AJCG Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 This is the latest helmet I painted myself. It took me sometime to finished it but I had a blast painting this lid. This is not an idealized helmet, I tried to reproduce the imperfection of the original ones during the shooting of ESB. I wish the weathering would be more noticeable in the pictures. I used humbrol paints, Evo aerators and Mike's ESB decals. I hope you like it. Cheers A Photoshop preview Quote
TK-2074 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 That looks outstanding!!! Thanx man, I have just bought a new ANH helmet, and wanted to convert it to a ESB helmet. This is good info to guide me through the process TK-2074 out! Quote
Darth_Finger Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 Man that looks awesome I could never get tired I looking at stormtroopers. Quote
TKDUEUNO Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 Very good job!!! That's one of the finest ESB helmets out there! Quote
SuperTrooper Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 That's an amazing painting and weathering job you did. Quote
JoeR Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 Great paintjob, I love the rough, original, weathered look. Joe Quote
firebladejedi[TK] Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 I love the hdpe colour showing through, you have encapsulated the esb look well.... awesome job Quote
Guest DavetheDane Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 WOW!! What a beauty! You really nailed the ESB look! Quote
Jens[501st] Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 I will fall in Love with the Helmet ;-) Quote
AJCG Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Posted April 17, 2009 Thanks a lot guys for your kind words, I'm glad you like it . It took me some time to get it done with it but I'm very happy with the results, still I will love to get a more accurate neck trim, something closer to the ESB style. I would love to paint next one a TM lid, but I'm afraid I have to sell my T*E HDPE to fund my next project, still thinking about it. Cheers A Quote
troopermaster Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 Nice work Armando! I've been asked whether the trim on the ESB neck is the same as the brow, it's not. I know it looks like 'U' channel, but if you look closely where the ear caps touch the trim, you can see that it is actually 'S' channel, the same as all the other helmets made. I have not yet seen any original trooper helmet that uses brow trim on the neck. Just thought I'd point this out as there seems to be some confusion about the trims. Photos courtesy of Jez. Quote
SuperTrooper Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 Actually I've taken pictures of the inside of the same helmet. What you are seeing is the trim curving up with the helmet profile. Now the trim is uneven on the inside, so it's possible and likely that it was S trim with the inner lip cut off. Quote
firebladejedi[TK] Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 I aggre with Terrell here that the inner S trim section looks to be removed giving the trim a squarer U shape look to it. I have trimmed some S trim like that and it looks to be how the movie lids may have been done. The outcome was fairly similar. Quote
AJCG Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Posted April 17, 2009 Actually I've taken pictures of the inside of the same helmet. What you are seeing is the trim curving up with the helmet profile. Now the trim is uneven on the inside, so it's possible and likely that it was S trim with the inner lip cut off. Thanks a lot guys for sharing that info regarding the neck trim. You are probably right Terrell, I remember now that you and Scott took pictures of the real thing not long ago. Nice! Nice work Armando! I've been asked whether the trim on the ESB neck is the same as the brow, it's not. I know it looks like 'U' channel, but if you look closely where the ear caps touch the trim, you can see that it is actually 'S' channel, the same as all the other helmets made. I have not yet seen any original trooper helmet that uses brow trim on the neck. Just thought I'd point this out as there seems to be some confusion about the trims. Photos courtesy of Jez. Hey Paul thanks for your kind words... you are such a nice guy, always willing to help here to all the forums members. I will PM you later today whenever I finished at work. I aggre with Terrell here that the inner S trim section looks to be removed giving the trim a squarer U shape look to it. I have trimmed some S trim like that and it looks to be how the movie lids may have been done. The outcome was fairly similar. Good point Firebladejedi, I probably will try that thing you did. Thanks one more time. These are some other pictures I forgot to add last time. Cheers A Quote
JoeR Posted April 18, 2009 Report Posted April 18, 2009 I took a cross section cut of the S trim from my Jedi helmet. If anyone is interested I have scans of the piece..... Joe Quote
AJCG Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Posted April 18, 2009 I took a cross section cut of the S trim from my Jedi helmet. If anyone is interested I have scans of the piece..... Joe Hey Joe, I would love to see those scans whenever you got a chance . Thanks A Quote
troopermaster Posted April 18, 2009 Report Posted April 18, 2009 Terrell, Do you have any photos of the trim with the lip removed because it just looks like bog standard square 'S' profile trim to me? If you look at this photo below, the old spec SWR150 is close to what was used originally and the larger channel is fitted to the helmet and the thinner channel would be inside. Quote
SuperTrooper Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 Terrell, Do you have any photos of the trim with the lip removed because it just looks like bog standard square 'S' profile trim to me? Yes I do, but with photobucket compression I don't know how much would be seen. I'll play with it and see if I can crop it so it'll be clear. Quote
AJCG Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Posted April 19, 2009 Yes I do, but with photobucket compression I don't know how much would be seen. I'll play with it and see if I can crop it so it'll be clear. Thanks Terrell, I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to see those pictures . Cheers A Quote
AJCG Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Posted April 20, 2009 Here are the stock pictures: Wow, those pictures are magnificent, I think it is very clear to me now that they removed the inner bevel from the neck trim. Thanks Terrell Quote
troopermaster Posted April 20, 2009 Report Posted April 20, 2009 Thanks for those photos Terrell I can clearly see that one side of the channel has been trimmed off from the 'S' profile trim. Why they trimmed it makes no sence really? Quote
SuperTrooper Posted April 21, 2009 Report Posted April 21, 2009 I can clearly see that one side of the channel has been trimmed off from the 'S' profile trim. Why they trimmed it makes no sence really? Well the trim seems to be spot glued on. I know U channel stays on much better than S trim so maybe it was so it would stop trying to come off. But we may never know for sure. Next question is, is this done to any of the ANH helmets that are referenced? Quote
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