eFX at C5 with props
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SurfingDoc
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The paint job on the rebel helmet is amazing!
Exf is doing the resin cast lightsabers for Museum Replicas costumes, are they making a resin cast Medal of Yavin also??
Lightweight ?
Durable ?
Inexpensive ?
Accurate ?
Anyone know a price or release date ?
Lightweight ?
Durable ?
Inexpensive ?
Accurate ?
Anyone know a price or release date ?
C0mmand3rC0dy
Sr Member
Luke's helmets look fantastic! I suppose they were showcasing the Hoth and Trench run versions, I wonder why there are different mics for each?
OldKen
Master Member
The Vader looks amazing! Those are some great shots! The rebel pilot does too!!!
But...
I'll say it again... Compared to EVERYTHING else they offer, that MR TK symmetrical bucket looks like garbage. I really REALLY don't like them. I think the crappy rubies "supreme" helmet looks just as good as that. It in NO way is accurate and yet everything else they are making from scratch looks AMAZING! The Vader is just stunning. The rebel pilot helmet is as well!
Does no one else think they could do better with the stormtrooper helmet? I think it's fine to have that as well for the people who don't like accurate "wonkiness" But are they not going to make one on the level of the Vader? I just don't get it. :confused
I know they are still a new company, and that they had to carry some stuff over from MR. But I just don't see how this can even be in the same display as the most accurate and amazingly detailed liscensed Vader helmet of all time.
Will we see an accurate TK helmet from them? I would love to see a liscensed TK on the level of what Gino AP GF TE TM etc. have been making for years. I just don't get the whole idea of giving the option to have a scratched up (accurately so) Vader. And yet that TK is close enough? :unsure
They have an ANH hero in the archives... Why oh why cant they laser scan that bad boy?
But...
I'll say it again... Compared to EVERYTHING else they offer, that MR TK symmetrical bucket looks like garbage. I really REALLY don't like them. I think the crappy rubies "supreme" helmet looks just as good as that. It in NO way is accurate and yet everything else they are making from scratch looks AMAZING! The Vader is just stunning. The rebel pilot helmet is as well!
Does no one else think they could do better with the stormtrooper helmet? I think it's fine to have that as well for the people who don't like accurate "wonkiness" But are they not going to make one on the level of the Vader? I just don't get it. :confused
I know they are still a new company, and that they had to carry some stuff over from MR. But I just don't see how this can even be in the same display as the most accurate and amazingly detailed liscensed Vader helmet of all time.
Will we see an accurate TK helmet from them? I would love to see a liscensed TK on the level of what Gino AP GF TE TM etc. have been making for years. I just don't get the whole idea of giving the option to have a scratched up (accurately so) Vader. And yet that TK is close enough? :unsure
They have an ANH hero in the archives... Why oh why cant they laser scan that bad boy?
C0mmand3rC0dy
Sr Member
@OldKen
Concerning the TK bucket,
I mean sure it's inaccurate compared to the archival ones (which are much less clean cut and symmetrical no?) but to an average Joe like me who really isn't too nickpicky about his trooper buckets, it looks good enough, but I can easily see how it would bother you, I'm a purist about certain star wars stuff too
Concerning the TK bucket,
I mean sure it's inaccurate compared to the archival ones (which are much less clean cut and symmetrical no?) but to an average Joe like me who really isn't too nickpicky about his trooper buckets, it looks good enough, but I can easily see how it would bother you, I'm a purist about certain star wars stuff too
OldKen
Master Member
@OldKen
Concerning the TK bucket,
I mean sure it's inaccurate compared to the archival ones (which are much less clean cut and symmetrical no?) but to an average Joe like me who really isn't too nickpicky about his trooper buckets, it looks good enough, but I can easily see how it would bother you, I'm a purist about certain star wars stuff too
Yeah, I'm certainly not bashing EFX and like I said, that Vader is beyond what I would have expected or even hoped for! I just don't get why they went THAT far with the accuracy thing on the Vader yet the trooper is its own sculpt. In no way does it share any of the "imperfections" or even basic shapes of the real deals. Yet we are getting a Vader with precisely recreated brushstrokes and scratches in the paint?
