZ9ydywxrThhGSJt03KTFsZkmLzKiG3W8o3Mg2vXA1LBAYa/s1600/393.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FnO4L89gpM-Wy_VOFQLq2Q7frn_rKYgfWBVAGExV0ekwV1erVk6usu5g8p8eg9gnp3c1jlRYhxucXAsOC5lv5tZlU_cIWXZ9ydywxrThhGSJt03KTFsZkmLzKiG3W8o3Mg2vXA1LBAYa/s400/393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623003361072510770" border="0" /></a><br />And then came the Bondo Body Filler.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoVGVs30XpQ4s2ce3O2tJq_HNxjMsaGgz4WgQ6uWzgEW3kAnXjm7xsO0m5fkr7zfFNgBECxbvd6LjEpR-eeyFifrlcaBmBP96eTES06EfCrkUPzRY04aoU5CcwLLosJUAhqL5zBQeQL5A/s1600/396.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoVGVs30XpQ4s2ce3O2tJq_HNxjMsaGgz4WgQ6uWzgEW3kAnXjm7xsO0m5fkr7zfFNgBECxbvd6LjEpR-eeyFifrlcaBmBP96eTES06EfCrkUPzRY04aoU5CcwLLosJUAhqL5zBQeQL5A/s400/396.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623003637203786050" border="0" /></a><br />Many layers of Bondo and hours of sanding later<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsdbkblrzfmeJG_ioVV7WRdtarCTYLA9mtIYT7fjec-NuXzX9AuShcCGbZRF0AcXQwwMYIHvFAZwQiChxnmYONYoqK3eWuH9mS5j-80daAkrJ8PT6C-J86rEAqT5UtN1J3cB96qg8EpQC/s1600/397.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsdbkblrzfmeJG_ioVV7WRdtarCTYLA9mtIYT7fjec-NuXzX9AuShcCGbZRF0AcXQwwMYIHvFAZwQiChxnmYONYoqK3eWuH9mS5j-80daAkrJ8PT6C-J86rEAqT5UtN1J3cB96qg8EpQC/s400/397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623003984671479010" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Longfellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16922298472599055440noreply@blogger.com0