Helmet arrived today. Are dome scuffs like this from shipping and rubbing the plastic clamshell typical on these, or is this an issue worth contacting eFX over? Assuming I can get a response.
Not sure if there's anything that could be done to get them out short of plastic polish that may or may not work, or could make things worse in my experience. I haven't had much luck trying to "fix" things in the past. Kind of hate it has those since it's on the top dome towards the front.
The rest of the helmet seems nice, but eFX can't seem to keep the domes from getting these rubs/scuffs. This happened on my legend also.
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OK, need help. I'm normally not much of a Facebook guy but this is to convince my wife (who got a new car today) to get me this EFX Darth Vader Helmet as my consolidation prize! Help me RPF, you are my only hope!
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The ANH vader was a satin black that was dulled down. (semi gloss)Dome sheen is pretty good on the eFX PCR. Just dull it with lots and lots of handling and fingerprints for that authentic look. The dome in ANH was gloss - just not buffed as ESB and RotJ.
I wouldn't equate those two things. (shrug)satin black that was dulled down. (semi gloss)
The ANH vader was a satin black that was dulled down. (semi gloss)
Kershner wanted Vader to have more of a clean polished look in ESB so that's why the ESB helmet is MUCH shinier (full gloss). The EFX deffinitely is not semigloss.
Fingerprints won't do it ! You have to repaint it with a different shade of black and maybe add a dulling spray to get it to a more accurate look.
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Well, not really. Satin black is actually pretty dull. My belief is that the ANH dome was quite highly polished, but not gloss coated. The reflections in the dome are actually quite sharp in a lot of shots, where a satin finish gives a much more diffuse look to the light it reflects. Obviously the later movies had a gloss coat to them, you can even see the slight orange peeling in the finish.
From what I know they never used clearcoat on the OT-helmets.Only handpolished to supershine.
From what I understand thats already been proven false, although there are some that still argue it.
From what I know they never used clearcoat on the OT-helmets.Only handpolished to supershine.
Well, not really. Satin black is actually pretty dull. My belief is that the ANH dome was quite highly polished, but not gloss coated. The reflections in the dome are actually quite sharp in a lot of shots, where a satin finish gives a much more diffuse look to the light it reflects. Obviously the later movies had a gloss coat to them, you can even see the slight orange peeling in the finish.
That said, it changes from shot to shot in all the movies. In ROTJ it's super glossy most of the time, but when Vader is talking to Luke on Endor the dome is actually pretty dull looking. Pick the finish that most appeals to you, certainly for ANH.
If it were my dome (in terms of a fix for the one above) I'd use the Novus plastic polish. If you only want to buy one of them, go with #2, otherwise get all 3 and work from 3 to 1.