Was it just the difference in lighting?

[BoomerTrooper]

I'm in the process of putting together everything for my third helmet build and I plan to make this one an ESB version.  The other two are ANH and I thought it would make a good contrast for my display wall (posted below)  In an effort to get the paint right, I've been doing a lot of research about ESB paint schemes vs. ANH.  From what I've read, the traps and tears are the same gray, but almost every photo that I've seen it looks like the ESB helmet traps and tears are almost a light blue-ish.

 

I'm sure that's not right, which is why I asked the question in my subject line.  Am I crazy or does anyone else see the same thing I do?  I just want to get it right.

 

Light Blue?

 

[Nagedzi[TK]]

Just remember that the traps, tears and tube stripes on ESB helmets are stickers. They are not painted on. Maybe see if the vendor you bought your kit from has a sticker set?

[Nagedzi[TK]]

Look here to reference screen-used helmets and the colour of the stickers: http://www.starwarshelmets.com/original-ESB-stormtrooper-armor-helmets.htm

[The5thHorseman[501st]]

Here you go:

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/28806-silkscreened-style-esb-helmet-decals/

[BoomerTrooper]

Yeah, I realized after I posted that I alluded to them being painted and I should have known that they were stickers.  I'll use the links that you all provided (thank you, BTW).  But do the stickers look blue-ish?

[CRISTONAMO]

They used vinyl stickers and the gray was a lighter shade

[Nagedzi[TK]]

In the Star Wars Helmets link, you can see the decals right next to the painted ear detail in order to compare the two colours. I would say the sticker grey colour is a little cooler than the paint, but not exactly blue.

[Polar]

I love how your buckets are on the wall! 

[firebladejedi[TK]]

Anyone who thinks the decals on ESB helmets are blue must be living in 1999.. It's just lighting and filters on the cameras..

[Nicky]

...so what happened in 1999?

[Polar]

he was gonna party like it was 1999?

[Daetrin[Admin]]

LOL - Mark has the right of it.

[bpoodoo]

The ESB CRL does have an allowance for the color to be ANH gray or slightly bluer than ANH gray.  Whichever you choose, be sure the paint color you use on the ears matches those of the decals.

[keith]

Lets see those wall mounts. They look great!

Did you make those yourself?

 

Keith.

[bpoodoo]

Old post I know, but some new reference photos of screen-used helmets of both ANH Hero and ESB Stunt helmets are available in the book "Star wars, les objets du mythe (French)" by Patrice Girod and Arnaud Grunberg.  Mr. Grunberg owns an extensive collection of props from the Star Wars saga photographed for the book.  In it, the slightly bluish color of the traps and tears in the ESB decals is clearly evident.  It differs from the "ANH gray" paint color on the ANH Hero.  The ear rank bar of the ESB helmet is ANH gray and differs from the bluish color of the ESB tear/trap decal color.  So, it's not the lighting using by Kershner in ESB that gives rise to the different hue of those decals.  It's a different color.  Photographs were uploaded from the book to another forum, but the authors asked they be taken down, so unfortunately I can't post the pictures here.