{"id":5708,"date":"2010-11-11T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T05:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=5708"},"modified":"2010-10-31T23:24:05","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:24:05","slug":"making-a-tommy-helmet-or-tin-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=5708","title":{"rendered":"Making a tommy helmet or tin hat"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing I felt I needed was a tin hat or tommy helmet, the traditional British WWII helmet. So instead of buying one, I decided to make one.
\nI admit, I got one when I bought that great Webley that Nurse Ann has, but that is another story.<\/em><\/p>\n

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First a few pictures that I used for inspiration, they all look a little different so I mixed a little.<\/p>\n

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Now, start up Cheetah3D<\/a> and model a tin hat, We begin with a Ball.<\/p>\n

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We copy it, then Boolean remove the lower two thirds with a Box. Then we place the copy under the original for a second Boolean remove.<\/p>\n

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Then we add a Torus ring around it, that we flatten.<\/p>\n

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Now we Boolean join the two.<\/p>\n

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We add the small bolts that hold the chin strap. I tried to make a flexible chin strap but that was very hard so I gave up on that. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Now a quick render in Cheetah3D with just a green color.<\/p>\n

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Now, to CGTextures<\/a> and look for some scratched green metal, I found this.<\/p>\n

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Using ImageSynth<\/a>, which I haven’t used i a while, I created this seamless texture with it.<\/p>\n

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Now, I applied and UV-mapped the texture, and here it is, the tin hat.<\/p>\n

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So, what to do with it? I loaded in Poser<\/a> and scaled and placed it on Michael 4s head and saved it as a smart prop.<\/p>\n

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It looks good in the head of Michael.<\/p>\n

And for your curiosity, here it is: 4EYes tin hat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One thing I felt I needed was a tin hat or tommy helmet, the traditional British WWII helmet. So instead of buying one, I decided to make one. I admit, I got one when I bought that great Webley that Nurse Ann has, but that is another story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[15,12,11,38],"class_list":["post-5708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapmaking","category-tools-of-the-trade","tag-cgtextures","tag-cheetah3d","tag-imagesynth","tag-poser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5723,"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5708\/revisions\/5723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}