Revisiting EFX Luke's X-wing Helmet.

I've just been given to the opportunity to revisit the efx ANH Luke X-wing helmet. Star Wars helmets owner, uber collector, friend and over all good guy Jez Hill commissioned me to re-weather he's ANH helmet trying to get it a bit closer to how it appeared on screen.

I have to say that I was quite surprised how easy it was to transform the some what "lacking" factory weathering into something rather cool looking. Nothing was removed or re-worked, just new weathering on top of the factory job! IMO, it really brings out the full potential of this release!







And of course the before and after.



Cheers,

Steve.

Which one's the before?

Seriously Steve - you're absolutely awesome!!!

...and thanks for the kind words

Cheers

Jez

Wait! You forgot the most important part... what's your address so everyone else can send their helmets to be sweded?

Seriously though... Awesome transformation! (No surprise having seen all your previous work)

Thanks guys! I was pleasently surprised how easy the factory weathering blended together with the new.

Chris, the rubber trim is glued in place. I didn't have the guts to remove it in fear of damaging the paint.

Cheers,
Steve

Now that's weathering.
If only they had looked this good out of the box.

Awesome looking!! I think thats so great that it could be done without having to start from scratch on the paint job. I'm tempted to send mine off!!

Night and day, right there. Absolutely fantastic job.

When you see the before and after picks you understand how much difference there is, looks great NOW.
Steve if you did the prototype did EFX give you an answer why they are so different.

Awesome as always Steve!

I use my Helmet as a door stop!

wow the weathering adds so much more to that helmet. Looks great, you must feel great Jez owning that beauty !

Great job!

How did you add the extra scratches in the emblems/ stripes?

Thanks guys!

Zenwalker, I used the back of the an x-acto blade and just scraped it off. Worked very well, just be careful so you don't go thru the white top coat. The base primer coat is dark grey so you don't want that to bleed thru.

Cheers,

Steve.

Steve never ceases to amaze with his paintups and weather jobs!

Congrats Jez ol buddy! That just looks amazing!

What a difference!

Now, that´s what i call a great paint job/weathering! Amazing work as usual, Steve!
And hey Jez, haven´t read much of you lately, glad you´re back!