Creating MTZs Metroid Helmet | 3.31.25 - 5.18.25
Here's all the footage I recorded for the life size wearable Helmet from Metroid Prime that I created as a gift for MTZs Wedding.
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00:00 - Editing in Blender
09:34 - 3D Printing the Helmet
11:50 - Printing the QR Code
12:45 - Helmet Stand Base
13:12 - Traveling with the Helmet and Materials
13:43 - My DIY Cardstock Metroid Helmet
13:56 - Acrylic Sheets for the Visor
14:26 - Getting more Materials at Walmart
14:41 - Using Pliers to remove the Supports
14:52 - Using Wood Filler for closing Holes
19:12 - Taping the Helmet pieces together
19:30 - Using a Soldering Iron to melt the pieces together
24:52 - Hiding the Solder points with Wood Filler
28:43 - Trying to Super Glue the second half of the Helmet pieces instead of Tape
31:02 - Nothing like the smell of melted plastic fumes
38:57 - More Wood Filler on the inside Solder points
50:51 - Both Helmet sides Soldered and Wood Filled
51:17 - Taping both Helmet sides together
52:46 - Soldering both Helmet sides together
53:33 - Adding the Wood Filler
54:10 - Helmet fully assembled and Wood Filler dried
56:50 - Adding wet Wood Filler to the middle Helmet indent where the sides connect
57:20 - All dried and ready for sanding
57:54 - Sanding and dusting off the Helmet
01:05:04 - Spray painting the Helmet with Primer
01:17:10 - Spray painting the Helmet Accessories & Stand Base
01:22:27 - Primer dried, flip everything over, and add another coat of Primer
01:31:59 - Power Bank and Visor LED Lights (These had WiFi but no USB so I bought the wrong version)
01:32:46 - Primer fully dried
01:33:48 - Black Spray Paint inside Helmet and the outside lines
01:42:40 - Tired Brain spray painted the Black first instead of the Red
01:44:49 - Black spray painting the Helmet Stand Base and Accessories
01:48:08 - Regretting the Spray Paint marks left on the Helmet
01:48:58 - Sanding the Helmet again to hide the Spray Paint marks
01:51:25 - Trying the Helmet on
01:52:52 - Covered the Helmet in Red Metallic Acrylic Paint during a 10 Hour drive
01:53:20 - Kept painting the Helmet to fix any spots I missed
01:56:53 - Painting the Helmet Accessories with Metallic Black/Silver and the Helmet Stand Base
02:10:20 - Painting the Visor with Metallic Green
02:10:25 - Painted the top of the Stand Base
02:24:35 - Used a White Paint Marker for the Text on the Helmet Stand Base
02:39:54 - Spray Painting Clear Coat to the Helmet
02:44:21 - Cutting the Acrylic Sheet for the Transparent Visor
02:55:44 - Struggling to apply the Green Window Tint to the Visor while getting the Air Bubbles out
03:00:48 - Used all the Green Window Tint I had and reapplied it 3 times to the Visor but still failed
03:01:13 - The Helmet was drying upside down and the Clear Coat left a white circle
03:01:30 - Using Velcro to attach the Visor inside the Helmet
03:07:15 - Applying the QR Code Sticker to the Helmet Stand Base
03:07:54 - Hot Gluing the Accessories onto the Helmet
03:14:30 - Using Velcro to attach the Power Bank and new USB Visor Lights inside the Helmet
03:20:05 - Testing out the Visor Lights with the Remote
03:21:48 - I got this Poly Foam at Hobby Lobby
03:22:04 - Cutting and Hot Gluing the Poly Foam inside the Helmet to add Support and Cushion
03:22:53 - After more minor painting, the Helmet is now finished
03:26:11 - The 3D Printed Visor piece fits perfectly on the outside too but I had the Helmet on and didn't do it right
03:26:40 - The mess after the Helmet was now completed
03:26:58 - Close Up images of the Helmet
03:27:13 - "Last thing to do now is give this to him at the Wedding"
03:28:00 - Giving MTZ his finished Metroid Prime Helmet as a Wedding Gift
Fun Fact: I was watching Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood in the background for most of this and had to reverse the audio to avoid YouTube from copyrighting this video.
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