C3-po Replica - new sculpt and finished helmet

[writter]

Hi everyone! I am new here but am excited to finally be a member now that registration has opened up ! I am a special fx artist and really enjoy the challenge of making original pieces as well as replicas (Star Wars mostly) . Here is my first attempt at a replica C3-P0 helmet based on ANH version . I sculpted it from scratch out of Chavant clay using months of reference , molded it and body shopped the casting and molded it once more . Also I machined the detail pieces out of plastic and molded those as well . This project literally drove me insane because of all the different versions out there and how the helmet looks in different lighting , ect .I am still shopping for a better vacu-metalizer but the helmet you see here did fine in my opinion . If anyone knows of one that does exceptional work here in the US please share with me that info..Thanks!

Thanks for looking!

 

[Patattack]

I know nothing about accuracy here, but that's a beautiful-looking sculpt. Really neat to see the separate pieces being assembled together - and then that first picture of the final metalized product! Gorgeous!

 

[Raffles]

I'll second that! That pic is amazing! Nice to see the steps in making this as well.

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

I hope I can afford one of those.......

Looks AWESOME, BTW !

 

[obiwan2]

:eek I...want!!!

 

[mbmcfarland]

Welcome aboard, Will!

That sculpt looks great, and the vac-metalized pics are awesome!

Mike

 

[Larry Young]

Nice job!

 

[Remo]

Look at that shine. Beautiful work.

 

[Clutch]

Super nice work! Welcome aboard!

 

[ConvergencePro]

Awsome job. would love to have one for my collection

 

[Hecubus114]

Amazing how some of you guys make it look so easy....

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

He made it look insanely difficult. Great work and welcome to the board.

 

[GF]

NICE JOB!!!

What chroming technique was used? the finish is beautiful.

GFollano

 

[writter]

NICE JOB!!!

What chroming technique was used? the finish is beautiful.

GFollano

Hey..thanks everyone for the compliments ..means alot to me since everyone here has so much talent ! The chroming was vacu-metalized but to make a long story short the company I used were hired to do the first two helmets out of my mold..one was for me..the other was for friend of mine .They ended up screwing up my helmet ( sprayed the 2-pak primer way too thick and hot which caused cracking ) and the helmet you see in the pics is the other I ended up giving to my friend . I was pretty bummed about it because they tried to cover it up and they were not very experienced at the prop stuff ( like they led me to believe ) so I am searching for a reputable vacu-plater .Please if anyone knows off hand of any place I would love to try them out .

 

[DarkHelmet]

WOW!!

One of the best RPF entrances ever!

Great work and very inspiring. :thumbsup

Welcome to forum and I personally look forward to seeing more of your work!

So, may I ask what's next on the agenda?

 

[fettster]

I saw this over on the Lab.

I said it there nad ill say it here, well done, excellent finish too

 

[Howard]

A stunning piece of work - :thumbsup
Congratulations on your talent and eye!

 

[temponaut]

I can only echo what others have written: beautiful work, and it's great to have you here! Thanks for sharing your WIP shots! :love :thumbsup

 

[hollywoodhardware]

Stunning!!!

Thomas

 

[Darth Infamous]

That is amazing. :eek Great sculpt and what an eye for detail.

Carl

Stunning!!!

Thomas