Original ESB Walker Pilot Helmet
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Star Wars Helmets
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Tambo Fett
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Thank you for sharing this...not sure if I'm going to re-paint mine, but I love the Grey look.
JBReplicas
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I've been tinkering with the idea, but I have to say I love the white look ha ha
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Star Wars Helmets
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Well here's my WIP. I tried a number of Automotive grey's and this was the lightest shade I could find and frim what I can tell the closest match. However without putting it together with the original I could actually be a long way off.
The decals are only temps to help illustrate and I'm not happy with the finish (not the grey piping and tusks) but its a start. That mohawk's gotta go too!
Cheers
Jez
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Well here's my WIP....
Wow... nice work mate :thumbsup
Now all you have to do is rework the mowhawk, drive over to Dom's place and (ahem...) create a diversion.
"Bloody 'eck! There's a flying saucer right over your garden shed!" and then ... pick up the wrong helmet by mistake :love
Of course I'm only kidding, but you certainly have moved one step closer to having a super-accurate replica AT-AT Driver helmet!
Cheers,
John
Star Wars Helmets
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Damn it John - you've just blown my plan - I was going to do a kind of Ocean's 11 on him, flashes, explosions, SWAT teams the lot. I'll have to think of something else now!
renzaijh - the helmet is an SDS hence the mohawk's gotta go. Dan's doing me a replacement which I'll swap over. Ive also got a complete DL AT-AT with Armour too but want to be sure on colours before I start that.
Cheers
Jez
Well here's my WIP. I tried a number of Automotive grey's and this was the lightest shade I could find and frim what I can tell the closest match. However without putting it together with the original I could actually be a long way off.
The decals are only temps to help illustrate and I'm not happy with the finish (not the grey piping and tusks) but its a start. That mohawk's gotta go too!
Cheers
Jez
JEZ
Lookin' really good so far!
Darth Niob
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Looks white for me too.
JBReplicas
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Damn it, it looks white to me too, do we know how many AT-AT pilots there were made, if memory serves the 2 piloting Veers' AT-AT had red stripes on their mohawks?
You can see a RFT in the background.....it doesn't look like the same shade to me?
As for the side disc, could it not be from something more reflictive?
Does paint leach over time. Making the black ABS leach into the paint used?
With the pic posted...it looks rather over exposed. Not to mention that the subject being photographed is way over lit.
On the other hand...the asprin bottle on the back seems to be the same color as Jez's paint job. Also, look at the hose at the front center...that is a lighter gray than the asprin bottle. Pay attention to the thingy that the hose connects into. We all know that's black...but in the pic it looks dark gray.
The other thought that I had was this. These were black buckets that had to be painted white. You ever try to paint over a dark color with a light one? There would have to be so much paint on these to get a "white" that the paint should be gloppy and the details softened. So, these may be gray due to the black bleeding through natrually.
Just thinking outloud.
Shawn
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