Kanan Jarrus's Loth Cat Rebels TK Helmet

[KananJarrusDressedAsATK]

Even though this is unconventional, other members of the forum requested I place a work in progress thread here.

 

Greetings everyone, I am working on a particular Rebels TK helmet seen in the Season Episode 2 episode "The Call." In similar style to Ezra's more famous scout trooper version, Kanan's TK is painted by Sabine to resemble an angry Loth Cat. I originally did this with a black series Mandalorian Inferno Trooper Black Series Helmet. I wanted to recreate this with a proper screen accurate version. The goal is to try to get it approved as a formal accessory with the Rebel Legion (I am already an approved Season 1 Kanan). I am following the 501st CRL as closely as possible.

 

I started with a resin rebels TK helmet from Walt's Trooper Factory. I spent some time with filler primer and bondo spot putty cleaning up the helmet. I then used cheap brush on acrylic craft paint with some sanding and steel wool buffing to get a smooth gray finish. I let some of the filler primer poke through to approximate the subtle grey weathering. I focused mostly on the back since the front will be painted like the Loth Cat.

 

After I was happy with that I started to work on the Loth Cat. There is a really good reference photo from some original asset sketches. I taped off the forehead black strip and I taped off what would end up as the Loth Cat "Smile"I only used raw sienna paint mixed with pure titanium white and pure black. It starts with an ombre from white to dark all with different mixes of the raw sienna with white. I then painted on the blackmarks which are black mixed with a little bit of the sienna paint.

 

 

I pulled off the tape then started working on the Mic tips. Ideally I would have added the mic tips first but I had to 3d print them. I couldn't find an stl for the mic tips so I made my own with TinkerCad. I painted them with Filler primary and glued them in place. I made them with big circles attached so that they would be easier to place and center. Here is the file I made : WTF REBTK MIC TIPS.stl

 

Next steps are to do some touch ups (painting the mic tips, the underside, etc), paint on the "smile," dry brush on some darker paint in a few places, add the lenses, work in a little padding so the helmet will sit still, and perhaps working in a small fan. I will update the thread.

 

 

Edited July 28 by KananJarrusDressedAsATK

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Nice work so far

[zv288bot[TK]]

Looks awesome. Just curious, did the helmet not come with mic tips? You did a great job recreating them as well.