Okay I am finally getting my EFX ANH Vader helmet. Should be here Monday.
I read a lot when they came out and went over some of it again. Just need some clarification.
The lenses were "orange" or whatever that color is throughout the films??? Kinda can see it in ANH sometimes but really can't see it in ESB or ROTJ?????? I always thought the tinting in ANH was just to light and made his face /eyes look reddish here and there depending on lighting. Otherwise in the rest of ANH, and all of ESB and ROTJ it sure looks like dark smoke lenses to me??????????
Anywho that's just a side note.
My main question was to see if I have the lineage correct.
Brian Muir sculpted the ANH Vader.
From this a mold was made
From this three helmets were made but only one was used throughout filming.
The mold from Mr. Muir's original sculpt is long gone.
Rick Baker is believed to have made a mold of one of the ANH helmets
That was found by EFX and a new master helmet was made from that mold.
Then EFX made a mold of that master helmet.
Then our helmets came from that mold.
Do I have that right??????
Do we know the status of any of the original ANH helmets (Filming one as well as the other two) from Mr. Muir's original mold/sculpt?????
Do we know which of the three original helmets Rick Baker used to make the found mold??????
I'm so excited to have my ANH Vader.
Now I will have all three, plus my EFX RMQ.
Just need two Vader Reveals and I'll be done with Vader helmets.
Thanks so much in advance. There is just so much on this helmet it makes it hard to find a certain thing.
I read a lot when they came out and went over some of it again. Just need some clarification.
The lenses were "orange" or whatever that color is throughout the films??? Kinda can see it in ANH sometimes but really can't see it in ESB or ROTJ?????? I always thought the tinting in ANH was just to light and made his face /eyes look reddish here and there depending on lighting. Otherwise in the rest of ANH, and all of ESB and ROTJ it sure looks like dark smoke lenses to me??????????
Anywho that's just a side note.
My main question was to see if I have the lineage correct.
Brian Muir sculpted the ANH Vader.
From this a mold was made
From this three helmets were made but only one was used throughout filming.
The mold from Mr. Muir's original sculpt is long gone.
Rick Baker is believed to have made a mold of one of the ANH helmets
That was found by EFX and a new master helmet was made from that mold.
Then EFX made a mold of that master helmet.
Then our helmets came from that mold.
Do I have that right??????
Do we know the status of any of the original ANH helmets (Filming one as well as the other two) from Mr. Muir's original mold/sculpt?????
Do we know which of the three original helmets Rick Baker used to make the found mold??????
I'm so excited to have my ANH Vader.
Now I will have all three, plus my EFX RMQ.
Just need two Vader Reveals and I'll be done with Vader helmets.
Thanks so much in advance. There is just so much on this helmet it makes it hard to find a certain thing.
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