I'm not saying they should make a trooper bucket with every scratch from a particular SU helmet. Just that the shape is right.
I'm saying that comparing their Vader to their TK isn't apples and oranges...
It's more apples to baseball.
They are just that different. I just don't get making one thing UBER accurate beyond most purists dreams and having something else that is it's own incorrect sculpt.
Like I said... SURE make a symmetrical helmet for those that want it! Hell make a symmetrical Vader out of cheap plastic for those who don't care about that either! I think it's great to have the option! But I REALLY want to see a liscensed ACCURATE TK! I'm hoping they will do that down the road. Cause while some people see this uber accurate Vader as a gamble for EFX... I see it as them knocking it out of the park! I really think this single piece will sell more than all the MR buckets combined! I also see it opening a LOT of peoples eyes to the reality and coolness of the screen used props!
Just last night I was at a buddies house and showed him a pic of the scratched up efx Vader and he said "why is it all scratched?" I then told him to put on the HD ANH he had on his tivo and watch the opening scene... I paused it at the right time... He was like "oh... wow!" There for a second... one of my non-prop friends actually "got it" LOL!!!
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
According to Bryan, they only gave Gino 4 days to get it painted.
I agree OK, they really need to do an accurate TK helmet. And while they are at it do the armor too!
I think the reason the TK they already did is so sanitized is because that it was a hold over from the Master Replica days. But, it looks like eFX's philosophy is to strive for more screen accuracy, at least lets hope that is the case.
Would be nice to see them do an accurate 'Stunt' TK and also a 'Hero' but because they just did the 'Hero' we probably won't see it again, at least not for awhile.
illbethere1
Active Member
Very impressed by the uber detail on the models. Is it possible to be more detailed than Finemolds ? I guess so after those pics. If the Falcons cockpit accuracies indicative of the whole model, Gdamn it, I'm gonna own one.:love Cockpit looks exactly like the photo on the 1st MPC '77 Falcon box.
OldKen
Master Member
I'm sure that will be sorted. I'm guessing these are the same helmets that were shown at comicon? Yeah, I noticed the texture as well. I'm sure the initial black esp the dome will be sprayed with a car-type paint gun in a factory. I'm sure they will come out better.
And No their TK is no hero TK. SDS hero looks way better. And I don't like SDS stuff either.
Their/MR's TK is a mixmash of hero and stunt IMHO Hell they just made a ESB version with black frown so how could it be hero style?
STEVE THE SWEDE
Sr Member
You're right, it's the super low 250 C-V exclusive ESB "Hoth" version plus the regular ANH "Trench run" edition. The reson they have different mics is becuase eFX really did their home work well!
The ESB helmet featured a sleaker more modern looking mic. Awesome to see the helmets in a more finished state then they were at SDCC!Steve.
OldKen
Master Member
You're right, it's the super low 250 C-V exclusive ESB "Hoth" version plus the regular ANH "Trench run" edition. The reson they have different mics is becuase eFX really did their home work well!
Steve.
Did you paint the rebel pilot helmets? They look frakking amazing! I went back and really looked at those pics... WOW. If they really come out anywhere near that good They will really rock!
thumbsup:thumbsupWhy are people surprised with how the New EFX Stormtrooper Helmets look. As soon as they were announced, most of us knew they were the MRCE helmets with a different paint job.
No one ever did a good licensed Vader before, so there was a market for that, but there have already been 2 fairly accuarate Stormtrooper Helmets, the MR LE and EFX LE, and don't think there would be enough interest in another one for EFX to do a super accurate Stormtrooper Helmet.
No one ever did a good licensed Vader before, so there was a market for that, but there have already been 2 fairly accuarate Stormtrooper Helmets, the MR LE and EFX LE, and don't think there would be enough interest in another one for EFX to do a super accurate Stormtrooper Helmet.
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Pappy
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People on costuming kept bought the CE "class" JUST BECAUSE they were larger than all the fan made,and this helmet is the only helmet that would fit them.
So there,they got the market alright
Edit: I meant for an accurate stormtrooper helmet but with the size of the previous model
So there,they got the market alright
Edit: I meant for an accurate stormtrooper helmet but with the size of the previous model
