What would you do?

[Spoox]

I want to start on my Commander Keller costume for Celebration 4. I already have a finished clone armor and I also have a very nice beehive (airborne) helmet. Now in the comic it looks like the front is flat. Do you think it was intentional? or just a mistake from the artist? I could saw off the front but I have no idea what products to use to sculpt it so it looks flat.

What would you do? Saw it off and make it look flat? or keep the original Beehive as is?

Here is a pic of Keller:

Here a picture of the beehive I currently have:

ANy advice and/or input is welcome

Oh and my beehive is made out of plastic.

 

[defyitall]

The comic panel looks to me like an airborne helment with "mic tips" placed on either side of the front grill.

 

[DrMaul]

If you wanted to replicate that comic illustration, I think you'd have to do more than just "saw it off flat"...it looks like the cheek tubes project forward with much less of a curve (stormtrooper style) compared with the beehive tubes which curve around in a near-perfect circle. I imagine that the cross-section you'd get if you cut the front off would be much wider because of this than what you see in the comic. Not saying you should cut it, but you might find you need to remove a sector rather than a segment (which means the face wouldn't be flat) if you wanted to get the shape seen in the comic version.

 

[shortimer52]

Thought someone did one already at CT.net.

 

[BLAST]

I vote just add mic tips and don't risk ruining such a nice helmet. Comics change the look of characters in every panel usually, it'll drive ya crazy trying to replicate stuff from one.

 

[Darth Movado]

Dont' ruin that helmet. Keep it as a beehive and you will no doubt impress.

Movado

 

[Spoox]

I know of one person at CT.net that has a Keller helmet but it is left original. I might just do that as well. I am pretty scared to mess up my beauty hehe.
Thanks for the input guys.

 

[SethB6025]

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I vote just add mic tips and don't risk ruining such a nice helmet. Comics change the look of characters in every panel usually, it'll drive ya crazy trying to replicate stuff from one.
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Copy that.