Looking forward to seeing one of these finished up.
Should have pics of one in the next couple days.
For now, here are pics of a back/cap in the correct color/thickness HDPE.
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Looking forward to seeing one of these finished up.
Should have pics of one in the next couple days.
For now, here are pics of a back/cap in the correct color/thickness HDPE.
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Last edited by GINO; Nov 3, 2010 at 11:15 AM.
You and me both!
Can't wait for the pics!
GINO said:
Thanks.
It really is about time. Was pretty burnt on troopers there for awhile.
Can't wait to see it finished up.Are you going for any particular on screen helmet?Are you going to chip up the paint?
Dave
I think any helmet I make from these are going to end up being a specific trooper.
Definitely plan to chip the paint. Otherwise, using the correct color HDPE would be a total waste in my opinion.
And from a couple tests I've seen, there is nothing that better recreates the look of a real screen used trooper helmet than using actual HDPE and chipping the paint.
Not just the paint itself, but in the way the HDPE forms over the mold. It does some weird stuff that you simply cannot recreate any other way with any other material. It was very exciting for me to see.
There are some new discoveries I've made that I plan to reveal over the course of showing these off. Guaranteed to please all the trooper nuts.
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Last edited by GINO; Oct 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM.
Considering the quality of work you have done, I can't wait to see this!
It is pretty amazing how the HDPE colour looks so different depending on lighting when photographed.
The pics of the newly found ANH helmet and suit is exactly the same how much it varies from pic to pic.
Chris
Could this finally be it... the reason I've held off and held off buying another trooper helmet for nearly five years...
Well of course!! And how you assembled it,its going to be hard than styrene to replicate particular helmet(in form),if i remember and rad correctly,it is quite flexible and quite un-controllable.GINO said:
I have one of these in HDPE but its not one of gino's and its in grey hdpe. Gino , if you do a run of these i'm in. I have one of Gino's v2 buckets and it is by far the best out there for ANH/ESB . I wan't one Gino.
Looking forward to the next few day's & the next update.
Thanks you guys.
Wasn't sure if there would be very many people around who would be excited or interested in seeing helmets built out to this level of accuracy. Some people draw the line at the bumpy back/cap, so I'm glad to see there are still some out there besides me.
Hope to have more pics either later tonight or sometime tomorrow.
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While the modern, pristine plastic versions have that stylized quality, this raw, wonky-ness has a definite extra cool factor to them.
Awesome, it really doesnt get any better than this, cant wait to see a built up one
Very nice....
Is this HDPE or Polypro? They are very similar chemically.
Just out of curiosity how did you match the colour? Through photos or did you have a sample of the original to match it to? As Chris said it changes so much in photos depending on the light source.
There's more of us out there than you think. Personally This is my ultimate prop. The correct color hdpe accurate replica is something I never thought we would see. Thank you for doing this.GINO said:
Cheers,
Ben
Awesome Gino.
OF COURSE there are people that want to see that! LOL!
BUT, will it have the bubble in the tear?
(I still want one of your hero buckets)
Here are some pictures of the original HDPE helmet that recently surfaced for comparision. I love the quest for accuracy.
I know it is an apples and oranges comparison as the lighting on the screen helmet and Gino's pics cannot be matched, but Gino's bottom picture looks the best match colour wise to the screen helmet with the examples on display.
Any daylight pictures Gino?
Oh and agreed there definitely will be demand for this although I do feel the demand for high end trooper props has definitely diminished over the last year or two. The HDPE should be the big selling point for the hardcore.
Chris
awesome Gino, that was more than overdue!
finally a HDPE helmet from the most accurate moulds out there, congrats!
you know i want one!
ok, enough... now get back and work on your V2 armor!
The plastic was a custom run with a minimum quantity required, not cheap to say the least. I matched the color using various resources at my disposal. I think it turned out pretty good. I'm satisfied with it.
Actually, there were two different shades of HDPE used. Both were a khaki green color, but one is actually more green than the other. You can see an example of each color in the pics that Joe posted above. For the sake of simplicity, i'll just refer to them as "light green" and "dark green".
Out of all the examples I've seen, it just appears to be random in regards to which shade is used on each part.
For example, in the pic of the stripped helmet Joe posted, the back/cap is the dark green color while the face is the light green color.
The Dave M helmet (set for stun helmet) actually was the reverse with the back/cap having the light green color and the face having the dark green.
Then there is another example where both the face and back/cap were the dark green color. I've yet to see an example of a face-back/cap combo both in the light green but that does not mean that combination does not exist.
My color is matched to the dark green shade.
Just when we think we know everything about a certain prop...
PS, more super cool discoveries coming soon so stay tuned.
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Last edited by GINO; Oct 16, 2010 at 6:29 PM.
Can't wait to see the finished helmet Gino, are you saying these are going to be available to buy ?
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