Wow - some of those look very like what I see in my 1st picture, very close.
There really is no point in debating this as its a known fact. 100% they were machined for the productions. I've seen the actual machine drawings (which were hand sketched and among tons of other metal bits for other costumes made for the production as well).
The tusks are different in each OT film, and for ROTS, fan replicas were sourced and used in the film.
The dark is just paint.
Thank you for this. It wasn't known to me, but it's cool to know that they had a bunch of stuff machined. Since the Michell parts, Dental parts, etc. were found/got in bulk its hard to remember they also did this. ESB DL-44 flash hiders were knurled and made for filming too!
the last of those close-ups actually looks like the "tusk" area doesn't protrude as much, maybe it's an optical illusion?
Begs the same question then - why paint one & not the other?The dark is just paint.
That always looked like reflected light to me (he has such a shiny helmet...) - but checking other pictures I can see what you mean - does explain this well. Thanks.Because the helmet was painted asymmetrically. The black tusk is on the black cheek side and the silver tusk is on the silver/gunmetal cheek side.
I don’t see one tusk shorter than the other.
There really is no point in debating this as its a known fact. 100% they were machined for the productions. I've seen the actual machine drawings (which were hand sketched and among tons of other metal bits for other costumes made for the production as well).
The tusks are different in each OT film, and for ROTS, fan replicas were sourced and used in the film.
To GINO you listen.