gonk27
Sr Member
You lucky gits... I'd pretty much kill to get a look around Elstree. .. (anyone try breaking into the Big Brother house?? :lol )
The facial details on that 3PO look softer than I'd have expected, I guess that's tricks of the light for ya, and can you remember if the mouth was solid or cut out? It looks solid to me from the photos, but if so how on earth did Anthony Daniels breath in it??
Thanks for sharing.
Jeremy
The facial details on that 3PO look softer than I'd have expected, I guess that's tricks of the light for ya, and can you remember if the mouth was solid or cut out? It looks solid to me from the photos, but if so how on earth did Anthony Daniels breath in it??
Thanks for sharing.
Jeremy
Boba Frett
Sr Member
Great pics , thanks for sharing :thumbsup
Thanks alot for the pics. Much apreciated.
So who do I have to kill to get into Elstree and play with their props.
Dan
DDStokes@aol.com
So who do I have to kill to get into Elstree and play with their props.
Dan
DDStokes@aol.com
Wow, interesting C-3PO head. There were chrome protocol droids in Phantom Menace (TC-14), ESB ("Echuta.") and ANH (U-3PO). Wonder which one this is?
gonk27
Sr Member
I've been wondering about this one.. It's a very interesting item but I'm not sure how long Anthony Daniels could have survived in there without an open mouth slot to breath through.
A very good point that I was told recently was that it could have been a test head, I think they went through quite a bit of R&D getting the costume right, so perhaps it's more a pre-production item rather than screen used? (willing to be proven wrong.)
Jeremy
A very good point that I was told recently was that it could have been a test head, I think they went through quite a bit of R&D getting the costume right, so perhaps it's more a pre-production item rather than screen used? (willing to be proven wrong.)
Jeremy
Star Wars Helmets
Sr Member
Excellent pics Baden - looks like you had a great day
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Jez
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Jez
voice in the crowd
Sr Member
Great pics. thanks for sharing.
Just food for thought - why would they have bothered plating the inside of the helmet when there is no need to?
Cheers Chris.
Just food for thought - why would they have bothered plating the inside of the helmet when there is no need to?
Cheers Chris.
gonk27
Sr Member
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I think that's just because pieces that are vac mettalised are suspended in the machine's chamber during the process which means every exposed surface can't help but get covered. They just didn't bother masking off the inside coz it didn't matter.
Jeremy
I think that's just because pieces that are vac mettalised are suspended in the machine's chamber during the process which means every exposed surface can't help but get covered. They just didn't bother masking off the inside coz it didn't matter.
Jeremy
voice in the crowd
Sr Member
<div class='quotetop'>(gonk27 @ Jun 24 2006, 11:06 AM) [snapback]1267182[/snapback]</div>
I think that's just because pieces that are vac mettalised are suspended in the machine's chamber during the process which means every exposed surface can't help but get covered. They just didn't bother masking off the inside coz it didn't matter.
Jeremy
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Hi Jeremy,
I was half joking when I wrote about the food for thought why was the inside plated but they really didn't need to plate the inside if they didn't want to.
I worked on evaporators and sputter tools for a fair few years and the way the material is deposited onto a surface is very much a controlled directional process. This has been plated on both sides intentionally possibly just to make sure that all the surfaces are covered like through the eye sockets and around the edges maybe it was to get a full coating to stop peeling at exposed areas as well. It has maybe been in an evaporator that has the ability to rotate the pieces during processing to get an even distribution of metal all over the entire piece. If they had only wanted one surface done the could easily have done that. The prime example of this is road sign mirrors for seeing round corners and compact discs that get the same type of vacuum process.
It may have been dipped but I wouldn't have thought so but on the other hand I wouldn't put a bet on it not being dipped without solid information.
Possibly this is a question for the Elstree guys about how they plated it.
You can see inside the faceplate at the bottom were the deposition is not on the helmet that is were it has been held. I can't see clearly on the cap piece.
Anyway vacuum metalising isn't quite as clumsy and random as a blaster
Cheers Chris.
I think that's just because pieces that are vac mettalised are suspended in the machine's chamber during the process which means every exposed surface can't help but get covered. They just didn't bother masking off the inside coz it didn't matter.
Jeremy
[/b][/quote]
Hi Jeremy,
I was half joking when I wrote about the food for thought why was the inside plated but they really didn't need to plate the inside if they didn't want to.
