One thing I didn't expect is how big it would be. This thing is coming along nicely, though it's sort of an eyesore without the paint. No worries as it can be trimmed up, though.Īfter uploading those pictures just now, I've decided that the strips are a bit too tall, so I will trip them up a bit. My only concern at this point is that the strip may be a little bit too long, height-wise. It just kind of fluffed it up for me, so I just started taking the edges off of the strip around the helmet with scissors and I plan on detailing it further with the exacto knife shortly. Also, sanding this stuff doesn't really work. Wellll, making a straight slit length-wise half way down a roughly 5' strip of foam is quite the challenge and it wound up a disaster, so I went with applying it to the outside of the helmet, fastening it with three screws to keep it in place. Instead of just applying it to the outside of the helmet, I thought I could just run a slit through the foam and slide it onto the helmet, keeping it in place with glue. I cut out a strip of foam that wraps around the back of the helmet to the sides (like the helmet from the game). I removed all of the Styrofoam from the inside of the helmet and cut the straps off. I steered clear of epoxy as I hear that the stuff eats through alot of different materials.

I went ahead and picked up Gorilla glue as it says it works well on foam. Whew! I've had nothing but hassle working with glue, but I will have to use it once I start messing with the craft foam.

I just started the holes a bit with my exacto knife and the rest just kinda worked out. I figured the helmet would be okay as it is a safety helmet.

So I didn't actually see you two post as I was at the store picking up some small screws.

Dead space helmet types