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The helmet is the only bit that looks right, though Urban's could do with being a size or two smaller.

The bike is more '60s Batcycle than Lawmaster, and that uniform is just crap. Seriously, at least the Stallone uniforms and bikes LOOKED right. Bad plot, and Rob Schneider was annoying, but at least it LOOKED right. I'm taking back a lot of things I said about that film, and needless to say all my hopes for the new movie are circling the drain at this point.

Just saw one of these on Facebook...I MUST have one. If you have one large or extra large for sale, please message me!

Hi guys, haven't posted in a while. A while ago I started work on a Lawgiver Mk1 and a Dredd helmet....well the Lawgiver is on hold for now as I was building it from a NES Zapper and sadly it broke during construction and is not salvageable.

However, my Dredd helmet is progressing and it's now in a stage where I can show it too you, it is very rough around the edges at this point though.

I have been using 'Emerald Isle' as my main reference for the helmet, I like how it looks in that one. I'm not over keen on the cheekplates having that curve when viewed from the front...I know Termight's has it and others have built theirs that way, I'm not criticising them at all but I prefer the straight-edged look Now the Emerald Isle helmet has quite a low-profile mohawk section, and for most of the story the respirator badge appears to curve around the front of the helmet, I originally wanted to try and recreate that but rather early on decided to go the easier route of buying a respirator badge from Termight and working around that. Thanks to Wake BTW, fantastic work on those badges.

Some of my reference:





Anyway I started off with the deleuxe Iron Man costume helmet...at this point I should thank 'Judge Palmer' for leaving the faceplate off the helmet visible in one of his photos, that gave me the idea to sacrifice mine. I thought I could see a faint curve in his which told me roughly what he cut away and I did likewise. Having found more pictures from him on the RPF I can see that I was actually a way off what he did but never mind. That Iron Man helmet BTW is a great base helmet but they are about £40 brand new so only use one if you can get it cheap. I see them on eBay from time to time at a fraction of the cost.

So the process was very trial-and-error, first I experimented with some wire and cardboard just to get an idea of the shapes and what I needed to cut off the helmet. Then the add-ons were done by supergluing some thin plastic to the inside of the helmet and cutting the shapes from that. The thin plastic also served to block the big holes which are left in the sides of the helmet once you remove the massive vent cover things. Then I matched the shapes with some thick plastic and used two-part epoxy resin to secure those to the clear plastic and the helmet. The thick plastic also finished filling the big holes in the side. The epoxy was from Poundland, it's no Araldite and tricky to get off your hands, but it does the job. The next step will be puttying and sanding, a coat of 'Bondo' would do wonders as well but I've never used it before.

And so here it is:






Due to the trial-and-error nature of the construction, it's not entirely symmetrical...but then, neither were the original Stormtrooper helmets in Star Wars. The fit is pretty good for my head, not perfect but padding should sort that out. I think my that my big nose is going to end up far too close to the visor than I would like. Also I have a funny feeling finding a visor to fit will be a b*stard.

Comnments, criticisms and advice much apopreciated

["And nothing of value was lost!" was the cry heard throughout the land]

"And nothing of value was lost!" was the cry heard throughout the land

Seriously, they couldn't bloody sing, it's about bloody time they were kicked off the show.

I expect them to be flipping burgers at McDonald's in a couple of months....

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Decided to wade in here after some 'lurking'

I picked up the occasional 2000AD as a kid, and I collected 'Judge Dredd- Lawman of the Future' (the tie-in from that movie *shudder*) but I have recently gotten into Judge Dredd in a big way. I've been borrowing every 'Case Files' volume I can find at the Newcastle Central Library, I've gone through about 6 of those in the past month, plus the Complete PJ Maybe, and Emerald Isle which I got for 99p at Forbidden Planet!

I'm currently building a Dredd helmet and MK1 Lawgiver, with a view to eventually making a full Dredd costume, though it does seem like quite a tricky costume to make. I'll post some photos of theme when they come along a bit more. The helmet is a deluxe Iron Man helmet by Rubies, cut up and modified. The Lawgiver is made from a vintage Nintendo Zapper I had lying around, and it has a length of copper tube for the barrel.

Looking forward to much more posting in the future!