Building A Death Trooper Helmet and Failing, but Learning Along the Way (Star Wars Prop Build)

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I spent these last two weeks building a Death Trooper helmet with lights and sound! This build started off pretty easy going, but the details quickly took up more time than I had expected. As with each build I take on, there were a few firsts. This was my first time assembling a helmet that was split into multiple large pieces and required prep, paint, and assembly in different stages depending on the piece. 

This led into another major first for me since this was also my first time painting a large surface area with gloss paint. As most people who paint know, it’s incredibly tricky and time consuming to prep your surface for gloss paint. I’ve been spraying rattle cans for close to 20 years and don’t know that I’ve ever gotten a gloss finish that I’m completely happy with. This was something I was pretty concerned about heading into the project, but I took it head on and did my best. In the end, I feel my paint job was 85-90% of the way there, but that last 10% really sticks out. Ya live and ya learn though. 

The need for vacu-forming on the visor also threw me for a loop since I’d never attempted that, but like with everything else on this channel, I learned a lot by failing a lot!

The last thing “first” for me was adding lights and sound into a helmet. I was pretty confident with this bit since I’ve worked with lights and sound modules on other projects and this bit came out great and I’m really happy with this aspect of the project.

Finally, I’ll leave you with one last parting word of wisdom. DON’T EVER SPRAY LACQUER OVER ENAMEL PAINT. 

Thanks for watching!

-brunger

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Death Trooper Chatter SFX:
   • Star Wars Battlefront 2 Deathtrooper Voice...  

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:16 The Journey Begins
4:29 Painting Gloss Is Hard
6:23 Electronics
8:46 Painting Details
10:33 I Goofed It Big Time
12:14 Soldiering On
14:28 My Vacu-Forming Nightmare
16:42 Weathering
19:13 Final Reveal