White Ranger Helmet: Part 5

After applying a total of three paper mache layers to the helmet and allowed it all to fully dry, I went to the store and bought some Celluclay (a paper mache mix needing only water, 1 lb box was about six dollars) instead of making my own paper mache pulp.  I looked for a mannequin but couldn't find one, so I just bought a styrofoam cone and ball and glued them together to keep the helmet up.  I had a mixing bowl and some tools to apply the mix.  Here's a picture if you're wondering what the Celluclay stuff looks like:

 

I recommend a bigger bowl, but this was all I had and I didn't feel like going back out to the store so I just mixed little by little and applied globs and smoothed them out.  I ended up abandoning the tools and just used my hands in some rubber gloves.  I had to even out all of the places that were sloping unnaturally, and as a result the helmet gained some significant weight.  I ended up using about half of the bag of Celluclay mix and this is what I ended up with:

With it being all uneven it seemed like a sanding nightmare after it dried, so I just dipped my hand in a bowl of water and smoothed it out as best as I could to facilitate with sanding after it dries.  At this point I'm going to let it dry overnight because I had to use a lot more of the stuff than I would have needed if I had just assembled the skeleton cardboard layers with a little more care.  With all of that aside, it's starting to look pretty damn cool if you ask me!