Redoing my old ANH Stormtrooper helmet

[theorder]

Hello guys, my first post over here

 

Back in 2012 I decided I wanted to build a Stormtrooper helmet, ANH style. I did it for a school project with a deadline, so I rushed it a little.

Its based off the pepakura file from SpaceCowboy. With the typical Resin/fiberglass/bondo technique I achieved an okay-ish helmet. I even made a mold and casted some helmets to give to friends etc.

You can check my progress back then here (please ignore the 9gag watermark. I posted it there and lost the file over the years. Only place I found it again )

 

http://i.imgur.com/B6267za.jpg

 

 

So 3 years later now I decided to redo the helmet. I took a finished cast, stripped all the paint and stickers (I painted the helmet black and then chrome, put stickers on it etc.).

Then again the typical bondo/sanding procedure.

The photos are in chronological order.

 

    

 

 

 

 

Here I marked everything I have to do besides general smoothness and proportions.

• Completely remove and remodel/reattach the ears + maybe 3D print the antenna

• Fill and re-cut the rectangles/tears

• Vocoder completely new + Mic tip (maybe 3d printed too) holes

• Eye shape

• Frown

 

Here I cut out some areas in order to redo them. 

 

 

And here's what I have so far. I dont have much time at the moment, so updates will take a while

 

  

 

 

I appreciate any comments, criticism and tips and tricks !

 

Thank you!

Edited March 6, 2016 by theorder

[C0bra_M3nace]

Very cool. Is this just a project for fun, or do you plan on making it a display piece?

[theorder]

Very cool. Is this just a project for fun, or do you plan on making it a display piece?

Thanks for the answer. 

 

I will do it as accurately as I can. My goal is to get it 501st approved, but that's a loooong way

[C0bra_M3nace]

Thanks for the answer.

 

I will do it as accurately as I can. My goal is to get it 501st approved, but that's a loooong way

I'll be pretty honest, you get helmets with almost every TK armour kits. The work you'd have to do to get it approved; you're probably better off getting a helmet with a kit and leaving this as a project.

 

The ears would need to be separate pieces, preferably with small gaps. Etc.

 

Just my two cents. There's nothing stopping you from trying though! Pep is a difficult thing to do properly! I admire that you've even got this far with it!

Edited March 7, 2016 by C0bra_M3nace

[theorder]

I'll be pretty honest, you get helmets with almost every TK armour kits. The work you'd have to do to get it approved; you're probably better off getting a helmet with a kit and leaving this as a project.

 

The ears would need to be separate pieces, preferably with small gaps. Etc.

 

Just my two cents. There's nothing stopping you from trying though! Pep is a difficult thing to do properly! I admire that you've even got this far with it!

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

Iam very aware that it would be waaaaay cheaper just buying a bucket... I like to build things, and this was my first ever piece i built and redoing it is kind of what I really want to do

 

Do the ears NEED to be seperate? I planned to put them on permanently and cut off some screw heads to put them in the ears to achieve the 'screwed on' look...

[C0bra_M3nace]

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

Iam very aware that it would be waaaaay cheaper just buying a bucket... I like to build things, and this was my first ever piece i built and redoing it is kind of what I really want to do

 

Do the ears NEED to be seperate? I planned to put them on permanently and cut off some screw heads to put them in the ears to achieve the 'screwed on' look...

As far as I know, yeah, the ears do need to be separate or appear separate.

 

I'm sure someone will chime in to correct me if I'm wrong but a fellow trooper has a very nice resin helmet that is not approvable because it's a one piece mold. Makes a wicked display piece though.

 

But my goodness don't stop doing this! I just wanted to throw out there that if you're planning on going 501st; you'll want a TK kit from AP or RSProps or others. You'll get a helmet from those kits and it will be much less work to get it 501st. It will be plastic as well and you'll have less of a chance to drop it and crack the bondo or worse.

 

Again! Don't stop! I love watching pep files grow into awesome looking pieces. I wish I had the talent to do it. I've tried, and failed miserably.

Edited March 7, 2016 by C0bra_M3nace

[ask382]

looks like you have your work cut out for you there

 

but keep it up