Use the outside of the helmet to form a reverse fiberglass mold, then glass the inside with enough layers to make it sturdy.
Use the outside of the helmet to form a reverse fiberglass mold, then glass the inside with enough layers to make it sturdy.
A Gadsden flag shade?
Brodie helmet? Lookin good Hump.
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Looks great, Ryan!
Now, I'm just thinking out loud with this idea for a lampshade, and it might end up weighing too much, and look completely ridiculous, but......
Make a lampshade form out of fine-mesh chicken wire, then cover that in aluminum foil, at least two layers. Take a few old worn, junk M2 Ball bandoleers (assuming they cotton, are completely useless, and were heading for the dumpster anyway, of course), attach them around the outside of the form, then baste it all with fiberglass resin. However much it takes to completely soak them. When it dries, peel off the wire and foil. If you have to, hit the inside with more resin, if it didn't completely penetrate.
Voila', one authentic bandoleer lamp shade!
That probably sounds quite stupid, but I think it would look cool.
That sounds kinda neat!Originally Posted by M1orNone
Looks great, Ryan!
Now, I'm just thinking out loud with this idea for a lampshade, and it might end up weighing too much, and look completely ridiculous, but......
Make a lampshade form out of fine-mesh chicken wire, then cover that in aluminum foil, at least two layers. Take a few old worn, junk M2 Ball bandoleers (assuming they cotton, are completely useless, and were heading for the dumpster anyway, of course), attach them around the outside of the form, then baste it all with fiberglass resin. However much it takes to completely soak them. When it dries, peel off the wire and foil. If you have to, hit the inside with more resin, if it didn't completely penetrate.
Voila', one authentic bandoleer lamp shade!
That probably sounds quite stupid, but I think it would look cool.
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For the helmet shaped lampshade. Make the helmet out of stained glass, like Tiffany lamps. Maybe you can use camo colors for the glass.
Another idea is a clear or slightly tinted USGI green fiberglass helmet/lampshade with a web netting over helmet.
A third idea is to get a plain white ordinary lampshade and stencil/paint silhouettes of garand, bayonets, etc on the lampshade.
John
Don't worry if plan "A" fails, there are still 25 other letters in the alphabet.
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