However the head/helmet is not from the Airfix Harrier pilot.
Not sure if the helmet was kitbashed or not however the one i have (2nd gen casting of an original ILM pilot), looks to be hand sculpted.
However the head/helmet is not from the Airfix Harrier pilot.
Not sure if the helmet was kitbashed or not however the one i have (2nd gen casting of an original ILM pilot), looks to be hand sculpted.
Dont think so, the original carving and details is pretty rough and seems to be handmade and it's out of shape.
I think they used McQuarrie's concept drawing of the X-Wing pilot and recreate it because it's a 100% match. The guys in Pinewood decided to use an heli helmet as a plug for the prop at some point and ILM did not bother to make another pilot.
It's a bit of a shame after all the work I put into the CG model, but that was, in many ways, an end in it's own. Besides, I might make the files available open source through a Creative Commons license, haven't decided yet.