Rogue one death trooper helmet weathering and mods

[Flyscriber]

Hi folks.
Here's another little job I've had on the bench recently.
Its an Anovos Deathtrooper helmet from Rogue one.
It is great helmet, but the details on the nose are a little rounded and look sqidgy, as if the mold has been designed for quick release, and it just doesn't look square.
If we zoom in a bit, we can see the rounded feel of the edges. I have filed this as carefully as I can to try to bring everything into line, but it just doesn't look correct.
I have given it a preliminary shot of gunmetal over the original silver to make it a little less "black and white" but the grills below the louvres are all out of line. The filed areas just don't cut it. So I modelled a new version in cad to get some SLS prints done. I am going to remove all the front detail and replace it with new.

 

[Flyscriber]

So once I had received he printed front details I removed the front grill and lower louvres ready for the printed parts to go onto.
printed part shown next to the original. There is a little surface texture from the printing process, but with a little light sanding it came out great.
front detail carefully removed and flattened off.
replaced with the new printed version ready for filling and making good.
lower grill louvres replaced with plasticard to give the correct saw tooth finish to the details as seen in this reference image.
also note the weathering colours and surface scratches on this original used helmet. This will be replicated on the final finished repaint. Bear in mind that this is a full flash image and the pigments in the colours are luminous compared to natural light,

 

[Flyscriber]

so next is the range finder. The client wanted it to be removable, so I carefully peeled back the internal lining and padding to make enough space for some strong magnets. The client supplied a range finder from a Deathtrooper Bluetooth speaker, which is a one to one scale piece. The mating surfaces were a little out of line so I had to remake the mating surfaces (where it fits to the helmet) and install magnets for attaching the range finder.
The range finder fitted with a lot of sanding and filling to bring the surfaces into line, and remove the nasty orange peel paint effect.
So now I have a much nicer front grill assembly and a removable range finder.
Next comes the weathering and final paint. More soon folks. Cheers

 

[Flyscriber]

next stage is here, some weathering and tons of surface scratching.
The silver areas are all repainted with two gun metal shades, the surface was individually scratched and made to have some kind of history.
The range finder has been knocked back to a satin finish to match the ring around the helmet and weathered. also a small panel has been added to the front face of the range finder to match the references.
Masked and ready for the gun metal and silver, topped off with a few layers of weathering in greys and brown greys.
This is a close up of the weathering, you can see how the pigments jump out from the black in bright light. In reality they are a lot more subtle, just like the reference images.
Almost there in this image, the front is knocked back and detailed with the scratches and recesses enhanced with the lighter weathering colours.
So here we have the surface scratched version, all weathered up and looking mean. Range finder is fitted with its new panel and airbrushing. Paint chips are all done now.

 

[Flyscriber]

So here are a few shots of the finished thing.


and a video if your interested.

I have a few of these 3d printed face details available
If anyone would like one please check out the junkyard or pm me.

Thanks everyone

 

[gizmo]

Love this helmet and you've taken it to the next level. Nice work.


Ben