if you want to reproduce the past you will be sorely disappointed at some point.
its like you have the ability reproduce the mona lisa painting pixel per pixel like leonardo painted it but want to use the same kind of paint he did like over 500 years ago...you are gonna have a hard time doing that...
so after reading all of this. what you guys want to do is match the plastic and color used on Si-Man's helmets and possibly other ones...
mmm. i can dig that....but why go that far....most people would just prefer the perfect looking helmet and besides the color detail and plastic detail becomes irrelevant when buried under modern paint.. you can dig up the plastic and color all you want but if you use modern paint you are defeating the purpose of what you are trying to achieve....
and if you want to push the issue that far, why not try to dig out the white that was used to paint the helmets...
its like you have the ability reproduce the mona lisa painting pixel per pixel like leonardo painted it but want to use the same kind of paint he did like over 500 years ago...you are gonna have a hard time doing that...
do you really want to go that hardcore? out of a possible 100 buyer of a possible kit...who would care about that detail....really....
not to shot anyone's dream but i have said somewhere before you can't reproduce the past, just emulate it...
if you want to reproduce the past you will be sorely disappointed at some point...we are not in 1976-1977 anymore....
Ok,
To me this is the whole problem with this hibby now.
There are too many people creating cheap knock off recast rubbish that newbs accept as accurate replicas.
We as a community used to strive to get the most accurate to screen used as we could. That means finding the correct materials, paints and glues etc as was used many years ago to create the prop we are trying to replicate.
If you want a prop just to look like something similar to what was made years ago then that's fine. But don't knock us accuracy nuts that want to go a stage further.
That's why screen accurate props cost money.
All this half baked stuff is readily available and new hobbyists seem to think they should have to pay pittance to get the good stuff because of it. It lessens the value of what in my mind is truly worth the effort.
so after reading all of this. what you guys want to do is match the plastic and color used on Si-Man's helmets and possibly other ones...
mmm. i can dig that....but why go that far....most people would just prefer the perfect looking helmet and besides the color detail and plastic detail becomes irrelevant when buried under modern paint.. you can dig up the plastic and color all you want but if you use modern paint you are defeating the purpose of what you are trying to achieve....
Budspencer,
I understand what you are saying but it really shows you are missing the point
we who want to creat replicas (and when I say replica I mean an actual faximily of the prop) to the best of our abillity,
Youl find many of us spend many long hours days weeks months years even looing for the correct paint , finding that one bottel of vintage floquil at a flee market or at an auction pf a decesed estate of an old model train buff, ore that one 6.3V 43uf tantium capacitor that hasnt been in production for 25 years.
And saying that the colour of the plastic is hidden under paint is very wrong,
the ANH troopers (Heros exempt) have many pieces of the plasitc showing through chips in the paint , and some of us like to replicate a know helmet as it appers today with even more of the paint chipped of ,
I think the words replica is to widly thrown around and truth be told Ivw only seen a hand full of fan created S W pieces that qualify as a replica.
To emulate my point this is the only Boba Fett helmet that can claim the title of replica , due to the fact that it has had all the pieces replicated all the same paints were usedthe same mounting hardwear and the paintwork it self has been maticulasly recreated
(Image is of Single Seats ROTJFett helmet replica if the owner of the image would prefer it be removed I shall do so )
This is the kind of perfection we strive for so to say your comments really show a lack of understanding of our intentions.
This entire forum is based on reproducing the past!