Shadow Guard Helmet Mod

[cjfrancese79]

Hey folks,
I got ahold of this RG helmet that was pretty beat up and decided to do some work to bring it up. It was really thin and cracked around the edges so I decided to trim it up into a Shadow guard. Here's some pictures







And here's after the trimming. Does the shape look ok? I had to trim out the visor also and have to rebuild the little lip that comes down from the brow and thicken up all the edges.

[virateck]

for me the shape is good

wait to see final helmet with the visor's area rebuild

[Sascha_Wilsing]

The detachment leader says on Facebook that the shoulders are to narrow now.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3239265 ... tif_t=like

[stripes]

The detachment leader says on Facebook that the shoulders are to narrow now.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3239265 ... tif_t=like

The post on facebook is a different helmet from this one. The helmet being discussed on facebook has even thinner almost non-existent shoulder flanges. This is why the helmet there has been deemed unapprovable.

This helmet that CJF has been working on is barely wide enough on the shoulder flanges to meet standards for visual reference and should ideally have been about 20% wider than it is. Both LT and I have discussed this at length regarding both helmets.

[Sascha_Wilsing]

Then good luck when you post the pictures with the helmet and armor on.
Making this helmet is like fighting a rancor without power of the force.
My highest respect for the fine work and the good look of this helmet.
Very interested how this ends.

[cjfrancese79]

OK, This is probably going to end up being a display helmet anyway.

However, it would be a good idea if someone would post a helmet pict with measurements so someone else doesn't ruin their helmet by cutting too much.

[LuciousTalvloinne]

Alot depends on which helmet you have. As different makers will have different ratio.

[cjfrancese79]

So would a good rule of thumbe be halfway between the base of the neck and the edge ?

[cjfrancese79]

I finally had a chance to do some more work on this helmet. There is a lot more wrong with it than I thought, so it will definitely be for display only. That being said, it doesn't hurt to learn and work on different techniques.

So I needed to go back in and add the lip to the top edge of the visor area. Using a strip of abs and some JB weld, I filled it in and dremmeled and sanded it. The corners of the visor are too thin and cracked so I will have to leave it a little bit more rounded. Still have a lot more bond work to do, but it's getting there.

[cjfrancese79]

Got a little more work done on this. Still need more finesse along the visor lip and edges, but it's coming along nicely. I have to leave the corners kinda rounded because they were too thin and starting to crack. Since this is only for display I'm not too worried about having exactly the correct shape.