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Rabbits Guy Manuel Build

Rabbit — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:47:59 GMT

With Random Access Memories being released in less than a week, i thought it was never a more apporpriate time to start working on a new guy manuel build. I've tried it before with less than stellar results. I feel like this time will be a little different i have no time restrictions and a new space to work in so anyway on with the pictures, the first bucket is my first attempt, i realized where i went wrong and why.

Old.

it was too rushed and i had literally littl to no idea what i was doing.

Sorry for the webcam quality pic but this is the new pep model, Dung0beetles model, unfolded by hifat-555

If anyone has any tips or pointers I posted this here as well on the RPF i've seen amazing Guy builds from members of both sites please feel free to comment. Any criticism is welcome!

Thomas Helmet - Smooth scrolling?

PeterH86 — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:54:03 GMT

Love this site, I'm really impressed with everybodies builds. I'm glad I came across this, I'm having a lot of fun working on my own helmet.

Anyhow, I started working on this about a month ago. I took some java programming in college, so, this started off easy. But I can't seem to figure out how to get relatively complex things to scroll nicely. Like tekparasites scrolling arrows "< < <" or simply scrolling Text. It sort of stutters.

This is what I've done on my own so far.... A lot of it was implemented with the use of arrays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Ha4T8MLJs
**Edit: if you watch the vid, the first animation is supposed to be slow at first, lol, i tried to make it look like its booting up.

Any leads on how to get the more complex stuff scrolling nice and smooth?

Thanks!

Thomas Helmet Measurements - Firewire - Volpin, Moguai

Aeriform — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:57:59 GMT

I remember there was a thread that had pictures of all three helmets and size comparisons. I currently have a firewire which fits me well but my friend is building a helmet of his own and I wanted to compare the sizes of all the popular helmets.

Anyone know where those pics or thread is?:sad2:

Help making Guy-Manuel's helmet

karlu23 — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:25:29 GMT

I don't know anything about making a helmet so I was wondering if someone could help me on what to buy and how to make the cast for Guy's helmet.
Thanks everyone

Thomas Helmet Sizing?

MrSinistar — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:17:10 GMT

Hi! I've been wanting a Thomas helmet for a while now and I'm running into a problem with the sizing. I'm 5' 10", 240 lbs, so I'm a pretty big guy. I tried on my friend's Firewire casting and it was really small on my head and didn't look right with my body's dimensions.

I want to get Beastman/MoguaiProps helmet, but I'm unsure if that will fit better on me or not. Does anyone have a comparison of all the Thomas helmets or at least some who's similar to my size can give me a recommendation?

Right now, I'm leaning towards Volpin's helmet as it looks like has the best proportions for me, IMO.

Thanks in advance!

Looking to RENT some Daft Punk Helmets for a Music Video Shoot

steveberke — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:34:08 GMT

Hi Daft Punk fans,

I'm looking to rent a couple helmets for a music video parody that I'm shooting for my YouTube channel. Preferably, the really cool ones with the built in LEDs.

I would be willing to either rent them, or if you sell them and this is your business, give you a plug at the end of the video and drive massive traffic to your Daft Punk helmet business. My last music video parody has nearly 10 million views, so as you can imagine, it could be very lucrative if sell them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znpt_Umixcs

If anyone would be work with me on this, I'd really appreciate it. I'm planning on shooting the video in Los Angeles next week, and we may have cameos by Cheech and Chong, so if anyone is a stoner or marijuana activist, please help a brother out!

Cheers!
Steve

Would anyone like to make a quick buck helping to resize our pepakura?

Kid_A — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:05:52 GMT

Hey guys,

Ok so I have been struggling for nearly a week now on Pepakura 3. I managed to get a virtual machine to work on my 2008 macbook, running Xp, and Pepakura, but once i scaled up the files, it was nearly impossible to rotate/cut the bigger pieces so they would fit onto the paper in the 2D layout... It has been an absolute nightmare :( And all my mates all use bloody Apple (first time I ever wished i had a Windows computer over an Apple, but lets not start that debate)..

So, I was wondering, would anyone like to make a quick buck in helping us get these larger pieces, onto the paper print layour, so we can begin the printing process?

Thanks again guys!
D

Need Help, Krylon or Rustoleum?

daftpunk619 — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:41:36 GMT

I'm redoing my Guy Man Bucket and was wondering which rattle can I should use. (I'm poor so chroming isn't an option.) I've seen so many mixed reviews. I need something I can clear coat and not have dull overtime.

Thank you

How to Install a Guy-Man Internal Visor.

PedroAloha — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:09:41 GMT

Here's a quick ''how to'' for installing a Guy-Man visor internally. Or at least how i do it... For the purpose of this tutorial i'll be using an Onyx cast as that's the only test cast i was willing to cut in half. So where do we begin?

Firstly it's important to take your time and not rush this part of your build. It's not especially difficult to do but you should take your time and be methodical about where you make your cuts. With some patience and a steady hand you'll have yourself a nicely inset visor in an afternoons work. Also most issues can be fixed with a little epoxy and/or bondo should you cut too deep etc , so don't panic and freak out if you think you've made a mistake somewhere.

These are the tools that you'll need to inset your visor. A Dremel with these 3 attachments, the cutting disc, the sanding drum, and the detailing file. One pair of SHARP kitchen scissors.

PART 1. Trimming the Chassis

First things first. Put the visor itself to one side. We start work on the helmet chassis before anything else.

