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Back in January, I made my friend a red hood helmet for a convention we went to. Since I have a bunch of pictures on my phone on how I made it, I thought I should share.

Things you will need

Time (give or take 5 days; depends on how hard you go)

Cardboard

Hot glue

Materials for paper mache

Spackling ( yes spacking you did not read that wrong but this can be substituted )

Sandpaper

patience

sparypaint

old pair of sunglasses

reference pictures

Before you start making the helmet find reference pictures. I used some of the following:

I also googled a tutorial on the helmet and pulled ideas from

http://dratsing.tumblr.com/post/6059100437/how-to-red-hood-helmet-tutorial-part-1

and

http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=97106

The second link is where you learn to make the base cardboard helmet. IMPORTANT: PLEASE MAKE THE HELMET A LITTLE TOO BIG. The helmet I made just fit my friends head and you want it to be too big then having it too small. After I made my cardboard helmet I covered the whole thing once in paper mache and it turned out like this:

I added a long triangle piece of cardboard to the front to get the nose shape and I cut out where I wanted the eyes to go with an x acto knife. (Draw the eyes on with a marker first to made sure you like the shape and size. I drew a stencil of the shape I wanted and used it for both eyes so that they were identical) I thought that above the eyes looked a little flat so I added more cardboard:

After I added the cardboard above the eyes I added another layer of paper mache. Once it dried I cut some of the helmet away so that the jaw line was more sharp:

Continue in part 2

Rules: • Always post the rules • Answer the questions of the person who tagged you then write 11 new ones • Tag 11 people • Let them know they are tagged

1. What fictional character are you most like? I'm a mix of Alice & Rapunzel. 

2. What fictional character do you wish you were like? Julia Sugarbaker from Designing Women, the ultimate southern feminist.  3. What movie would you recommend for someone to watch right now? The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen  4. What was the last song you listened to? Mr. Simple by Super Junior 5. If you met your bias right now, where would you go to hang? Me & Taeyang would probably hang at an arcade & I would kick his butt in Mortal Kombat. 6. Which celebrity’s closet would you most like to raid? Lee Hi or Amber from f(x). 7. Which artist would you want to hang out with right now? Vincent van Gogh cause I would do almost anything I could to make that poor man feel better. 8. Favorite animated movie? Alice in Wonderland  9. Which futuristic gadget do you want to be invented soon? Hoverboards, they have until 2015! 10.Legolas or Thrandruil?  Legolas

11.Swim with sharks; bull run or skydive? None of them!!! If I had to pick though, swim with sharks cause I'd be in the cage where it's safe.

My Turn:

1. What person do you look up to most?

2. If you could cosplay any character, who would it be?

3. What one thing would you buy if money was no object?

4. Cake or pie?

5. Tea or coffee?

6. Favorite Sci-Fi movie and/or tv show?

7. What's your favorite way to cheer yourself up?

8. Wonder Woman or Black Widow?

9. Favorite villain?

10. Favorite poem?

11. Favorite late night snack?

You Have Been Chosen!

Rules:

Post the rules Answer the questions then make up 11 new ones Tag 11 people Let them know they’ve been tagged

1. What’s your number one item you want for Christmas?

A Deathly Hallows Symbol swimsuit from Black Milk Clothing

2. If you could live in any country which one?

Either the UK (London), US (NY) or Spain (Barcelona)

3. When was the last time you sat down and had a really good conversation?

Last night, actually. I'm so lucky, because my friends are the types who enjoy good, long, meaningful conversations

4. If you could be friends with anyone (fiction too) then who?

Fictional: Any and every fictional character ever I guess, including most of the baddies.

Real: All my followers, but especially the ones who reblog from me and vice versa, and almost any of the spn cast.

5. Favorite tv show?

Currently: Spn.

Of all time: The Nanny and Friends.

6. Class clown or teachers pet?

Class clown!

7. What’s your number one fear?

Losing everyone I love.

8. Geek or nerd?

Both, I guess, because I'm a med student. But a geek from the day i was born!

9. Have you thought about future goals? Share?

Well, mostly that I want to have a successful career. That's about it.

10. Do you vent to others or do others vent to you?

Others vent to me. I'm everyone's shoulder, but I rarely trust people enough to vent. There are a few who I do vent to, though.

11. Favorite music type, band, album, and song?

Genre: I think I will always be a punk rock girl at heart, although I love music in general so I won't say no to just about anything.

Band: My Chemical Romance, and BackstreetBoys.

Album: Welcome To The Black Parade. I know every lyric to every song.

Song: Sail - Awolnation.

My Questions:

1. LoTR or HP?

2. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

3. How many close friends do you have, like innermost circle people that you would trust with your life?

4. How easily do you trust people?

5. Favorite country/city you've visited?

6. Dream country/ city to visit?

7. Do you have a type of person (physical/ personality) that you're romantically attracted to?

8. One song that will make you cry every time you hear it regardless of how many times you've heard it before.

9. Favorite weather/ season/ time of day?

10. Favorite Disney movie?

11. Your best trait and your worst flaw?

Singing the song of angry men.  It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again.  When the beating of your heart echos the beating of the drum, there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes!