Sano
Well-Known Member
Hey Prop Fam!
I've been here for a long time but have the feeling that I'm not ver active, more an active reader. Today I want to change that by showing off my current work on the Realistic Style Commander Pyre. The goal is to be as close to the references as possible, however since the original reference is an animated character, some parts will change, where I use the Black Series figure as reference.
But first some personal talk about this, as there is a deeper story behind that. Besides a gold chromed Stormtrooper of course haha
I am a huge Fan of Mr. Liam McIntyte, in particular his role as Spartacus in the series, he is such a nice guy and when I found out that he voiced him, I NEEDED to do that costume. When we first back in 2013 and I had the luck to talk to him for like 30 minutes behind the stage. He told me there how much he’d love to do something for Star Wars. Which happened and I am really happy for him. Liam is definetly one of the nicest celebrities I ever met, he is super down to earth and just an amazing human being. Over the next years I always met him there, took pictures with him and just had amazing conversations about life, geek stuff etc. I even got the Screen Used Sword Prop he used in the Series.
So last year I contacted him, if he’d like to see the costume project, he was amazed and wanted to see it. And well. He supports it with video messages. Like. WHAAAAT!
In all seriousness, I’m hyped, super happy and super motivated to get this costume done.
The helmet:
I used a Phoenix Props TFA style helmet as a base, got it painted in gloss black and got it gold chromed in the UK.
The problem I have is mixed ref. In the animated series, Pyre has black bands around the helmet, but theres no black brow present (also not at the normal TFA TKs) .
The realistic HASBRO figure has NO black brow and NO black bands. So thats kinda .. mixed. I actually like it with the black details as it gives more contrast. There's also a YouTube video of the making, including Liams message.
I didn't took many pictures when I made the helmet but I have a YouTube video showing the final stages.
I'd appreciate a like there
I've been here for a long time but have the feeling that I'm not ver active, more an active reader. Today I want to change that by showing off my current work on the Realistic Style Commander Pyre. The goal is to be as close to the references as possible, however since the original reference is an animated character, some parts will change, where I use the Black Series figure as reference.
But first some personal talk about this, as there is a deeper story behind that. Besides a gold chromed Stormtrooper of course haha
I am a huge Fan of Mr. Liam McIntyte, in particular his role as Spartacus in the series, he is such a nice guy and when I found out that he voiced him, I NEEDED to do that costume. When we first back in 2013 and I had the luck to talk to him for like 30 minutes behind the stage. He told me there how much he’d love to do something for Star Wars. Which happened and I am really happy for him. Liam is definetly one of the nicest celebrities I ever met, he is super down to earth and just an amazing human being. Over the next years I always met him there, took pictures with him and just had amazing conversations about life, geek stuff etc. I even got the Screen Used Sword Prop he used in the Series.
So last year I contacted him, if he’d like to see the costume project, he was amazed and wanted to see it. And well. He supports it with video messages. Like. WHAAAAT!
The helmet:
I used a Phoenix Props TFA style helmet as a base, got it painted in gloss black and got it gold chromed in the UK.
The problem I have is mixed ref. In the animated series, Pyre has black bands around the helmet, but theres no black brow present (also not at the normal TFA TKs) .
The realistic HASBRO figure has NO black brow and NO black bands. So thats kinda .. mixed. I actually like it with the black details as it gives more contrast. There's also a YouTube video of the making, including Liams message.
I didn't took many pictures when I made the helmet but I have a YouTube video showing the final stages.
I'd appreciate a like there