Star Wars Helmets
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While down at the Dr Who "Creature Workshop", Millennium FX, I was able to carry out the following photo comparison between an original screen-used Cyberman Helmet, and one of the the new replicas made from Millennium FX (well mine in fact).
The MFX "replicas" are in reality effectively the same as the originals since theyre made from the same mould, by the same people, using the same materials, etc. etc. And most importantly theyre only produced 6 months after the originals were done, not 30 years - so issues over fettled tumbelhomes etc :lol
In all of these pics, the REPLICA is LEFT, the ORIGINAL is RIGHT.
As you can see from these photos, there is no "physical" difference between the original and replica and tbh I wasn't expecting to see any since theyre both 1st gen from originalmoulds etc. etc., but its still great to see an exact 1:1 structural match.
Colour and finish wise there is a slight difference, although we need to remember that we are dealing with an original screen-used helmet that's been used in both Cyberman stories in series 2. Specifically this helmet was the "crying" helmet where you see an oil tear dripping from the left eye of the cyber Yvonne Hartman.
The composition of the resin the helmet is manufactured from is exactly the same, the same quantity of Aluminium powder to resin. However as detailed elsewhere on my site the originals were polished with "Zeebo" black fireplace grate cleaner, which replaces the blue hue with a more silver look - although bear in mind the black comes off on the hands every time you handle it
I think you'll all agree its pretty impressive.
Here's an inside shot
More pics and Info on my site (the Movie Helmets one)
http://www.aqpa87.dsl.pipex.com/scifihelmets/
Thanks to Neill, Lisa and Paul at Millennium for access to all this great stuff.
Cheers
Jez
The MFX "replicas" are in reality effectively the same as the originals since theyre made from the same mould, by the same people, using the same materials, etc. etc. And most importantly theyre only produced 6 months after the originals were done, not 30 years - so issues over fettled tumbelhomes etc :lol
In all of these pics, the REPLICA is LEFT, the ORIGINAL is RIGHT.
As you can see from these photos, there is no "physical" difference between the original and replica and tbh I wasn't expecting to see any since theyre both 1st gen from originalmoulds etc. etc., but its still great to see an exact 1:1 structural match.
Colour and finish wise there is a slight difference, although we need to remember that we are dealing with an original screen-used helmet that's been used in both Cyberman stories in series 2. Specifically this helmet was the "crying" helmet where you see an oil tear dripping from the left eye of the cyber Yvonne Hartman.
The composition of the resin the helmet is manufactured from is exactly the same, the same quantity of Aluminium powder to resin. However as detailed elsewhere on my site the originals were polished with "Zeebo" black fireplace grate cleaner, which replaces the blue hue with a more silver look - although bear in mind the black comes off on the hands every time you handle it
I think you'll all agree its pretty impressive.
Here's an inside shot
More pics and Info on my site (the Movie Helmets one)
http://www.aqpa87.dsl.pipex.com/scifihelmets/
Thanks to Neill, Lisa and Paul at Millennium for access to all this great stuff.
Cheers
Jez
