Quick question about Buckets

[Rimshot]

Hey, haven't been around lately due to various reasons. I just wanted to ask a quick question here about buckets.

I was thinking to start up a clone build, I am probably going to try and get a bucket first. I'm planning to do a EpIII clone and I have a somewhat larger head (XXL fitted cap). Well, my question is how would that (if it does) effect my choice of maker? I've trolled the ct.net forums for a bit now, so I wrote down some various makers but just wanted to get any opinions before I commit to anything and find out it wouldn't work.

Thanks in advance.

[Jaster]

Your best bet is to ask Wags.

[Rimshot]

Yeh, I have been given that advice from CBlack as well. I guess I'll have to pic his brain then

[Medve]

he is on vacation....or heading home from it. If he hasn't gotten ahold of you yet, that whould be why.

[Rimshot]

Heh, I noticed that. I just posted today so I'm not in any rush at the moment. Thanks for the heads up though.

[Wags]

I am not "offically back" from vaca.. but you can PM me any ???'s you might have about bucket sizes. I have a big dome as well so we can see what, and who.. we can send you to!!

[Zachg56]

Remind me never to think of the term bucket as an actual bucket when it comes to stuff like this.....I kept thinking why does this guy want a bucket from here when he can get the stuff he needs from the local warehouse.....

>_<

[Crimson]

Yeah, welcome to the colloquialisms and slang of costuming

[Rimshot]

Haha, yeh. I sorta had the same hangup originally, but it just seems more natural than saying helmet I suppose. Makes you feel cooler.

Wags, PM on the way. Thank you for the help.

[Terrell78]

If memory serves me right the JM clone helmet is the largest.

[Wags]

You would be correct T. But as far as I know.. good luck on getting one. I still want to get one....

[Zachg56]

Haha, yeh. I sorta had the same hangup originally, but it just seems more natural than saying helmet I suppose. Makes you feel cooler.

Wags, PM on the way. Thank you for the help.

One of these days I may end up wearing a bucket due to such a mix-up

[Jaster]

When Jeremy Bulloch's son saw The Empire Strikes Back, his only comment was "Daddy, why were you wearing a bucket on your head?" That's pretty much where the term originated for most of us in the SW costuming communities.

[Ducktrooper]

Durring WWII the new "steel Pot" style helmet was often refered to as a bucket.Quite often used as an actual bucket as well. Cycling helmets have been called "brain buckets" especialy in mountain biking parlance. So the use of bucket as a discription for helmets has a good long history on the US.

[Medve]

...and in hockey. my brothers and I have called them buckets for as long as I can remember. As did my cousin who played hockey all over canada and europe.

[Jaster]

I'm going to get a mop and a helmet so I can clean the floor, lol....

[Rimshot]

heh, never thought this topic would have sparked such an interesting conversation...lol

[Crimson]

They all do, if you let us loose long enough

[Jaster]

Just wait until you get to meet us after an event in a social setting

[Zachg56]

Just wait until you get to meet us after an event in a social setting

I have an odd feeling that it becomes literally like a black hole...sucking all the wierdness/crazy stuff from the surrounding environment.