ear thickness

[stormtrooper_build]

hi guys.

 

i am busy putting a stormtrooper helmet together. i have trimmed down the left ear and was wondering do you think the ear is just the right thickness or do i need to take some more off.

 

thanks in advance guys...........

 

[Locitus[Admin]]

I think it's a little bit on the thick side, but there are plenty of helmets in the legion with thicker ears than that so if you're happy with it I say you should stick with it.

[Sonnenschein]

You have to shave more off. See http://starwarshelmets.com/ for reference

[stormtrooper_build]

i was thinking they should be a bit thinner. they do take some time to trim down incase you make any mistakes.

[Locitus[Admin]]

You're not going to be punished for trimming them thinner, but it can be nerve wrecking to some.

[stormtrooper_build]

i spent a few hours last night trimming off the 1cm i did. what makes it harder is the back part of the helmet is a few mm further out than the inner part. so the two sides of the ear peace are cut at 2 different levels from each other. if you get what i mean. also you have 3 curves to follow. the 2 sides of the ear peace going down and the top also has to follow the circumference of the helmet.

 

bit of a headache it is at first when starting to trim.

[Locitus[Admin]]

Yeah, the ears are the worst part!

[stormtrooper_build]

so in your opinion mathias should i thinning them down a bit.

[Locitus[Admin]]

Yes. But only if you feel comfortable with that. I don't want you to risk "ruining" your helmet if the ears didn't turn out as you'd like.

[stormtrooper_build]

well i have only done one ear as of yet so the risk isn't over yet.

[Locitus[Admin]]

Good luck!

[troopermaster]

You can trim the front facing side of the ear caps and leave the backs, so they kind of tilt inwards instead of being parallel. That's what I do anyway.

[JoeR]

I think they look much better the way TM stated above.

 

Someone did a before and after shot of a TM with the ears trimmed more at the front and they looked so much better. In fact wasn't that you Mathias?

[Locitus[Admin]]

I think they look much better the way TM stated above.

 

Someone did a before and after shot of a TM with the ears trimmed more at the front and they looked so much better. In fact wasn't that you Mathias?

Nope, I had my helmet pre-built by Paul when I ordered my kit.

 

Sounds like we should try to find that tutorial though.

[LadyInWhite[TK]]

Keith, you've done such a great job getting the edges flush so far - I have faith in your skill to trim a tiny bit more off and still have it be even more perfect.

 

The ears don't quite line up so it's a little tweak here, tweak there... best you can...

[stormtrooper_build]

well the other ear isn't going as well at the moment as i would like. it is very hard to repeat what was done on one side and do it again in reverse on the other.

the issue i have is the other side of the helmet were the 2 half's of the helmet join together. they don't fit very snug together which gives a bigger gap between the 2 half's on this side than it does on the other.

i don't know if all Paul's ear pulls are all the same but the right ear is shorter than the left is.

[Horrendous]

Ugh... I'm doing ears on my build at the moment.. pain in the butt

 

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