Most affordable “screen accurate” Boba helmet?

[Hecubus114]

Can someone give me some advice on the best source for a relatively “screen accurate” Boba Fett helmet? Meaning with all the quirks and blemishes. Wanting a raw kit I can finish/paint myself. I might just pick up one of the Hasbro variants, but if there is something comparable price-wise that is more accurate, I’d prefer that. Thanks!

 

[division 6]

Perhaps you should specify which film or show.

 

[canister]

Check out the dentedhelmet. Plenty of information. There are esb, rotj, mandolorian versions x2 and a new one for Bobf. I doubt you will get something similar price wise for Hasbro cost, but an extra $100 or little more should get you a raw resin helmet.

 

[Hecubus114]

Perhaps you should specify which film or show.

I suppose I should have. Main goal would be ESB, but I'd take a decently accurate ROTJ.

 

[Synz314]

If you're looking for ESB, it's kind of complicated. RS Propmasters and Machine Craft Repicas make the most accurate lineage ROTJ Special Edition castings, but they're not cheap. You'd have to do a lot of work to convert it back to ESB.

You can buy a Wasted Fugly kit from Viva Fett, which is a cleaned up ESB casting derived from the Machine Craft helmet.

Minutefett is also selling a lineage casting derived from the Machine Craft helmet. He recently started selling an updated version that he touts as the most accurate ESB casting. But the issue of recasting complicates things here. His previous version was on par with the Wasted Fugly, but the lineage of his new helmet seems sketchy to me.

Pretty much everything else out there is fan sculpts.

I think the EFX PCR helmet is the best budget friendly option for a complete ESB helmet. Unfortunately it's plastic instead of fiberglass, but you do get aluminum ears. If you were to commission someone to accurately paint an ESB or ROTJ Fett helmet instead of doing it yourself, you'd be looking at about an additional $500 to $1000 depending on who you ask.

 

[Hecubus114]

If you're looking for ESB, it's kind of complicated. RS Propmasters and Machine Craft Repicas make the most accurate lineage ROTJ Special Edition castings, but they're not cheap. You'd have to do a lot of work to convert it back to ESB.

You can buy a Wasted Fugly kit from Viva Fett, which is a cleaned up ESB casting derived from the Machine Craft helmet.

Minutefett is also selling a lineage casting derived from the Machine Craft helmet. He recently started selling an updated version that he touts as the most accurate ESB casting. But the issue of recasting complicates things here. His previous version was on par with the Wasted Fugly, but the lineage of his new helmet seems sketchy to me.

Pretty much everything else out there is fan sculpts.

I think the EFX PCR helmet is the best budget friendly option for a complete ESB helmet. Unfortunately it's plastic instead of fiberglass, but you do get aluminum ears. If you were to commission someone to accurately paint an ESB or ROTJ Fett helmet instead of doing it yourself, you'd be looking at about an additional $500 to $1000 depending on who you ask.

This is the exact kind of info I was after. I'm all for painting one myself. Actually, that's what I'd prefer. I've done a repaint on a cheapo helmet years ago, that I thought turned out pretty nice. That got replaced by the Hasbro helmet, but now I'd like to have something another step up.

There are so many floating around on the internet, I 1) don't want to bother with something equally inaccurate, and 2) don't want to support a recaster.

Thanks for the input!

 

[Halliwax]

I always hate detouring people from the site, but like canister mentioned the dented helmet is the place to go for all boba related

If you haven’t checked it out you really should it’s an amazing source of info and reference

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

Are the casts from the ‘Lava’ line ESB or ROTJ? I’ve had one for years but I don’t know when it was originally molded.

 

[drftfan]

I have a cast I recently found out has lineage. It is a raw casting and I am more than willing to let it go for a reasonable price. It has just been sitting in the closet for a few years. I never did anything with it. I picked up the EFX helmet recently and for me and my collection that is good enough.

 

[JGattonII]

Just throwing this out there... Rafalfett on TDH has created some amazing ESB templates to actually scratch build a Boba helmet. Actually in the middle of one (or three) myself.

 

[JGattonII]

I always hate detouring people from the site, but like canister mentioned the dented helmet is the place to go for all boba related

If you haven’t checked it out you really should it’s an amazing source of info and reference

TDH is still under the RPF umbrella, right?

 

[Halliwax]

TDH is still under the RPF umbrella, right?

Last I knew

 

[Malvakor]

If you're looking for ESB, it's kind of complicated. RS Propmasters and Machine Craft Repicas make the most accurate lineage ROTJ Special Edition castings, but they're not cheap. You'd have to do a lot of work to convert it back to ESB.

You can buy a Wasted Fugly kit from Viva Fett, which is a cleaned up ESB casting derived from the Machine Craft helmet.

Minutefett is also selling a lineage casting derived from the Machine Craft helmet. He recently started selling an updated version that he touts as the most accurate ESB casting. But the issue of recasting complicates things here. His previous version was on par with the Wasted Fugly, but the lineage of his new helmet seems sketchy to me.

Pretty much everything else out there is fan sculpts.

I think the EFX PCR helmet is the best budget friendly option for a complete ESB helmet. Unfortunately it's plastic instead of fiberglass, but you do get aluminum ears. If you were to commission someone to accurately paint an ESB or ROTJ Fett helmet instead of doing it yourself, you'd be looking at about an additional $500 to $1000 depending on who you ask.

Aren't the lineage castings from RS Propmasters and Machine Craft Replicas sold out?

 

[Halliwax]

Aren't the lineage castings from RS Propmasters and Machine Craft Replicas sold out?

Maybe by them but it seems like there are lineage helmets all over the place now. What generation cast you get is the question