How To Build Spartan Helmet Out Of Sheet Metal

May 8 2013 how to make a medieval helmet from sheet metal.

How to build spartan helmet out of sheet metal. So with this instructable i am going to. No one doubts that you can beat so hard that the hammer will drive through the metal but if we make a helmet for a battle it is important that the metal retains its thickness and doesn t lost strength. Just like the spartan shield the helmet will be made out of cardboard tape glue paper towel and paint. Sandblast until clean wash off the sand hang in the oven to preheat then shoot it with powder and let dry.

I started with the helmet probably not the best idea because of it s relative difficulty then progressed o. Please post pictures of your helmets and don t forget to vote for this in the instructable s design competition. No need to beat hard. In this video we are showing you how to make a metal knights helmet from a 5 mixing bowl easy like us on facebook to see what we are currently working on.

Just fold the paper in half and draw one side and cut. Making a paper template silhouette was a really easy way of making the shape of the helmet. Clamp the face piece onto the bottom edge of the dome and tack weld the seam. Cardboard spartan helmet looking real for the first sight but it is really fully made of cardboard.

However having no armor i needed to make some. I have been wanting to go larping live action role playing at shadowmoor a nearby larp. I used the multi cut evolution blades on the. Alright so the ephialtes idea was scrapped because i wanted to make a spartan helmet leonidas it is.

Trace pattern onto 18 gauge sheet steel using the nibbler cut the outside dimensions of the face piece using the metal cutting bandsaw cut in the nose piece and eye holes.