Honey Comb vader lenses? (PICS)

[darth_manu]

what is that honey comb shaped thing behind the lenses?
or anyone know where i could get some to add to my helmet?

 

[CTF]

Um, I'm not totally sure, but isn't it just mesh like the mouth grill?

 

[HAL9000]

if you are in the UK - I know Leyland and Homebase both stock this gauge of
fine drilled aluminium gauze. However, I've never seen it in black - so that'll need
spraying matt.

If you look on the left eye you can see where they've overlapped the sheeting.


Hope this helps.

 

[gonk27]

Hi CTF, I thought the same thing until recently, but I think the fine mesh in the mouth is a litte different to the mesh behind the eye lenses.

The eye mesh looks a lot like an old frying pan cover I saw recently, but I haven't been able to find any that match in shops anywhere..



Jeremy

 

[kurtyboy]

Yep, its quite different.

Has anyone got pictures of the stuff from Homebase? I tried Homebase (and every other hardware/DIY store I could think of) a few years ago but didn't find anything similar.

I have a small sample of what appears to be pretty accurate stuff but can only bought in huge sheets I think it was 2m x 2m. Rediculously expensive. They even wanted close to $100 for courier delivery.

So the stuff is out there and it was an off the shelf stock item. So I'm sure there are other places that have it.

 

[hansicle]

I believe it's just a piece of fabric mesh. Instead of tinting the lens... which can come up different colors in different types of light (I make glasses ) they used fabric to darken the lens by difusing the light, without actually darkening it. If you've ever worn sunglasses inside, it cab obscure your vision to an extent. I bet MR figured they would be better off using this method if people were going to wear the helmet. I don't know if the movie helmet used the same method to darken the lenses.

 

[kurtyboy]

Here it is. The mesh pattern is a little too small though. Must be available in different sizes.

 

[hansicle]

What about the fabric mesh they use to cover speakers?

 

[kurtyboy]

Fabric? As in cloth? This stuff is clearly metal.

Its not drilled either. Its expanded mesh.

Originally posted by hansicle@Mar 20 2006, 05:04 PM
What about the fabric mesh they use to cover speakers?

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[decaturvader]

I just posted in my show-off thread what Idid.
I had some silver mesh I got from a member here.
I pulled back the foam liner in my mask just enough to slide a couple sheets in front of my eyes. It tucked in nicely under the tight foam.
The jury is still out if I leave it in...depends on eye fog and if it will start to bug me after a while.
You can sorta see it in this pic:

 

[hansicle]

You are right, I actually thought it was fabric, but I had a chance to look at my helmet just now, but it looks like regular screen, like the type used on a screen door. You can buy different densities of wire screen mesh. I bought some from http://www.mcmaster.com/ , It was brass screen, but the mesh was so fine, I didn't want to paint it, thinking it would just clog. I used a sharpie to balcken it. I used it to cover the grill on my trooper helmet.

 

[slave1pilot]

it looks like that stuff we used to have in the 70's
It went in the back window of our Pick-up truck
One side had an eagle or some other Redneck crap, the other was black & you could see through it.

 

[kurtyboy]

You wouldn't get much vision through THAT stuff.

If anyone finds a match for this let me know. I'm starting to detail the inside of my Reveal

Originally posted by slave1pilot@Mar 20 2006, 09:36 PM
it looks like that stuff we used to have in the 70's
It went in the back window of our Pick-up truck
One side had an eagle or some other Redneck crap, the other was black & you could see through it.

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[PantheraGem]

Almost looks like fine drywall sanding screen.

http://www.all-wall.com/acatalog/Sanding_Screen.php

 

[kurtyboy]

Any close ups of the sanding screen?

Originally posted by PnatheraGem@Mar 20 2006, 10:44 PM
Almost looks like fine drywall sanding screen.

http://www.all-wall.com/acatalog/Sanding_Screen.php

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[Java]

I looked at my grease splatter screen, and if its not the same stuff - I'd be very suprised. (I'll try to take a better pic, this ones a bit blurry)

 

[Java]

The light reflection is making it look more honeycombed than it is. It more diamond shaped.

 

[darth_manu]

Originally posted by Javamonkey@Mar 20 2006, 04:07 PM
I looked at my grease splatter screen, and if its not the same stuff - I'd be very suprised. (I'll try to take a better pic, this ones a bit blurry)

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that looks very similar
time to get myself a grease splatter screen

 

[kurtyboy]

No, no, no...

That is not it. That's just this stuff:

The stuff we need for Vader's eyes has a very similar spacing to the one above left (the stuff some people use as the 2nd layer in their Vader helmets) but has a smaller opening size and a thicker strand size.

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I looked at my grease splatter screen, and if its not the same stuff - I'd be very suprised. (I'll try to take a better pic, this ones a bit blurry)

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that looks very similar
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[SithLord]

I think the original looks like a shadow mask from a CRT screen...

ipso....

http://www.infocellar.com/television/crt.htm


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