Beautiful. 
A New Hope blast shield helmet .
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Well, I'm finally happy with my right hand comet graphic , but as there are no good screengrabs of the other side ( from new hope) I'm just going to have to guesstimate the left one .
I still feel my face shield needs to be further out at the very top edge, the more you compare to screengrabs, the harder it gets !!!!
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I still feel my face shield needs to be further out at the very top edge, the more you compare to screengrabs, the harder it gets !!!!
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These are the best I can give ya...
http://caps.pictures/197/7-starwars4/full/star-wars4-movie-screencaps.com-7193.jpg
http://caps.pictures/197/7-starwars4/full/star-wars4-movie-screencaps.com-7221.jpg
http://caps.pictures/197/7-starwars4/full/star-wars4-movie-screencaps.com-7222.jpg
I won't embed them as the site tends to reduce the images.
http://caps.pictures/197/7-starwars4/full/star-wars4-movie-screencaps.com-7193.jpg
http://caps.pictures/197/7-starwars4/full/star-wars4-movie-screencaps.com-7221.jpg
http://caps.pictures/197/7-starwars4/full/star-wars4-movie-screencaps.com-7222.jpg
I won't embed them as the site tends to reduce the images.
looks great. I love the velcro attachment on the side. great idea.
are you lining the helmet at all?
are you lining the helmet at all?
At the moment it's got a stormtrooper style cloverleaf foam inside it , but I'll probably make something more "solid" as a lining , it needs to fit like in the movie...place on head , stay located ... all I need is Alec Guinness to place it there ...
It almost looks like the left side was done by a different artist ... thanks for the hi res pics , I'll try my best to duplicate it , including the different position on the crescent .
At the moment I'm trying to work out the exact size of the black knobs, I tried 12 mm diameter and they look too small , so,I've ordered some 18 mm rod to try that .
These are 12mm greeblies, obviously too narrow compared to screenshots.
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Finished the painting of the second comet . Still looking for the courage to start weathering !!!
The blast shield has been slightly re designed, but I haven't got one from the vac formers yet .
More plastic is ordered for the side knobs , hope I've got the right size this time .
Thanks for all the encouraging comments guys.
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Peep Williams
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Very jealous, this has been on my prop bucket list for a long time. I've always thought this helmet was more iconic than even the Rebel Pilot's helmets.
Watching with interest. I've gotta find me a rebel helmet kit so I can have a go.
Watching with interest. I've gotta find me a rebel helmet kit so I can have a go.
For now, I'm calling this finished .
I'm moderately happy with my paint job , I tried to copy the comets on the forehead from the screen caps, not overly accurate but a definite nod in the right direction . Good enough not to re paint , but if I were doing it again I'd try harder !
The original had weathering by airbrush , but I don't have one so had to resort to sponge and watered down acrylics.
I tried to copy the screen caps for weathering , the dark line up the left cheek and the black smear on the left top Mohawk , but generally just stippled it on and and wiped it off .
As to the blast shield, I'm definitely going to modify my mould for that , it's about ten mm too long and not wide enough at the bottom ...but that will have to wait a few weeks .
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I'm moderately happy with my paint job , I tried to copy the comets on the forehead from the screen caps, not overly accurate but a definite nod in the right direction . Good enough not to re paint , but if I were doing it again I'd try harder !
The original had weathering by airbrush , but I don't have one so had to resort to sponge and watered down acrylics.
I tried to copy the screen caps for weathering , the dark line up the left cheek and the black smear on the left top Mohawk , but generally just stippled it on and and wiped it off .
As to the blast shield, I'm definitely going to modify my mould for that , it's about ten mm too long and not wide enough at the bottom ...but that will have to wait a few weeks .
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A few thanks....
Thanks to Rob and Simon from RS Propmasters for the screen accurate helmet casts , thanks to Colin at Ninemeister for using his lathe to cut down my plastic greeblies , and thanks to Sue my wife for putting up with yet another Star Wars project in the house !!
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It looks fantastic! You pretty much have to make a training remote now.
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Yep...training remote is in the wish list . I may buy two e.m.a. Hemis and try to 3d print the greeblies. I remember someone on here doing the 3d files ...I'll have to search around .
I finally dug up the pictures I have of the prototype X-wing helmet. I still can't help but wonder if this visor and the blast shield were done at the same time, or maybe even the latter a modification of the mold for the former...
Thanks to Jez for the ones I got off his page. The others I can't remember where I scrounged them up. It was years ago...
Thanks to Jez for the ones I got off his page. The others I can't remember where I scrounged them up. It was years ago...
Forgive the necro post, but thank you for posting these pics. I'm starting my own helmet and while I've found several Identities photos previously, these are far better.
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