stark helmet

may 2014

House Stark rules over the vast region known as the North from their seat in Winterfell. It is one of the oldest lines of Westerosi nobility by far, claiming a line of descent stretching back over eight thousand years.

For some reason, I really like the Stark infantry helmet from Game of Thrones. It’s a weird shape and not very fancy but I just dig it.

I drew up plans based on screen caps…

…and then pulled the line work into Strata3D to start modeling.

After converting it into a paper model by Pepakura, I printed and assembled it.

I poured Smooth-On Onyx into the model and slushed it around to build up the wall thickness.

Next I sanded the folds…

…and smoothed the outside with Bondo.

The helmet has a rolled edge but I decided to simulate that with Bondo. I cut a template from styrene.

I glopped some Bondo and squeegee’d the edge.

With a little practice, I got a good bead.

A little sanding smooths it out.

I measured out the divisions and cut them with a cutting wheel.

I brushed on a mold using Smooth-On Stroke. A Plasti-Paste II mother mold, helps it keep its shape.

I mixed aluminum powder into the Onyx and slush cast the helmet. A quick buffing with 000 steel wool make the plastic look like steel.

A wash of black acrylic brings out detail.

Even though the soldiers in the Stark army wore a hoodie to pad and insulate their hemet, I wanted to add padding to finish my replica. I cut flannel pieces to make a quilted liner.