EFX Armorer Helmet

[r2019g]

You too can give EFX some money.

THE ARMORER HELMET - LIMITED EDITION (PRE-ORDER DEPOSIT)

Features Prop Story Product Updates Features: $799 Plus Shipping and California sales tax (if applicable). For international customers, the price does NOT include any duties, taxes or fees levied by your country. FedEx will invoice you directly for those fees. $249 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit...

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[Synz314]

"screen accurate paint"

Right.....

It's great there's a lineage helmet, but not worth $800, and definitely not when it sorely needs a repaint.

 

[jkno]

My advice: keep your money. Or burn it, as it will have the same result

 

[Kroenen77]

The paintjob looks really bad on the prototype.It should look more metallic.
I would never preorder from efx direct.Only from a local seller.

 

[Wolfsburg]

Yeah if I ever got one of these things, it’d def be second hand.

 

[iCEM4N]

Limited Edition... How big will the Edition? Did they forget to write?
I think I will buy ALL of them to save others from greater harm . Every day a good act

 

[spinner 44]

Has to be the worst prototype EVER. That picture makes it look like a cheap plastic helmet.

 

[Mr Mold Maker]

Whoever is doing their prototypes and photography needs to be fired. This is an awful finish with even worse photos. If it is from the original masters the sculpt should be there, but it’s kind of ridiculous to put out a product for $800 that will need a $450 paint job to even look passable.

It is time to let EFX die and hope that a better licensor steps up to the plate. Perhaps someone like Paragon FX. Until that time.. support independent makers folks. You will get a much higher quality product, for a better price, not to mention you’ll actually GET it.


Here is a Red Bow props cast I painted. GEC Props also does a beautiful helmet.

 

[ggriffaw]

Below is a video showing the Armorer helmet at the efx booth for Celebration 2022. The finish does not look metallic to me.

I'm confident they will be able to produce these in a reasonable time based on efx being able to deliver two runs of the Mando fiberglass helmets. The finish on the Mando helmets did not impress me and what we have seen of the Armorer helmet does not impress me either.

 

[KaanE]

The picture looks like a videogame model.

 

[jkno]

On the other hand:

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Wow, that looks terrible! I'll stick with my casting from Minute Fett, which I refinished with chrome powders:

Mando Armorer Helmet refinished using Nail Polish Powder!

We received this awesome finished Armorer helmet from MinuteFett a while back: The paint scheme was based on the dark coloring seen in season 1... but after seeing the Armorer in BoBF... I knew I wanted something shinier! Not too long ago I saw a YouTube video showing someone using nail...

www.therpf.com

 

[jkno]

The EFX looks like the side crushed AT-ST

 

[ggriffaw]

I'm confident the photo efx posted from the front is simply a bad photo. I have no idea why they chose to post that. The helmet from the Celebration video doesn't look that narrow, but the finish on that helmet doesn't look great.

 

[Synz314]

Yeah that photo is taken way too up close so the reason it looks crushed is entirely because of lens distortion. You'd think they would take more professional looking promo photos. The shape of the helmet looked fine at Celebration.

 

[jbethel]

Whoever is doing their prototypes and photography needs to be fired. This is an awful finish with even worse photos. If it is from the original masters the sculpt should be there, but it’s kind of ridiculous to put out a product for $800 that will need a $450 paint job to even look passable.

It is time to let EFX die and hope that a better licensor steps up to the plate. Perhaps someone like Paragon FX. Until that time.. support independent makers folks. You will get a much higher quality product, for a better price, not to mention you’ll actually GET it.


Here is a Red Bow props cast I painted. GEC Props also does a beautiful helmet.
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Any tips for the gold? I’ve got a Red Bow helmet and it’s prepped with gloss black and chrome but all the golds I have are too yellow

 

[ggriffaw]

efx has updated the photos of the Armorer helmet.

THE ARMORER HELMET - LIMITED EDITION (PRE-ORDER DEPOSIT)

Features Prop Story Product Updates Features: $799 Plus Shipping and California sales tax (if applicable). For international customers, the price does NOT include any duties, taxes or fees levied by your country. FedEx will invoice you directly for those fees. $249 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit...

efxcollectibles.com

 

[Mr Mold Maker]

Any tips for the gold? I’ve got a Red Bow helmet and it’s prepped with gloss black and chrome but all the golds I have are too yellow

Sorry, I missed this. Didn’t see it until just now when this thread was bumped.

I’ve really been liking Createx Candy2O. For the Armorer I’d mix a little tequila yellow with a splash of lemon yellow, that should get you in the right area. You want to mix it with the 4050 UVLS Gloss and apply it slowly. Keep in mind as well that whatever gold you use will pop more after the final clear goes on. You can also custom mix your own alcohol ink with some aniline dye if you want to go that way, but it’s a bit more involved.

 

[Indy Magnoli]

New photos are a million times better. I wonder how shiny the finish will be. In the last season (and previous BoBF appearance) it looked really reflective.

 

[Synz314]

Saw someone on Facebook received theirs from EFX.

The paint job looks very close to how the prototype/promo images look, which IMO is just very dull.