Tips and Tricks for making the Helmets

[ThreeFN]

Originally Posted by c_ride

does this look like it overhangs the back of my head too much? I'm satisfied with how my head fits in the visor (pretty much all the way back).

I would say yes purely based on my aesthetic tastes.

Since you've chosen you head (and neck) arrangement relative to the visor, I think you thus need to balance the back relative to that choice. While I would say that where you have the back hair bit right now is truer to the helmet, it looks off balance compared to the front.

However, I have chosen a back for mine that is rather understated and that's where my proclivities lie. My opinion is to tuck the base of the last polygon just behind the D so that there's no gap there like you have now. That to my eye would even it out.

Another thought:
Use you neck as the 'balancing point' between the front and back. Most people seek to see balance in everything. When we see something standing on a stalk (like the neck) we expect the object perched on the stalk to be balanced on each side.

[c_ride]

Don't worry, I'm DEFINITELY not attaching the visor until the last minute, I just had it mocked up in those images to see if my face would fit behind it where I had the helmet band located. And I realized that in that last pic, I had the Pep section upside down, so I fixed it. It still hangs off my head a little too far, but to fix that I would need to Dremel off the rear strength fold of the helmet - which I'm not sure if I want to do at this point. Still hoping I have room for lights though...

[sporgo]

You should have plenty of room for lights if your helmet comes out close to the same size as mine. I would recommend keeping the visor wrapped in plastic wrap until you are ready to install it. The PETG is very tough but it will mar if bumped into things.

[Thomas Bangalter]

Thought you guys may wanna see how my Volpin hand plates came out.

[sporgo]

That looks fantastic. The work of CNC I suspect.

[ThreeFN]

Originally Posted by sporgo

That looks fantastic. The work of CNC I suspect.

If they're one of Volpin's he used a mold of his hand and some apoxie sculpt, followed by vac forming. No CNC required. Having screwed around with the CAD/CAM side of things, I can't imagine what CNCing something to the curvature of a hand would be like. Except possibly with the use of a 3D scanner. The MakerScanner is getting there.

Flickr stream here

[Rabid Irish]

I think Sporgo meant Creations n Chrome.

[ThreeFN]

Originally Posted by Rabid Irish

I think Sporgo meant Creations n Chrome.

Ah. That might explain things a bit. Curse my engineering industry proclivities

[Thomas Bangalter]

Hey, nope I dont use them, too much for me, I have a local guy who does work just as good if not better at a fraction of the cost.