How To Make a Steampunk Diving Helmet
Jumping back to my contributions to my friend Daniel Lenneer’s film “Vågbrytare” (“Wavebreaker”) I thought it could be interesting to chronicle the transformation of a plastic terrestrial globe into a steampunk diver’s helmet. Danny wanted a classical surface supplied diver, or “hooka diver”, for his underwater epic. This meant either buying, borrowing or making a big, clunky diving helmer. The two first options quickly went out the window, which meant it was up to me to construct a fake version. All of the underwater footage was to be shot against a greenscreen, so the helmet just had to look good enough. More about “Vågbrytare” on Danny’s channel: www.youtube.com
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@harpo103 Danny didn’t want an air hose. The costume was supposed to have an air supply back pack. But I guess he didn’t feel like making one in the end.
Sorry; Only got one, and it’s in my private museum of bad filmmaking.
Hey, Diver Dan, wheres your airhose?
Still, pretty cool!
Can I have one?
Big Daddy! Bioshock Rlz!
@strike2121 My pleasure!
@Godzilla5alien Sorry for my incredibly late reply!! Yes; The Earth globe would make a good space helmet as well, unless you eant it to be absolutely clear and see-through.
thank you!
@thebioshockguy1 Sorry for this late reply! There isn’t any faceplate, actually, just a hole. People expect it to be a glass there, so we sort of went with that assumption and it seemed to have worked. But there are lens-shaped glass pieces for old clocks that I imagine would work very well. There should be supplies for putting together newly made versions of antique clocks.
where did you get the faceplate for helmet? not the bars but the glass.
cool! i was making a astrounut helmet for a project i was working on, do you think it would work like that?
the helmet and suit look really nice, but I never imagined a globe would be made out of clear plastic!
very nicely done… add a sculpted backpack for scuba gear or a length of garden hose for supplied air line, and it will be great… maybe add a head lamp (look up the props from 20,000 leagues under the sea… the old Disney version)
Looks exactley like a rosie modle not to be confused with the more popular bouncer who has less of a human shape and a drill arm
you look like something from bioshock
Bioshock, LOL!
is that the “nautilus” in the background?
Thanks! When you haven’t got a budget you have to be clever instead.
brilliantly clever!
Thanks! This helmet was mostly made out of old scraps and stuff bought at flea markets. You can do it too.
It wasn’t very hard making this helmet. If you don’t want to make the neckpiece as a latex casting you can probably build that up in papier mache. If you need any advice just drop a mail in my inbox.
Wow! This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you! It’s either this or paper mache… I think if I can find a globe I’ll be set for sure!! ^_^
Very good.I would love to make those things,except i have no supplies.
Thanks!! Well, there is more movie, but it’s up to the guy who made it to post all of it. There are some more scenes in my clip “How to Make a Giant Octopus”.
This is what I call creativity. Perfect! So bad, that the final movie was so short… Cheers from Czech republic:)
Thanks! Well, it was quite a bit of work piecing everything together, but it turned out well enough in the end.
Amazing! I would have never though about using a globe! So creative, I love it!
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