27 year old Atlanta resident, Harrison Krix, is a rather skilled prop maker. At least he seems to know his way around “sculpting, resin casting, chroming and vacuum forming” – and that’s an awful lot more than we even understand. So, when commissioned to produce an exact replica of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s famous Daft Punk helmet, Krix didn’t baulk at the idea – or perhaps he did at first – but set about spending the next 17 months (yes, 17) doing so, with of course, many trials and tribulations along the way. Happily, for us, he’s documented the process on his blog, and, with the help of photographer Jennifer Barclay, has produced some rather amusing pics of himself enjoying the helmet around Atlanta…..
Krix details the full ‘making of’ process on his Volpin Props Blog, here’s some of the inspiring, pain-staking processes he went through;
If you haven’t got 17 months to spare, but you have got 3 minutes, here’s the quick version;
The finished article, in all of it’s discotastic glory. We could perhaps think of better ways to spend 17 months, but, you have to admit, it is rather impressive…..
metalpig
July 29th, 2010
amazing! =)
mamababuli
July 30th, 2010
this is UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
grunge
August 8th, 2010
AMAZING!
My bro it’s a fan of DAFT PUNK!
How much cost one helmet??