How to make your own Fallout 3 helmet prop!

How to make your own Fallout 3 helmet prop!
 Today I`m gonna show you how to make your very own Fallout 3 Power Armor helmet prop!
If you follow theese steps you should have a very nice looking prop!

 
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Step 1Materials

Ok, theese are the materials and programs you need:

- Pepakura Designer 3: www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
- Helmet.pdo: http://www.4shared.com/file/VaaygDPp/Power_Armour_Helmet__A4_.html
-Thick paper (Can be buyed at any Hardware store) 
- Fiberglass resin (Can be buyed at any marine shop) 
- Fiberglass mat (Can also be buyed at any marine shop)
- Bondo Body Filler (Can be buyed at any Hardware store)
- Dremel Multitool
- Spray paint (Can be buyed at any Hardware store)
- Gloves (Can be buyed at any Hardware store)
- Safety gasmask (Can be buyed at any Hardware store)


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Nov 10, 2011. 6:15 PMkenny94 says:
Amazing. I'll have to remember to use this to make something for Youmacon next year (Since I forgot this year :P)
Aug 19, 2011. 2:28 PMjroll1 says:
T-51B Armor if I am correct? Yes?
Sep 19, 2011. 4:19 PMtheREALcybercat says:
No, its t-45d :)
Jun 16, 2011. 2:38 PMhunter152 says:
dude thats the best master chief costume ive ever seen thats sick
Aug 18, 2011. 8:49 PMDCDT says:
Can't tell if trolling...
Jul 19, 2011. 11:24 AMrecklesskiba says:
umm dude that isn't a master chief helmet it is from fallout three.
Oct 24, 2011. 4:14 AMdschlais says:
Im about 99 percent sure that they were talking about the video
May 18, 2011. 10:05 PMbendog38 says:
Buyed??? You mean "Bought"?
Mar 1, 2010. 12:50 PMxhonzi says:

This step seems a little vague.  Am I just laying the fibreglass cloth on top of the resin, or is it supposed to set in at all?  Do I need to cover the entire thing with fibreglass, or just enough to support the Bondo used in the next step?

Is there a certain window of time I need to be in since the resin step?

Thanks!

Apr 30, 2011. 11:33 AMSpartan3995 says:
Sorry Im really new to all this stuff. This will be my first project in this regard, but anyways. So do I only use the fiber glass cloth on the inside and I would just leave the resin itself on the outside? Then I put the Bondo on the outside after the resin dries? And by "soak" do you mean soak the fiber glass cloth in water and then stick it inside the helmet after the fiber glass dries? I apologize again for botherin ya.
Apr 27, 2011. 7:04 PMwhompbus says:
I'm about 3/4 through the power helmet paper assembly and wanted to mention instead of using hot glue, I use water based contact cement (Lepages). It dries very quickly (seconds!), doesn't smell and is super easy to clean up. Once dry, it's a lot like latex.

Brotherhood of Steel is the inspiration for the graffiti on our favorite project RV:

http://www.whompbus.com/gallery.php?spgf=080210

I love Fallout 3 and really appreciate you posting this tutorial! Pepakura is amazing and cannot wait to start on the armor and many other projects.


Thank you from the whompbus crew!
Apr 17, 2011. 8:06 PMjoseyyesoj12 says:
i looked at this holding my newest prop:RAD-X
Apr 1, 2011. 11:52 AMsabladask says:
cool!
you from norway??
Mar 5, 2011. 10:15 PMA_Dunks says:
Wow this is truly amazing, im working on mine right now but the quality is not what i want... im hoping that maybe i could get some putty or sculpting clay to smooth out and cover up the MANY rough edges and hot-glue spots. I'm almost considering restarting but with all the time and effort Ive put in so far it'll kill me to do it all over again. Mines also slightly angled oddly :-/
Feb 25, 2011. 8:55 AMHibatchi cow says:
this may seem a little bit stupid, but just to make sure, WHEN YOU PUT THE MATT IN AND YOU ARE WAITING FOR IT TO DRY DONT FLIP IT RIGHT SIDE UP. it all fell out the bottom of the helmet.
Feb 10, 2011. 12:25 PM1297golumb says:
can i use some sun glases or something like that for the ejes???
Feb 5, 2011. 8:21 AMJohnny Topside says:
Hey the Brotherhood of steel is awesome. My first helmet I made I used a Darth Vader helmet but now you inspired me to make a better real one. Thanks
Paladin long signing off
Jan 29, 2011. 11:16 AMgomas211 says:
hey upload instructions for the helmet
Nov 8, 2010. 9:27 PMRoceifin says:
amazing job!! my first one is a odst....or odst head and other spartan program parts
Jan 27, 2011. 6:35 AMDelo97 says:
You should make an instructable out of it.
Jan 27, 2011. 4:37 PMRoceifin says:
i might but theres just soo many out there, im sticken to youtube vids but ill post umm in instructables
Oct 4, 2010. 7:08 PMmarshon says:
Cool work my friend.
Sep 26, 2010. 9:41 PMCpt. Caleb says:
great stuff, I've made more than a few fiberglassed helmets and know how much "fun" resin can be. well done
Jul 21, 2010. 9:08 PMdarknessfalls says:
hi, i am going to follow and adapt your helmet to build both an Enclave helmet and a Hellfire helmet thanks for the guidance
Jun 29, 2010. 6:38 PMnenaptio says:
yea, and file is deleted
Jul 11, 2010. 6:21 PMnenaptio says:
yay! thanks
Jun 16, 2010. 6:32 PMChunk Aholic says:
can someone post a link for a Helmet file, the mediafire link says it was deleted.
Jul 9, 2010. 8:47 PMdarknessfalls says:
yes please
Oct 14, 2009. 8:13 AMoctopuscabbage says:
bought* but I still love this Instructable. fallout 3 for the win.
Oct 25, 2009. 12:29 PMoctopuscabbage says:

Im a HUGE fallout fan and im wondering, how much did this cost, could it be done with say, a winterized model style (from the f3 dlc operation anchorage), how much does this cost, and could it be coated in duct tape? (duct tape because i have a ton and it might make it stronger.)

Dec 13, 2009. 4:40 PMSpiderdog3000 says:
 Approximately how long would it take to make this if you worked diligently?
Jun 29, 2010. 6:38 PMnenaptio says:
can i use paper mache to make it harder instead of resin and fibreglass??
Oct 26, 2009. 1:39 PMoctopuscabbage says:
Cool
Jun 28, 2010. 8:07 PMdarknessfalls says:
Media Fire link deleted?
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