Love it!! im in process of making the head and i have a question. how did you color the apron?? what did you used for it. thank you so much for sharing!
@@lauraheslin6319 the apron is damaged leather hand sewn together. The coloring was done in stages with acrylic paint, first we dirtied the bottom edge and seams. Then I put the apron on and we mixed up different reds and I used my hands to smear it like I was wiping my hands clean on the apron. Last the whole thing got clear coated (Rust-Oleum painters touch) matte on the main surface and gloss on the red to make it look fresher.
Hiiiii! How do you make the helmet stay on your head? Mine keeps falling toward. Mine is made of foam core. I thought about buying a bike helmet or something, but how do i secure it to the mask? Please help 😢😢
I used the web liner for a hard hat, makes for easy size adjustment. also the back of mine the bolts are steel and there are some big washers glued in for counter weight.
its more a question of do i have time and what is the project. I try to be reasonable on my commissions but I work full time and have several side projects already keeping me busy. I starting doing the 3d printing to reduce my labor time cause there is not enough hours to go around.
@@SRMWorkshop thanks for the reply. I'm interested in the pyramid head mask and apron. Hope 3D printing will help speed up process. Just let me know a ballpark timeframe and cost if you can. That would be great.
The helmet was around 60 hours to make, and the apron was another 40 hours. The Apron is also real leather further adding to the cost. so probly $1000+ for the set. Not sure when I will have the time though. I do have a FB page of the same name and deep in the archives there is drawings that would give you a start point to build your own.
The skirt is leather, it was water damaged and sold cheap on ebay. I figured out how long it needed to be and a layout circle twice that size. Then each panel was hand stitched to help give it some depth. The blood effect was applied while wearing the skirt and rubbing paint in, then I applied a gloss clear coat to keep it shiny.
wsxz_DNA it's made from 1.5" insulation foam wrapped in fiberglass. on later swords I switched to a polyethelene based foam insulation (does not react to fiberglass resin or paint) and it made for a lighter sword with less finish work. But this sword of now about 8 years old and still looks good so no plans on remaking it.
The base paint was Rust-oleum Hammered Bronze for the handle and Dark Steel for the blade. The rest is just regular acrylic paint covered in a gloss clear coat.
It's mostly foam board (paper on both sides with foam center) and heavy card stock. The trick is in how you finish it, I sealed all the edges with hot glue and coated the whole thing in fiberglass resin before applying a metallic base paint.
