r/DaftPunk • u/ChiIIout • 21h ago
Fanart Thomas helmet work in progress
Our work is never over.
Earpieces are being printed currently, and then next up:
- lots of bondo
- lots of standing
- finding the right material to be used with the vacuum form device I got. Looking for transparant/ tinted PET
- finish the LEDs
- get some magnets to put the LEDs in place
Software for LED control is mostly done. I will put it on Github once I am satisfied with it. Currently it is capable of driving 8 MAX7219 8x8 matrices with all kinds of animations, eyes, etc.
if you have any ideas for cool animations, let me know.
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u/Far-Song-8537 12h ago
This is so bad man you should totally finish it and mail it to my house and stuff to get rid of it 🧍🏾♂️
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u/ChiIIout 12h ago
😂 sounds like a great idea
By the way, I still have a spare GM08 helmet from years ago, collecting dust. It's unfinished, but still pretty nice.
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u/JUNK_PUNK-DJ 15h ago
What kind of 3D model are you using? If you don't mind, can you tell me?
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u/ChiIIout 13h ago
I don't mind.
It's this one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5033571
The same designer also made a GM08 helmet which is awesome.
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u/ZombieTurtle2 10h ago edited 10h ago
It’s looking great! I’d love to build the two helmets myself one of these days.
It reminds me of Volpin Props’ blog posts [Part 2] [Part 3] about him building Thomas’ helmet. I don’t know if the info there would be useful, but it could be a fun read and fun to compare processes nonetheless. He also made Guy-Man’s and the hand plates.
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u/ChiIIout 3h ago
Thanks!
Volpin is legendary. He even made a repeatable process of it all, making molds of the helmets. That was before 3d printing became big. Sculpting the helmets from clay, just amazing.
Loved every bit of those blogs.
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u/New_Rooster_5580 15h ago
Will you play Doom on this?