Wow! Thanks for your service and sharing this. Right definitely Animal’s needs some aging. I’ll rub some dirt into the Mitchell cover.
When did you serve? I know this differs from unit to unit but did yours care if you guys applied graffiti during the war?
Thanks! I definitely will dirty it up a bit, I’ve since scrubbed a bit on the lettering for a worn look. Need to find a factory setting for some photography ;)
Hey everyone here is another replica helmet to add to the collection. This is a recreation of Animal Mother’s (Adam Baldwin) helmet from Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. The graffiti reads “I Am Become Death” a reference to a quote by Robert Oppenheimer when he created the worlds first...
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I’m a huge fan of Stanley Kubrick’s work. Here is my attempt at recreating one of the most iconic props in War film cinema history. The Private Joker (Matthew Modine) M1 Helmet he wore in Full Metal Jacket. I first used a direct postwar Mitchell camo cover. The M1 steel and helmet liner and...
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It's Buddy. Cowboy is from Texas, Buddy was from Lubbock Texas. On the left side of the helmet it has the lyrics to his famous song "That'll Be the Day"