I've been working this past week on the neck and installation of the whole helmet.
Since I split the base of the helmet, the peg that goes into the head now sits much higher within the head (with the joint around the actual base of the skull). So this meant increasing the neck length. I made a new peg that slots into the body, and extended the neck itself.
Now the head articulates much better.
I had also been cracking my head at how to install everything in the end. My original thought was to glue the head into the helmet.
But I thought I made as well go all out here as well and make the whole thing work like the real helmet.
So I split the neck brace from the lower helmet and installed magnets so that I can remove and attach it easily.
In the video you can see how the whole head and helmet system works now.
I need to finish some details around the neck, then it's back to the mask details.
The new neck (original on the left):
How the helmet started:
Where I am now: