itsalive
Well-Known Member
Re: eFX ANH Vader?!?! WOW
If they reduced the height of the tooth shaped parts on those helmets tabs, basically making them half spheres, without that cylindrical shaft extension underneath the spheroidal shape. That might stop them from snapping tight into the corresponding negative form/shape. So these tabs wont break or snap off from wear and tear or cosplay.
In fact it wouldn't hold the dome on the helmet, it would just ensure perfect alignment of the two parts, while preserving the legacy of the props true design.
To enforce the hold, they could conceal strong earth magnets under the tabs inside the casting, with a corresponding set of strong earth magnets concealed inside the negative/female tab shape mounts inside the dome.
I bet it would work. You want to be as faithful to the true prop as you can, but you don't want to let these two parts lock into themselves like they did for the film, because we know the stress snapped off the tips of the teeth in the tabs after a few on/offs.
2 or 3 magnets in each tab inside the helmet and 2 or 3 magnets for each negative shape connector inside the dome.
If they reduced the height of the tooth shaped parts on those helmets tabs, basically making them half spheres, without that cylindrical shaft extension underneath the spheroidal shape. That might stop them from snapping tight into the corresponding negative form/shape. So these tabs wont break or snap off from wear and tear or cosplay.
In fact it wouldn't hold the dome on the helmet, it would just ensure perfect alignment of the two parts, while preserving the legacy of the props true design.
To enforce the hold, they could conceal strong earth magnets under the tabs inside the casting, with a corresponding set of strong earth magnets concealed inside the negative/female tab shape mounts inside the dome.
I bet it would work. You want to be as faithful to the true prop as you can, but you don't want to let these two parts lock into themselves like they did for the film, because we know the stress snapped off the tips of the teeth in the tabs after a few on/offs.
2 or 3 magnets in each tab inside the helmet and 2 or 3 magnets for each negative shape connector inside the dome.
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