Ser Vardis Egen--The Helmet

Now comes the fun part! The next step with the helmet is the creation of the zoomorphic, 'gro- tesque' upper half of the split-visor, as described by GRRM, 

". . . his visor was a pointed metal beak with a narrow slit for vision. . . " 

Admittedly, this could just as fittingly describe a Hundsgugel visor, but I have decided to make it more readily identifiable as a falcon's head, in keeping with the dominant Renaissance style of the harness. The "fly in the ointment" will be the incorporation of the bilateral falcon-wing crests once the visor is done.

The first step was packing the facial area with SSF to fill the negative space and creating a flow- ing foundation upon which to build the visor. I next applied a generous coat of vaseline over the front half of the head/helmet before draping a flattened piece of MS over the frontal upper quarter of the head/helmet. Finally, I roughly "sketched" falcon features in the putty before setting aside to cure.

And now we wait. . .

FOLLOW-UP. . . So far, so good. . . The visor blank cured beautifully and released with nary a problem. The final verdict will come in the days to come as it gets reduced and finished. . . 

UPDATE 31.03.2014. . . Phase 1 reduction is all but done. While there is still loads of work to be done, I must say I am delighted: I have a fully functional visor! And as when we started. . . NOW COMES THE FUN PART!!!