Chronicle / Efx Mandalorian prop replicas

[ggriffaw]

I think the warm tone is reflection from the woman's skin and environment. The below screenshots show the warm color shifting from frame to frame. There may be some weathering on the ears, but it doesn't look as goldish or completely cover the ears like the efx shows. Neither does the back vent. There may be some episode that does more closely match the efx, but I don't think these scenes do.

The color of the angled parts of the ears is close to the main color of the helmet, not obviously different.

StarWars Screencaps.com - HQ screencaps of everything in the Star Wars Universe! has screenshots from The Mandalorian now so there is lots of available reference.

 

[AJK001]

I think it has already been said but it is worth repeating. You can not go by screen caps to determine color and/or weathering. We have all seen examples of where colors have been changed in post production from the actual color on set, Aliens Pulse Rifle and Hans Jacket in ESB, are just a few examples. As for the weathering I'm not too thrilled with what they did on the cheeks but until we see the actual helmets both EFX and Anovos had access too we will never know for sure how good or bad they are. As always this is my strictly own opinion on this and your mileage may vary.

 

[ggriffaw]

I think it has already been said but it is worth repeating. You can not go by screen caps to determine color and/or weathering. We have all seen examples of where colors have been changed in post production from the actual color on set, Aliens Pulse Rifle and Hans Jacket in ESB, are just a few examples. As for the weathering I'm not too thrilled with what they did on the cheeks but until we see the actual helmets both EFX and Anovos had access too we will never know for sure how good or bad they are. As always this is my strictly own opinion on this and your mileage may vary.

I agree it is hard to tell the exact color from screencaps, but I think we can determine if two parts appear to be similar color or not.

Some of this comes down to wanting to be screen accurate or prop accurate. As you say things sometimes appear different on screen because of lighting, processing, etc. Most people only see the appearance on screen, so they expect replicas to look like what they see on screen which may be somewhat different than seeing the actual prop in person.

 

[AJK001]

I agree it is hard to tell the exact color from screencaps, but I think we can determine if two parts appear to be similar color or not.

Some of this comes down to wanting to be screen accurate or prop accurate. As you say things sometimes appear different on screen because of lighting, processing, etc. Most people only see the appearance on screen, so they expect replicas to look like what they see on screen which may be somewhat different than seeing the actual prop in person.

That is a good point about screen accurate versus prop accurate. Look at the people that had to have a completely parts accurate Obi Wan Saber and spent a lot of money doing just that. For my own part I wanted the Brown Bess Pulse Rifle because that is what I saw on screen and although I would love a set accurate TOS Phaser, even if it did cost a fortune, I also love having an idealized one that more represents what we saw on screen.

 

[ggriffaw]

A great example of prop accurate versus screen accurate is ship models. Often the actual model looks different than what we see on screen after being filmed in multiple passes with bright lights and post processing.

Unfortunately very few of us have seen actual screen used Mandalorian helmets in person. From what I understand sometimes items on display at conventions are made specifically for display by people who did not make the screen used items. Sometimes the plaque on the display has incorrect or misleading information. It's hard to know what you are actually seeing.

Photos of the actual items can be misleading as well because of lighting and camera settings.

 

[Runner]

Im not all that concerned about color accuracy as noted the helmet looks like a different color from scene to scene. Whats bothering me is, accurate or not the look of the weathering on the cheek area. Looks like someone just took an orbital sander and hit both sides and moved on to the next one. Accurate or not it looks terrible.

 

[FastballSpecial]

Im not all that concerned about color accuracy as noted the helmet looks like a different color from scene to scene. Whats bothering me is, accurate or not the look of the weathering on the cheek area. Looks like someone just took an orbital sander and hit both sides and moved on to the next one. Accurate or not it looks terrible.

My main concern is the weathering on the mandibles as well. I hope mine doesn't appear too intentional.

 

[Boba Flint]

Well this was a wonderful surprise. Look what Fedex brought me, I never got an email from EFX saying they shipped my helmet.

Here are some phone pics taken outside.

And with my FettPride2 ESB Fett bucket

Overall I am very pleases with what I got. No fingerprints or cracks in on the helmet.
I too would have liked the cheeks and the detail on the back of the helmet less weathered and the visor darker. I also don't like the display stand
In hand I can see an overall silver color for the back detail. It looks like it was misted with a golden brown like raw sienna.

 

[JBReplicas]

Are the grooves on the Mohawk wonky like the other photos have shown?

 

[WhyItMatterz]

Are the grooves on the Mohawk wonky like the other photos have shown?

I just got mine as well, and yeah the Mohawk lines are wonky towards the top of mine

 

[craigjohn]

I think it has already been said but it is worth repeating. You can not go by screen caps to determine color and/or weathering. We have all seen examples of where colors have been changed in post production from the actual color on set, Aliens Pulse Rifle and Hans Jacket in ESB, are just a few examples. As for the weathering I'm not too thrilled with what they did on the cheeks but until we see the actual helmets both EFX and Anovos had access too we will never know for sure how good or bad they are. As always this is my strictly own opinion on this and your mileage may vary.

That’s also over complicating things. Most people don’t color calibrate their displays either. Some displays have a warmer color temp than others - it can as simple as that.

But the rear circuit board always seems brighter, or stands out from the rest of the helmet.

 

[AJK001]

That’s also over complicating things. Most people don’t color calibrate their displays either. Some displays have a warmer color temp than others - it can as simple as that.

But the rear circuit board always seems brighter, or stands out from the rest of the helmet.

That is true. A lot of us are probably seeing different things on our screens. I also think it is a case of different helmets in different scenes and as we have seen with other props they are not always made exactly or finished exactly the same.

 

[Mr Mold Maker]

The ear and vent highlights on the real helmets are just Alumaluster applied at full opacity. So the base should be silver. They did the same thing with the Mudhorn Signet for example.
That said, some brown oil paints do tint that towards a gold. I think EFX tried to replicate the effect, without replicating the method.

Something else that is very weird to me that I don’t see anyone mentioning.. why aren’t the ears clear coated? Every EFX helmet I’ve seen seems to show the main helmet glossed and the ears left without that clear coat. I haven’t seen a single example of the show helmet like that.

 

[Kroenen77]

 

[el toro]

Awesome detective work! Which episode is this from?

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[Kroenen77]

And if you wanna see a helmet with a lot of weathering also for closeups you must only look on the endfight helmet.

And here you can see in different light how much stuff is on the cheeks:

 

[Kroenen77]

Awesome detective work! Which episode is this from?

When I remember right both from Episode 1.

 

[Boba Flint]

Are the grooves on the Mohawk wonky like the other photos have shown?

I didn’t know this was an issue. Thanks a lot

Yes they are a little wonky at the top

 

[Jamesfett]

Chronicle Collectibles rocks. I did the payments which finished about two months ago but I am so disappointed with the EFX Mando helmet I wanted to cancel my order. Within an hour of emailing them today they sent me a very kind email stating it was no problem and they would issue me a refund immediately.

That's how you do business.

I am very impressed with them and very disappointed in EFX. They are a ridiculous company that should be long out of business but the product, when delivered, have been awesome. At least I have been very happy with them until now.

 

[Slash1276]

Other screenshots! Enjoy!