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Durarara Celty HelmetI got an old helmet. Remove the visor and clean up the helmet to prepare for modification.
1) I create a paper template by folding it into the cat ear shape direct on the helmet. In this case, I can adjust the curvature as well as to mark the location of the ears.
With the template, I made a reverse trace for the opposite ear.
2) I fold and mount the paper ears onto the helmet using masking tape. Then I filled up with foam to secure the shape.
3) I wrap the ears with foam sheets, and primer coat the helmet and gesso coat the ears. The coatings enable me to better work with the spraying later on.
4) I spray the helmet yellow and did a masking of the design. then I spray the blue for the pattern. Lastly I coat the paintwork with glossy paint.
5) As my helmet was an obselete design. the is no black visor available for sale. So I use a UV flim for window and glue over the existing visor before I fix the visor back.
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Wow! It looks amazing! How much did it cost to make it?
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Awesome helmet!! The final result look amazing!!! Did you find coating the ears in gesso was easier than sanding the clay before spray painting?
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Yup, I rather sand Gesso coats compared to clay. Clay will add on a lot of weight.
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Nice helmet! 
Where did you buy the UV film? and was it expensive? (and you glued it ON the visor ?)
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Is very large. I failed to find shop that sells in small scale. I bought the whole roll which is about 3-5metre to about 35sgd.
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i wants to make one of these cause i have a sports bike, but i don no if the ears would be solid enough to ride fast with?!? Buts i still wants if possible ;3
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You can try that out if you want to.
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i thinks i mite. thanx forc postin the process!
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could you give more details on how you tinted the visor? im having troubles with mine and yours is amazing.
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I'm using the black UV flim that people stick to their windows to shield off UV rays and privacy purpose. There's no special technique. Just keep your film smooth n stick with tape at the sides of the visor.
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did you actually stick it on or cut it out and tape it? who did you do it?
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I tape the film firmly using double tape and shear off the extruding edges with a sharp penknife.
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I don't have the image of the back. They are just rectangular ends.
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I was lost in the middle of how you made it *I had to read it 3 times*
I guess I was to excited to see how it was made xD
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hey! i'm just wondering, in what way did you prepare the helmet before you started working on it? did you have to sand it down or something?
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I premier and sand the uneven scratches before working on it.
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Nope, I work direct on the helmet. Plus every helmet curves is direct.
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I see. I plan to work on a helmet soon. Any advice?
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use a cardboard n fold cat ears that you find suitable and close to celty helmet shape. From there. make it into a 3D structure and paint over.
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On average a new simple full face helmet will be over 110sgd. for a 2nd hand low condition ones. U can get about 30sgd to 50sgd in here. we got off from Ebay.
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WOW at how clean and accurate this is! It looks amazing!
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Trying to be accurate only, I would say. But the finishing of the helmet, I'm quite satisfy.
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Which helmet did you buy or where did you get it from? this looks amazing.
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I got no idea of the helmet model. It's an obsolete model. There's some damages when my friend bought it off ebay sg at quite a reasonable cheap price.
I guess any full face helmet should be able meet the requirement to modify.
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This is brilliant! I'll have to use some of these tips for my (hopeful) Celty cosplay!
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Go ahead.. Look forward to your cosplay. Hope everything works out fine for you.
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thnks a lot! i really needed help to make the helmet!
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Hope that will assist you. look forward to your cosplay
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I did some sanding and primer coat. then color spray and gloss coat spray.
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what did you do for the glass, may I ask?
did you tint it yourself or just buy a new one?
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I use a UV sheet and stick over the transparent visor. Bcos the the visor model for old helmet that i used is obselete. I can't get a black visor.
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Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!
I'm excited to finally see some celty cosplays!!!!
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Dun know how things will go on the day. ALthough I aly conceptualise some of the pictures.
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Is not super sonic. Haha... Something else
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Work on it yesterday, spend quite sometime cleaning and preparing the helmet before I can modifiy. now stop liao. I want to Nua nua.
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LOL yah tomorrow is Monday, now can nua better nua... |||ORZ
But still you have very good stamina making props, not long ago the Jetpack, now this lol.
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dying aly. Jetpack is last wkend. This sat start on new this lor.
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