Human Dalek Costume!

Step 9 Helmet of the Daleks, Part Four

The last thing for the helmet is to build the rings and shroud. You'll need:

• Corrugated cardboard
• Masking tape
• Window screen mesh
• Rope
• Hot glue
• Epoxy
• Gold and black spraypaint

Using the base of the helmet as the initial model, I cut three cardboard rings, each one about 1/2" bigger than the previous ring. Each was wrapped in masking tape and painted black. While this dried, I painted several feet of rope gold and set that out to dry.

The next day, I punched holes just big enough for the ropes in eight places around each ring. I used some blocks of wood to space the rings out equally and inserted a gold rope all the way through, hot gluing and epoxying at each level. Once those dried, I glued all the ropes to the inside of the helmet.

I put two layers of window mesh inside the rings and hot glued that to the inside of the helmet. I think three layers would have been better for hiding my ugly mug, but each layer reduces visibility quite a bit.