Before reading this post, you should make sure that you’re familiar with the Space Assassin design that I’m going to be making, else this might not make a lot of sense.

Based on yesterday’s attempt at sizing the Space Assassin helmet (which was way too large), today I rescaled it and made the accurate Pepakura of the helmet that I’m basing my design on.

NB: A few people on Reddit have comment that this looks like one of the Daft Punk helmets, and that’s because it is. If you read the previous post you’ll see that I’m using that helmet design as a base which I can then alter as I see fit once I’ve created a solid resin mould.

Compared to say the Iron Man helmet or the Mass Effect N7 helmets that I’ve built in the past, this Pepakura file was really easy, bar the two cupped sections on the ears which were a little fiddly, but I got there in the end.

I shalln’t bore you with a long walkthrough, as Pepakura is Pepakura is Pepakura (you cut, score, fold, stick – that’s it), but here are some pictures of the build using 170gsm cardstock.

Exactly half way done.

And complete.

This time around, it was sized perfectly. Only just fit over my ear piercings (a pain I never considered when I got them) but it means it doesn’t wobble around when it’s on, which is great.

Next step, resin.