TE2 ANH Stormtrooper Helmet (Tantive IV)

[AJCG]

This is my first thread here on the RPF. I had my account open for a while but I really did not post anything. I got this kit almost a year a go and after some time working on it on and off I decided to show the final results on this forum.
For this helmet I tried to replicate the "used" look of the Tantive IV stormtroopers. Everything is hand painted , no stickers of any kind. There few things I could improve but overall I am happy with the results.

Thanks fo looking

A

 

[Kenobi]

Awesome work Armando:thumbsup

 

[firebladejedi]

I have said it before, and i'll say it again - this is an amazing repro stormtrooper helmet Armando

 

[jedimaster]

Looks great nice one.

 

[AJCG]

Awesome work Armando:thumbsup

Thank you Scott. Nice to see you around here too.

 

[AJCG]

I have said it before, and i'll say it again - this is an amazing repro stormtrooper helmet Armando

Cheers Mark!:cheers Thanks a lot for your support SIR

A

 

[Apollo]

Yep that's a keeper!

Awesome work Bro!

 

[Stormy320]

That looks superb!

How did you do those fine black marks? Newspaper?

 

[HAL9000]

Looks great

 

[LHZ]

The quality of the helmet as well as the quality of the photos are superb!

:thumbsup

 

[kurtyboy]

Looks like it's been kicked round the floor of the Tantive IV set. Looks excellent.

The quality of the helmet as well as the quality of the photos are superb!

:thumbsup

 

[Stilgar]

That is a sweet lookin' paintjob!
Well done! :thumbsup

 

[clancampbell]

I love it!!!! Made me want to watch SW again!!!!

 

[RoCKo]

I once again bow down for your painting skills, Armando!
One of the best paintjobs i´ve seen so far! Thanks for sharing! thumbsup

 

[xmr1]

one of the, if the, best i've ever seen!

 

[Clutch]

That helmet looks fantastic. But I think you scuffed it up WAY too much.

 

[Shade88]

Oh my... That looks great. Very good first thread! :thumbsup

 

[illbethere1]

Always see the typical oncreen weathering on troopers.

I prefer the actual studio heavily used up look you chose. Nice work.

 

[KingJawa]

Nice work, I always like a "beat up" looking bucket.

 

[AJCG]

Hey Gents, thanks for your very kind kind words :cheers. I trully appreciate it . I know is not easy to come out with a convincing beat look and please everybody. Sometimes it feels much or sometimes feel a bit short in details. I have been doing researches about the beat up look and most of the people goes for the "aged" look what is fine with me; that is the reason why I picked the "used" look resembling the way the helmets looked at the end of the shooting of ANH
Related the fine marks I read before somewhere about the newspaper technique. I gave it a try a while back ago and results are not very convincing to me. For this helmet I used different pieces of brow and neck rubber trim so I can recreate differents strokes. I aso used charcoal on some of the edges.
With this technique I found way more control than the newspaper one and if you are unhappy with the results is very easy to remove the scurfs and go back to the mint look.

Again thank you very much for looking and your great feedback.
Cheers

A