I worked on evaporators and sputter tools for a fair few years and the way the material is deposited onto a surface is very much a controlled directional process. This has been plated on both sides intentionally possibly just to make sure that all the surfaces are covered like through the eye sockets and around the edges maybe it was to get a full coating to stop peeling at exposed areas as well. It has maybe been in an evaporator that has the ability to rotate the pieces during processing to get an even distribution of metal all over the entire piece. If they had only wanted one surface done the could easily have done that. The prime example of this is road sign mirrors for seeing round corners and compact discs that get the same type of vacuum process.
It may have been dipped but I wouldn't have thought so but on the other hand I wouldn't put a bet on it not being dipped without solid information.
Possibly this is a question for the Elstree guys about how they plated it.
You can see inside the faceplate at the bottom were the deposition is not on the helmet that is were it has been held. I can't see clearly on the cap piece.
Anyway vacuum metalising isn't quite as clumsy and random as a blaster
Cheers Chris.
Jedi_Rainman
Well-Known Member
That rejected Luke is pretty neat. I have never seen or heard of that one before.
gonk27
Sr Member
<div class='quotetop'>(voice in the crowd @ Jun 24 2006, 01:22 PM) [snapback]1267228[/snapback]</div>
I think that's just because pieces that are vac mettalised are suspended in the machine's chamber during the process which means every exposed surface can't help but get covered. They just didn't bother masking off the inside coz it didn't matter.
Jeremy
[/b][/quote]
Hi Jeremy,
I was half joking when I wrote about the food for thought why was the inside plated but they really didn't need to plate the inside if they didn't want to.
I worked on evaporators and sputter tools for a fair few years and the way the material is deposited onto a surface is very much a controlled directional process. This has been plated on both sides intentionally possibly just to make sure that all the surfaces are covered like through the eye sockets and around the edges maybe it was to get a full coating to stop peeling at exposed areas as well. It has maybe been in an evaporator that has the ability to rotate the pieces during processing to get an even distribution of metal all over the entire piece. If they had only wanted one surface done the could easily have done that. The prime example of this is road sign mirrors for seeing round corners and compact discs that get the same type of vacuum process.
It may have been dipped but I wouldn't have thought so but on the other hand I wouldn't put a bet on it not being dipped without solid information.
Possibly this is a question for the Elstree guys about how they plated it.
You can see inside the faceplate at the bottom were the deposition is not on the helmet that is were it has been held. I can't see clearly on the cap piece.
Anyway vacuum metalising isn't quite as clumsy and random as a blaster
Cheers Chris.
[/b][/quote]
Aha, I see. Sounds like you certainly know your stuff Chris
Myself, I'm not very knowledgeable about these sort of things, (well not on this planet anyway.)
Jeremy
I think that's just because pieces that are vac mettalised are suspended in the machine's chamber during the process which means every exposed surface can't help but get covered. They just didn't bother masking off the inside coz it didn't matter.
Jeremy
[/b][/quote]
Hi Jeremy,
I was half joking when I wrote about the food for thought why was the inside plated but they really didn't need to plate the inside if they didn't want to.
I worked on evaporators and sputter tools for a fair few years and the way the material is deposited onto a surface is very much a controlled directional process. This has been plated on both sides intentionally possibly just to make sure that all the surfaces are covered like through the eye sockets and around the edges maybe it was to get a full coating to stop peeling at exposed areas as well. It has maybe been in an evaporator that has the ability to rotate the pieces during processing to get an even distribution of metal all over the entire piece. If they had only wanted one surface done the could easily have done that. The prime example of this is road sign mirrors for seeing round corners and compact discs that get the same type of vacuum process.
It may have been dipped but I wouldn't have thought so but on the other hand I wouldn't put a bet on it not being dipped without solid information.
Possibly this is a question for the Elstree guys about how they plated it.
You can see inside the faceplate at the bottom were the deposition is not on the helmet that is were it has been held. I can't see clearly on the cap piece.
Anyway vacuum metalising isn't quite as clumsy and random as a blaster
Cheers Chris.
[/b][/quote]
Aha, I see. Sounds like you certainly know your stuff Chris
Myself, I'm not very knowledgeable about these sort of things, (well not on this planet anyway.)
Jeremy
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