12-10-2013, 05:59 AM
you do not mention how financial you are
or how good you are with craft/ metal craft.
All the ideas listed here are good.
However
Look for a metal bowl for starters
It is not too hard to make a kids helmet out of a "planter" pot or bowl which look like brass but are mistly copper (and thus soft and thin to work with).
Otherwise the stainless bowls from the supermarket or similar if they are big enough to fit your head.
Ideally an old or repro coal scuttle from a second hand shop/ opportunity shop sometimes are perfect(ish) for such projects.
After that you have to make up cardboard templates ( I favour frozen pizza boxes and large cereal packets) and cut out sheet metal, This could come from any tin that is big enough from your groceries (olive oil containers for example. I have recently roofed a pagoda with "degraded" aluminium for $16 per sheet if you can afford it.
Having said that I have made muscled cuirasses with high school students out of 1mm sheet steel and find that it is a vey do-able project.
with folk your age. Good luck. Have fun
or how good you are with craft/ metal craft.
All the ideas listed here are good.
However
Look for a metal bowl for starters
It is not too hard to make a kids helmet out of a "planter" pot or bowl which look like brass but are mistly copper (and thus soft and thin to work with).
Otherwise the stainless bowls from the supermarket or similar if they are big enough to fit your head.
Ideally an old or repro coal scuttle from a second hand shop/ opportunity shop sometimes are perfect(ish) for such projects.
After that you have to make up cardboard templates ( I favour frozen pizza boxes and large cereal packets) and cut out sheet metal, This could come from any tin that is big enough from your groceries (olive oil containers for example. I have recently roofed a pagoda with "degraded" aluminium for $16 per sheet if you can afford it.
Having said that I have made muscled cuirasses with high school students out of 1mm sheet steel and find that it is a vey do-able project.
with folk your age. Good luck. Have fun