Now using Dremel and the cutting disc remove the main visor piece from the helmet. Get as close to edge of the helmet as you dare. Chances are unless your a helmet builder then this is your one and only cast, so be careful. If you don't think you have too steady a hand then err on the side of caution and cut as close as you're comfortable with. You can sand this edge closer with the sanding drum once you have the most of the visor cut out. Once the visor is out swap to the sanding drum and carefully sand the rest of the excess resin till you have a nice flush edge. Don't worry if it's not too pretty, this will be filled with bondo later. Here's the visor section removed (also this is my cross section helmet, it's much easier to show what i'm doing with only half a helmet)

Ok next we need to cut the edge for the visor so sit onto. Load up the cutting disc again in the Dremel for this part. The cutting disc will give us a nice clean edge to the lip. It's actually pretty easy to get a nice even line all the way around the inside of your helmet. i left lip with a depth of maybe 2 to 3mm. You can see here...

Cut this groove all the way around the inside of your helmet

Again get as close as you dare, but be careful you don't go to deep towards the outside of your helmet. There's actually less resin to remove with 65D than the Onyx, but with Onyx it's an idea to hold it upto the light if you think you might be too close. Onyx has a lot of bubbles so if you go too deep you should be able to see through it. Ideally you don't wanna go that far but if you do, don't panic. This can totally be fixed.

At this point your visor would more than likely sit in this groove but there's still too much resin in the way to actually get the visor in in the first place on a full helmet. What we need to do is cut away more of the resin upto the edge of the nice clean groove you have just cut. The detailing file (the bullet shaped attachment) is ideal for this. use it to smooth the resin away so you visor will have room to be pushed into place. This is what you should end up with

Now your visor will have a nice lip to sit in and the visor itself (once trimmed) is flexable enough to push into the helmet from the opening where your head goes. This is what it'll be doing on the inside...

PART 2. Trimming the Visor

Chances are you visor is made from 2mm PETg. PETg can be trimmed fairly easily with a pair of sharp kitchen scissors. You can use a Dremel but the cutting disc will met the plastic and create tiny balls of molten plastic, not nice to get on you. If you have a lot of plastic to cut away around your visor then by all means use a dremel but don't get much closer than about an inch from the visor edge. Use the scissors from then on. you'll have to remove more than you'll expect from your visors edge. Around the sides of mine i've left a lip of as little as 1mm from the actual dome itself with maybe 3 to 4mm at the chin and top bar parts of the visor. The pic below shows just how much i've cut away

The best option is to trim the visor down leaving some trim all the way around and then try pushing it into place. If it's not fitting right, have a look at where you think the problem is and trim a little more visor edge in that place. What is also possible is that you may have to trim more of the chassis rather than the visor. It really depends how well you smoothed the inside of the visor. All casts are different and this approach will get your particular visor sitting into your particular helmet chassis nicely. Here's how it looks from the inside one it's in.

Ok so thats all the pics i have on this computer of that part of the fitting. I will show how to fill the gap between your helmet and visor with bondo so you get that nice clean (and thick RAM style) edge in my next post.

Can someone help me with the electronics?

mxoagentjohnson — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:30:20 GMT

Hey guys.

I have absoloutely zero idea on the electronics, i know i need an arduino board, all the led's but apart from that i'm stumped, i have a code to work on but does anyone have a step by step to how i wire it all together etc?

I'm making this for a thomas helmet using firewires kit!

Many thanks, Jack.

I'm 14 and would like some help.

MikelsHoodie — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:32:55 GMT

I really want to make or buy a daft punk helmet, and my birthday is coming up. I already have around $200 but im not sure if that will get me all they way finished. after watching lots of videos i can see that making a helmet is a difficult task and im not sure that i even have the materials. I have made a deadmau5 head before but i know that making a Daft punk helmet will take longer and more skill. I have found a good place to by a Guy Manuel helmet but it comes without lighting. how would i go about lighting/chroming it for around $80? Any links, help, or ideas would be awesome. Thanks!

Here are the links I have found so far:

(where i plan to buy it from) http://www.etsy.com/listing/129821263/daft-punk-guy-manuel-replica-helmet?ref=pr_shop

(where volpin got his chromed) http://www.creationsnchrome.com/comicstatues.html

(this guy sells lighting, out of my price range) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UvBzB6rSSY&feature=youtu.be

Guy Manuel Helmet for $390 with shipping included

DafTTTPunk16 — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:18:45 GMT

Is this a good deal, I saw the same one for $550 but didn't buy it in time. I need to make a decision as my birthday is on May 22nd, and I was planning on driving around town and making stops at various spots blasting the music on with me Guy Manuel helmet. So should I go for it?

Edit - I take that back, I already bought it!

Just bought a helmet, need portable music player?

videodima — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:44:27 GMT

I have a full costume ready to go, not what I wanted to do is have my blazer/suit hold perhaps a portable speaker so I can play Daft punk music while I walk around as Guy. Anyone have any experience in this and how to approach something like this?

Pepakura scaling and PDF help is needed...

Kid_A — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:14:21 GMT

Hey all,

I have been reading this forum for a while now, but only signed up today... This place really inspired me and my housemate to get a Daft Punk helmet build on the go!

I was wondering if anyone could help with rescaling our helmets in pepakura? I had to install a virtual machine with windows on my macbook in order to get pepakura and have been a little confused by it all :( Its the same with having to PDF the pepakura file so i can bring it to work and print out the card.

Is anyone able to assist at all? It would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks!
Daz/Stevie
London fans