Skyrim Iron Helmet

So for you fans or The Elder Scrolls franchise, or just simply Skyrim. Here's one of the most iconic helmets in the game. This is my first time crafting so it's a great great risk for me to do it. But hell, it's been fun and I finished it nicely. :) ENJOY!

Step 1: Materials and PEPAKURA!!!!!!

Materials!!!! 
Thick paper/board (a4)(make sure it fits in your printer, haha)
PVA Glue
Scissors/Cutter
Fibreglass mat
Clear cast resin (two part)
All-purpose Epoxy
Plaster of Paris (or if you have more budget, body filler)
Sculpting tools (I actually only used cutters, small files because I didn't have pro sculpting tools with me)
Sandpaper 
Matte spray finish 
Primer
Black paint
Silver paint
Brown and yellow water based paints (or just go get your poster color set, or watercolors.)
brush
old worn out brush
acetone
paint thinner (depends on what paint you're using)
plastic cups
protective gloves


PEPAKURA!
I'm well aware that not everybody is familiar with Pepakura and 3d modelling, so I'm making it easier for you. 
Pepakura is a program that unfolds 3d models so you'll be able to make a real life papercraft model of it.

So I downloaded a model from sketchup community component models and reduced the planes for papercrafting, after then I unfolded it in Pepakura and printed it out on a thick paper. If you've never done this before, every edge of the pieces are numbered, where there's another piece that has the same number on an edge, that means they go together. there's a positive piece and a negative piece, if you can see there are flaps to some edges and to some there isn't. when you find the same numbered ones, you'll have to stick the one with a flap to the back side of the one without a flap so their edges would meet. always keep it front side up, if you get me. if you keep on reversing sides you'll just mess the model up sooner or later.


*Oh! What's that right there? A file! must be the papercraft file! Try it now will you?*
the paper is set to a4. the diameter of the helmet is about 25cm I think

Comments

[danielom]

You' are a idol! I love it!!!

[chichill]

thank you dear! ;)

[mlequin]

Done with the paper helm! : D
But i don't know how to add resins nor plaster

[mlequin]

Is arranging the actual pepakura helm hard

I've never really created anything yet.....It's my first time

[chichill]

it's not really that hard, you can find videos on youtube on how to do it. Tho you need a little patience. and a lot of paper. you can use any paper as long as it's thick as much as possible.

[mlequin]

Cany really find good paper to use :(

[mlequin]

What kind of paper should i use for the paper model

[chichill]

Any kind of thick paper would be nice. :) you can also recycle used paper. in my case I used all my thesis drafts for printing and glued it in old carton boxes. to make it thicker :)

[poofrabbit]

Congratulations on being a finalist in the Halloween contest!!! Can’t wait to see if you win! Good luck!

[chichill]

wow! I was? I didn't even know. haha thanks for telling me, and thanks for cheering me up! *hugs

[plasticpopcorn4]

thats a sick lookin sculpt n1

[beautypersoni]

Nice work! I haven't read through the actual instructible yet, but the finished project is awesome! FUS RO DAH! :^D

[AmericanTragedy]

Okay, so I had a body filler. Paperkraft, added body filler. Got confused didnt add glue to plaster, plastered helmet. What to do now, remove plaster and sand down body filler? Then paint? Right?

[chichill]

My fault, I forgot to mention that if you're using body filler instead of epoxy you wouldn't have to add plaster. so it would be better with only the body filler if you can properly sand it down to a clean finish :) I just chose epoxy and plaster and glue because in my country body filler is so pricey. :)

[AmericanTragedy]

Well, I wasn't copying your tutorial correctly, so I bondo'd the helmet I put plain old plaster on it now I don't know how to remove the plaster..... Help?

[chichill]

i guess you can either sand down the plaster itself or use water to wet the plaster and sculpt it off. goodluck! If it were me tho, I'd just sand down the plaster instead of taking it off. just finish it with resin so it would hold into place, since it would be a little fragile without the glue.

