Onigiri
Sr Member
Wow. In regards to this (now long closed) thread which was pointed out to me last night by another RPF member.
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=5083
I was the one that reworked that helmet, which is why there was a pile of reveal parts sitting next to it. That was my workbenchI should also add I had no idea that this thread existed until FP pointed it out to me but Ill tell you guys what I know.
As some of you know I used to live in Seattle and TE was a friend of mine. He had, in his possesion, this beat up nasty helmet and he asked me if I would clean it up for him. By beat up I mean it was a really nasty casting. It had all sorts of problems so I took it as a challenge. I was told it was for his personal Vader display project but was not given any 'origin' on the piece. As Matt was my friend and since there was no rush I said, "Ill see what I can do". I was not (am not) Gino or Sithlord so I did not know all the intricacies of what made Vader 'authentic' (this was around 2001/2002 IIRC) so I set about simply cleaning up this nasty helmet and making it 'look nice'. There was a LOT of bondo work, reshaping and sharpening done. As I was preparing to leave for Iraq TE said he needed the helmet back. I had planned on painting it up for him but was told that wasnt necessary so I slapped another coat of gray primer on the face. There was still bondo on the dome as I hadnt finished restoring that yet so I didnt re-prime the dome. I turned the helmet over to TE and headed off to Iraq and really didnt give it any more thought until last night.
Reading through that thread was interesting and a bit upsetting in that what I did for free for a friend for a 'display' was then sold/traded and became somewhat controversial but its nice to know my interpretation and work were at least appreciated by a few folks. All I know is that a friend asked me to clean up a pretty bad casting for a display and thats the helmet in the above linked thread. I dont want to wade in to the murky waters of assumption as to what the intentions were at the time I was asked in relation to the items later being offered for big money and later trade.
Hopefully this answers some if not all of your questions as to why this helmet looks so different: it was heavily re-worked/cleaned up and sharpened by yours truly.
On a bright note at least you guys got to see what I can do with a lot of bondo, sandpaper and some elbow grease.
EDIT: apparently the proposed run never went through but if it ever does I want one lol
As I can see from the initial thread apparently they (TE et al) were looking for big money for this helmet which I guess I should take as sort of a compliment ...I think.....
Im waiting to hear more. again, this isnt a 'woe is me' thread Im just stating my involvement in some work I did for free for a friends 'display' that seems to have ended up somewhat controversially.
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=5083
I was the one that reworked that helmet, which is why there was a pile of reveal parts sitting next to it. That was my workbenchI should also add I had no idea that this thread existed until FP pointed it out to me but Ill tell you guys what I know.
As some of you know I used to live in Seattle and TE was a friend of mine. He had, in his possesion, this beat up nasty helmet and he asked me if I would clean it up for him. By beat up I mean it was a really nasty casting. It had all sorts of problems so I took it as a challenge. I was told it was for his personal Vader display project but was not given any 'origin' on the piece. As Matt was my friend and since there was no rush I said, "Ill see what I can do". I was not (am not) Gino or Sithlord so I did not know all the intricacies of what made Vader 'authentic' (this was around 2001/2002 IIRC) so I set about simply cleaning up this nasty helmet and making it 'look nice'. There was a LOT of bondo work, reshaping and sharpening done. As I was preparing to leave for Iraq TE said he needed the helmet back. I had planned on painting it up for him but was told that wasnt necessary so I slapped another coat of gray primer on the face. There was still bondo on the dome as I hadnt finished restoring that yet so I didnt re-prime the dome. I turned the helmet over to TE and headed off to Iraq and really didnt give it any more thought until last night.
Reading through that thread was interesting and a bit upsetting in that what I did for free for a friend for a 'display' was then sold/traded and became somewhat controversial but its nice to know my interpretation and work were at least appreciated by a few folks. All I know is that a friend asked me to clean up a pretty bad casting for a display and thats the helmet in the above linked thread. I dont want to wade in to the murky waters of assumption as to what the intentions were at the time I was asked in relation to the items later being offered for big money and later trade.
Hopefully this answers some if not all of your questions as to why this helmet looks so different: it was heavily re-worked/cleaned up and sharpened by yours truly.
On a bright note at least you guys got to see what I can do with a lot of bondo, sandpaper and some elbow grease.
EDIT: apparently the proposed run never went through but if it ever does I want one lol
As I can see from the initial thread apparently they (TE et al) were looking for big money for this helmet which I guess I should take as sort of a compliment ...I think.....
Im waiting to hear more. again, this isnt a 'woe is me' thread Im just stating my involvement in some work I did for free for a friends 'display' that seems to have ended up somewhat controversially.
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