A beautiful knight's helmet made from foam rubber sleeping mat material with cloth tape and double-sided adhesive tape, decorated with buttons and felt.
Print and cut out the pattern. Then draw the parts onto the foam rubber sleeping mat material.
Cut out the parts.
Cut strips, 65-75cm long (width: 4cm).
Put the triangles together with cloth tape as illustrated.
Use double-sided adhesive tape to attach the visor onto the helmet.
Also attach the strips using double-sided adhesive tape.
Cut off the excess at the ends.
Take extra strips and cut them into points at the ends.
Attach the strip, starting on the visor as shown.
Make "brads" from buttons and bonsai wire as shown.
Fasten the "brads" onto the helmet by pushing them through the foam rubber.
Bend out the legs of the "brad" on the reverse and cover with a piece of cloth tape.
Cut 6-10 strips (each approx. 1 x 50cm) from textured acrylic felt for helmet adornment.
Cut the ends into a point.
Take one of the strips and pull it through a "brad" as shown.
Then attach it onto the top of the helmet.
Now tie on the remaining felt ribbons with the fitted ribbon.
The finished Helmet
This variant is made without visor and only with a nose protector and painted with Plus Color Craft Paint. The helmet has been painted in two stages; first with a base coat and then with a foam stamp to give texture.