Thread: Almost complete...

Here is a helmet that is almost done..
All is left are sponsor logo on sides...
I will post pics of the helmet after its been cleared polished
and reassmebled... Thanks for viewing...

cool style, like the cards on the visor , gonna look hot with the decal/clear!

No decals... the logos will be ab.... A friend made me some
ab masks of the logos so all I need to do is point and shoot...

Looks great!! How many hours you got into it?

Nice work. Cool design.

Looks perfect! Nice design and very clean. Awesome job!

Brad

Thank you everyone for the kind words...
Bah... I am not sure of the actual hours spent on it...
I started it then the customer had some other stuff for me
to do... Then I came back to it later...
Maybe 4 or 5 actual work hours.....

Originally Posted by redesigns

Thank you everyone for the kind words...
Bah... I am not sure of the actual hours spent on it...
I started it then the customer had some other stuff for me
to do... Then I came back to it later...
Maybe 4 or 5 actual work hours.....

Awesome work. Thats quite impressive for 4-5 work hours. Im learning how to do helmets and i am spending more time than that just for taping/masking. Any pointers you have on doing helmets feel free to send them my way!

Well motoxguy I guess I should have explained that one a bit better...
I probably could add about 2 hours or so to dissassembly and preping of the helmet..
It was a used helmet with stock graphics on it... So it took a little extra time to flatten out so it looked like a stock helmet with out any graphics..
I just try and get the graphics as close as possible...
This one you can tell on the blue graphic I was a little off.. I didnt even notice until the pics were taken....
I guess the best tip I could give you is have a huge selection of tapes...
1/16th inch all the way to 1/4inch...
Have them all in your tape box...
I even have some of the cheaper 1/8" crepe tape to just play with to see if it a graphic
I even want to use...
I like using the plastic blue and orange tapes myself..
You can turn a tighter radius with it but it will start to pull back if its too tight ...
The orange FBS brand is my fav. between the blue and orange..
But for you super tight turns the scotch 3m 1/16" will turn even tighter..


These tapes are spendy at close to 10 bucks a roll so the cheaper
tape is nice to have if you just want to goof around..
I always seem to get a funny edge with the cheaper tape...
I always seem to lay on a little extra paint and get fuzzy line..
But thats just me... I am sure a lot of guys use the cheaper stuff
and have much success with it...

Motox let me know what area you are having a problem with and I might
be able to help you along.... Just let me know...

Thanks again with props..... re