[flint5150]

Hi there, just wanted to post my finished helm using your method.

Thanks for the great Instructable!

gallery of the build stages: http://dindendi.deviantart.com/gallery/

[chichill]

NICE WORK MATE! :D glad you liked my instructable :)

[metashade]

Do you still have the original PDO file? I'm having a bit trouble understanding connection point 45 and 51. A 3d picture would help tremendously. Great instructable, though!

[chichill]

im at the office now so i don't have access to my laptop. I'll try to search for it once i get back home and send it to you. message me your email :)

[NathanLangridge]

Hi, I've finished the paper craft part, but I have 4 segments? Two horns, the main helmet and a random bit that looks like its for the neck? It comes from pages 10,11, and 14, but they only fit into one piece that doesn't have any numbers to connect into the main helmet? I can't see in your pictures either where it would go?

[chichill]

it's for the neck protector, like you can see here

[chichill]

oops, forgot the image. here it is.

[NathanLangridge]

Ah... but how do they connect on, as there are no numbers?
Di you just stick it in where it seemed right?

[chichill]

yeah I just did that. Tho I did that after the plastering and painting and stuff. I had to leave an inch on the upper side of the piece without plaster tho, so it would stick to the insides with plaster. :)

[chichill]

yeah I just did that. Tho I did that after the plastering and painting and stuff. I had to leave an inch on the upper side of the piece without plaster tho, so it would stick to the insides with plaster. :)

[sonicfreak04]

did you add a coat of resin onto the plaster?

[chichill]

i added a coat of resin after I painted the plaster so weathering won't be that much of a problem. and it keeps it with a little gloss like metal :) you can try to add a coat to seal your plaster too before painting :)

[skidude28]

I'm having a bit of a problem printing out the model..
When I try to print it, the numbers print fine, but the light grey lines don't show up at all. I tried printing it on both of my printers and neither would print the lines, they'd only print the numbers. Luckily, I was planning on trying to assemble it with normal paper before I used cardstock, so none was wasted. I wouldn't be surprised if it is my printer's faults.. I don't think the ink has been replaced in quite a while, as dark black prints just fine and that's all we usually use them for.
I'll head to the library tomorrow and see if their printer will do this correctly. If it does, I hope they'll let me use cardstock haha.

Oh, to give this comment some meaning other than me rambling about my printer: Your helmet looks INCREDIBLE and I really hope mine comes out even half as good when I get everything working!

[chichill]

message me your email and i'll try if i can send you the textured version. :) maybe your printer will take it better. :)

[offwithyourtv]

Thanks so much for posting this! Your instructions are very thorough and helpful.

Yours looks amazing. I'm pretty satisfied with mine, but it was my first attempt ever making something like this, so many lessons were learned along the way.

Here it is: http://instagram.com/p/NWhgm-KoaC/

[chichill]

wow, thank you. good to hear that someone learned from me. haha. :) yours is looking amazing too!

[chichill]

wow, thank you. good to hear that someone learned from me. haha. :) yours is looking amazing too!

[dmoneycin]

i feel stupid for not being able to get off the first step. I downloaded the file expecting to see a flat color image like you have pictured at the top of the first page. Instead I am confronted with a lot of numbers and pages. I am assuming that I cut out the pages and paste the numbers together, but how do I get the colored image like you have on the first page?

Thanks.

[chichill]

I made it white for you guys so you won't get confused with the colors and numbers like i did the first time. but if you want the colored one instead you can message me your email and I'll send it over to you :)

[agrow 42]

What kind of glue you used in this step?

[chichill]

do you mean for the papercraft? I used PVA glue. :)

[agrow 42]

no the glue that you used to glue the fiber glass

[chichill]

oh, it's also PVA. :) tho spray glue would be better. :)

[agrow 42]

THANK YOU. i was going to use the fiber glass resin but this way is cheaper