Astartes Consul Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Hi all I was just wondering if anyone could do a tutorial on how to hollow out marine helmets so that they can be hung from a minis belt and look convincing. I've seen quite a few of these around and w as wondering how its done. cheers Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Q- Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Never done it but what I would do... Shave off the ribbing and file smooth. Poke a starter hole in the center of the neck space. Get a drill bit the size of the hole I want and drill a hole. File around the edge to kind of round it off smooth. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1053655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Knight Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 what Q said na dkeep using bigger and bigger drill bits, if you want the top of the helmet to be rounded use those rounded knife blades they sell at hobby stores, ill try to get a picture of what i use posted soon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1053664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy40k Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Never done it but what I would do...Shave off the ribbing and file smooth. Poke a starter hole in the center of the neck space. Get a drill bit the size of the hole I want and drill a hole. File around the edge to kind of round it off smooth. yep, thats what i'd do, just drill it out to the size you want, then clean up the edges with a knife or files. Id strongly suggest putting it in a clamp or vice to keep from drilling your fingers. -Legacy40k Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1053674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venerable Jazzman Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I use a Dremel bit, looks like a 100 or 191 , I think. Never hollowed out a helmet, but have hollowed out Ork bodies for head swaps ok. Gives a nice round hole, and works well on greenstuff too. Sorry, can't get a direct link to the bit, they've got 4 different pages on the same URL link.. :wub: It's in Bits/Accessories>>Rotary tool bits>>Carving/Engraving, if anyone's that interested. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1053739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Sha'son Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I use a pin vise to drill a pilot hole, then use my exacto blade to bore it out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1053832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Beork Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Cut, drill, shave/sand the inside, scrape out lenses, add see-through lensen, add clamps on the bottom, done. Beork Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1054247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeothar Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Here's one I did as an experiment to give a Scout Sarge a helmet without the facemask (which he would be wearing): http://www.xs4all.nl/~daeothar/FieryLions/Pictures/ForumPictures/HollowHelmet1.jpg http://www.xs4all.nl/~daeothar/FieryLions/Pictures/ForumPictures/HollowHelmet2.jpg Method used: Deflash helmet and cut off nub and ribbing. Drill small diameter hole directly in the middle of the neck. Use larger drill bit (idealy just smaller than the neck diameter) following down the smaller hole. Use knifeblades of differing shapes to hollow out further. File inside smooth and (if you want) cut visor off. Sit back and gloat over your handywork... :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1054730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madscuzzy Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I used a dremel with the 9905 attachment at slow speed... Clickie!The new marine heads can actually fit if the helmets are hollowed out enough. I put helmets on the GD vet sarge i got and the biker sarge. A tiny magnet was surgically implanted into their craniums and another in the helmets so they dont drop off.. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1054747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeothar Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Call me simple Scuzzy, but wouldn't it have been easier to just magnetize the necks and swap them when required? ;) :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1055048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Q- Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Guh... Scuzzy... why not just glue the helmet to their heads? Glue would ensure that they don't drop off :D do you have pics? Daeothar, you have pics of that helmet on a head? Sounds like it *could* be cool... or dorky. I'd rather not repeat someone else's work just to learn that I don't like the look. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1055148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeothar Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 No pics but they can be arranged (although it will take some doing). Trust me when I say it looks dorky allright... ;) The whole purpose of the exercise was to see how far it could be hollowed out. Then later, I had the scout idea but the purpose will be to hang from the belt rather than to be worn. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1055244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokersminis Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I may be taking the simple road here, but I would cut off the neck, file smooth and glue the helmet to the waist. When painting, paint a fake 'head hole' with Black... :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1055997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madscuzzy Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Haha for sticking the helmet on the belt I'd agree with Joker. He's not joking! If you reallie do want a depression, using a large drill bit, say a size 4 or larger can be use to make a slight depression. Guh...Scuzzy... why not just glue the helmet to their heads? Glue would ensure that they don't drop off blink.gif do you have pics? Haha... if they are glued, they can't be taken off and then what's the point of hollowing them out? As for why... it's just because hahaha... :) I do have swappable heads for some of my guys, especially the ones with the rebreathers. Have yet to do a helmet that can fit a rebreather. As for pics... erm here they are.. http://www.scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Vetsarge%20with%20Removable%20Helmet/IMG_4329.jpg http://www.scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Vetsarge%20with%20Removable%20Helmet/IMG_4331.jpg http://www.scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Vetsarge%20with%20Removable%20Helmet/IMG_4334.jpg http://www.scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Vetsarge%20with%20Removable%20Helmet/IMG_4339.jpg If you look carefully, you can see the maggie at the top of the helmet. And yes it's stuck to the shoulder for the purpose of this pic by its magnetic fields. Theres another one for an arm swap... :devil: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1056011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperator=][=Romanus Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Wow thats actually really cool madscuzzy, i didnt understand what you meant until i saw the pics, would be fun to show people at the gaming table. Thats also an inovative conversion daeothar going to have to see the final product of that, i would of left the eye part attached to the upper section though so its more of an attachable visor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1056058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeothar Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 The visor will be taken off entirely, as I imagine it sliding into place once the helmet is donned, locking with the rebreather mask already in place... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1056146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obliet Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 The visor will be taken off entirely, as I imagine it sliding into place once the helmet is donned, locking with the rebreather mask already in place... Kinda a darth vader tipe thing Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1102727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattiasGrozny Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 It would be cool to make some lets call it tributs to the MK1 helmets, Ie cut of the facemask of an helmet and then put the top on a head, this way could also explain why some bare heads has such big rebreathers:P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1102915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeothar Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I always figured the rebreathers were part of the helmet at any rate... ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91693-hollowing-out-helmets/#findComment-1103264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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