I have had a long fascination with snowtroopers. Kind of ironic seeing how I hate the cold. Born and raised in Connecticut and moved to sunny Florida when I was 20.
This is my favorite of the trooper helmets.
Any way. So far, all of my builds have been as close as possible to film accurate, and I would like to keep this build the same. I have seen a few helmet kits but they are all symmetrical and uniform. I believe a scratch build is the way to go.
These are photos taken by a fellow astromech.com member that was gracious enough to allow me to share.
Photos by DBOZ .
As you can see, this helmet is uneven and sloppy. Just the way I like it :rolleyes
Also looks easy enough to scratch build. My plan is to use vacuformed party hats and 1/2mm styrene sheets to reach the 1 1/2 mm thickness. I'm not completely sold on the party hats as of yet. I'm also looking at plastic army helmets.
These are the dimensions of the finished cuts
These photos were found on Google and do not belong to me. Only used as a reference
You can get small sheets of 1/2 mm and other thickness sheets from Buystyrene.com
I use this site for all my styrene because they are reasonably priced and ship fast.
Styrene is really easy to work with and very forgiving. I'm also using weldon 16 for the adhesive. I don't have the dimensions for the boxes or cubes on the back side of the helmet. If anyone has these, please share .
This is an open invite for anyone interested. Also, an open invitation to share advise or better alternatives
Looking forward to replies and suggestions
This is my favorite of the trooper helmets.
Any way. So far, all of my builds have been as close as possible to film accurate, and I would like to keep this build the same. I have seen a few helmet kits but they are all symmetrical and uniform. I believe a scratch build is the way to go.
These are photos taken by a fellow astromech.com member that was gracious enough to allow me to share.
Photos by DBOZ .
As you can see, this helmet is uneven and sloppy. Just the way I like it :rolleyes
Also looks easy enough to scratch build. My plan is to use vacuformed party hats and 1/2mm styrene sheets to reach the 1 1/2 mm thickness. I'm not completely sold on the party hats as of yet. I'm also looking at plastic army helmets.
These are the dimensions of the finished cuts
These photos were found on Google and do not belong to me. Only used as a reference
You can get small sheets of 1/2 mm and other thickness sheets from Buystyrene.com
I use this site for all my styrene because they are reasonably priced and ship fast.
Styrene is really easy to work with and very forgiving. I'm also using weldon 16 for the adhesive. I don't have the dimensions for the boxes or cubes on the back side of the helmet. If anyone has these, please share .
This is an open invite for anyone interested. Also, an open invitation to share advise or better alternatives
Looking forward to replies and suggestions
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