Images of original bikerscout helmet mold

[Strider]

Hey guys,

I've recently came across something really cool: An Prop Store Auction of a backup mold for a bikerscout helmet!

 

 

Link to auction: Auction

 

What's really new here is that there have never been any mold pictures of the facemask (just the wooden molds for the helmet sides) out there. Also it's interesting to see how they went about to make the mold: They took a pull from the wooden block, made a recast from clay but THEN they "reengineered" the mold to make all the edges as sharp as the original and not loose any details in the process. You can see it because at some points the pinseal structure is gone due to sanding.

IMO, that's how it should be done. Too often makers just recast the originals without reengineering it in order to "keep it exactly like the original". But in most cases you loose some detail when you don't rework the details particularly when you're working from a bad pull in the first place.

Unfortunaley, I've seen this auction too late otherwise I'd loved to have bought those molds! But having now a good reference I'm looking forward to updating mine soon

Cheers,

Constantin

 

 

 

[CatfoodRob]

Ive handled this  plaster safety mould, so called because it was cast out of a helmet as a back up in case the original mould was damaged during production , as the rear halfs were . 

It has been over sharpened in places , but is excelent reference material .

a similar safety plaster mould was made for several r.o.t.j. Helmets . 

Dont worry about missing the auction Constantin , it's now in safe hands .

the safety moulds for the bousche helmet also recently came up or auction and are also in safe hands . 

[Strider]

33 minutes ago, CatfoodRob said:

Ive handled this  plaster safety mould, so called because it was cast out of a helmet as a back up in case the original mould was damaged during production , as the rear halfs were . 

It has been over sharpened in places , but is excelent reference material .

a similar safety plaster mould was made for several r.o.t.j. Helmets . 

Dont worry about missing the auction Constantin , it's now in safe hands .

the safety moulds for the bousche helmet also recently came up or auction and are also in safe hands . 

Ah, well that's good to hear  Congrats on the wins. Compared to other SW auctions these seemed quite a bargain 😉

Not sure if the face mask is over sharpened though since I haven't seen the original wood block for comparison. The side blocks seem even a tad bit softer than the originals (but to a neglegible degree imo).

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I for one would love to see the Boushh helmet molds  

[CatfoodRob]

Spike, subscribe to the RS Propmasters YouTube channel . There are videos showing it . They are developing a helmet from these plaster safety moulds .


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for Boushh? wow, just watched it

nice to have "original" molds to start with, the Altmann Boushh was crafted from scratch  and Altmanns were the only licenced helmet maker for Boushh, never produced in great numbers