Yeah I've been thingking about that too. I think it can work. The magnets keep it shut but the only problem is how to make it open by holding it on the sides like kylo does. It would have to be electric or something. The hinge parts should be easy.
Sithcamarow made his move but it looks like he's using some kinda thumb leaver inside the helmet. It's not really very smooth
Hey, back with more questions! Do you have any recommendations on paint type? I got some of the Krylon plastic paint but am not sure if that would be my best bet or not. Also did you paint the silver parts too? I ended up sanding all the exposed parts so i will need to repaint everything t some degree.
Got my BS yesterday, and it's pretty good! Couple questions for those that are doing mods.Here's a picture of a supposed production prop from Celebration:
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-Both the BS and the Anovos have a MUCH shorter "parallel line" section at the very bottom just before the rear flares out. Is there any more reference on this section? Is anyone extending it?
-Speaking of that back flare, with the BS helmet it never detaches from the helmet in the front like it does with the production and Anovos props. It also seems to be slightly shorter and flare out less. They obviously made it this way so it could be molded better, but is anyone modding this to look a little more accurate?
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-Lastly, on the pic from celebration it looks like the front "snout" piece has a different finish from the rest of the helmet. More graphitey and less metallic. The Anovos seems to have a uniform finish all over. It's so hard to tell from trailer shots, but is there any more reference for the finish itself?
The parallel lines from that helmet seems to be so long because it connects to the base of the helmet that flare outward much like the bs helmet. The anovos and I think the hero helmet dont do that. I refered to this in my original post, I think I called these side jaw pieces. I made these so they extend further back into the helmet so the silhouette of the helmet is closer to the last pic you posted.
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I have seen many mod`s all over the place. you going to attempt to reconstruct the front to have the moveable section? that was the best mod on this I have seen. I wont be doing a major modification to mine, I`d love to close the seam. maybe remove the plastic in the eyes and cover that and the holes with cloth or another material. I wont be doing any major reconstruction to it I just want it to be a 1 piece instead of two.
the front on mine is already removable with magnets holding it in place, I just decide to make it that way, it was a happy coincidence that the movie one was movable. I think i'm gonna make mine move up using some kind of mechanism, just don't know exactly how yet. I got a bunch of ideas, I guess I'm just filtering them out.
No way.. that's one I have not seen yet.. Only reason I`m not going further is lack of skill, lack of knowledge and lack of balls to try it lol!
The parallel lines from that helmet seems to be so long because it connects to the base of the helmet that flare outward much like the bs helmet. The anovos and I think the hero helmet dont do that. I refered to this in my original post, I think I called these side jaw pieces. I made these so they extend further back into the helmet so the silhouette of the helmet is closer to the last pic you posted.
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Thanks for the info. I'm definitely going to separate the jaw pieces from the rest of it, and I'm thinking of extending the flare out with some reshaping and styrene as well.
I have a feeling once the Blu-Ray is released, we're all going to have a second go at this
Fantastic work on the Helmet!
One thing I have been trying to figure out is how mirror like is the the metal on the prop at celebration and in the movie. I kind of feel like the chrome on the BS is almost too reflective. I was thinking of ways to dull it down a bit without making it look like it's just dull silver paint. Any thoughts on that?
OK, I finally started my mods. I have both the Disney and Black series (sorry, I just can't call it BS, lol). I have taken both apart and started to do some dremel work.
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Just the angle. It does have a slightly different shape but I think it looks better than the one on the black series.The 2nd layer of the front looks a bit small in that first pic. Is it just the angles or is it actually smaller than the bls?