firebladejedi[TK] Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 I got this helmet kit from my good friend Rolf aka TD 252 a while back and have finally got around to finishing it in ESB style. I had a bit of help from my other good buddy StukaTrooper aka Pete, thank you very much and ps it was nice to see your clone progress.. that is going to look totally awesome Anyway back to the helmet, i finished this using ESB decals from Mike TK 4510 and Keiths hovi mic tips replica's and painted the frown and vocoder satin black. The inside is finished in the usual sparce fashion with star shaped foam, green welders lens and elastic chin strap.. Quote
firebladejedi[TK] Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Posted August 18, 2009 Here he is with his ANH cousin and my small collection of helmets Quote
Darth_Finger Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 What hero is that on top? Did you build that one? Quote
dougefresh Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 Fantastic collection, Mark! I imagine it's a lot of fun having all those toys lined up! Could you tell us which is which? I'm curious to see if I'm guessing correctly on all of 'em. Quote
firebladejedi[TK] Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Posted August 18, 2009 Hi Jonny the top deck Hero is my **** from his 2008 run, #2 out of 3 i believe and he assembled and detailed it all too Quote
firebladejedi[TK] Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Posted August 18, 2009 Fantastic collection, Mark! I imagine it's a lot of fun having all those toys lined up! Could you tell us which is which? I'm curious to see if I'm guessing correctly on all of 'em. Thanks Doug although i have had about 18 helmets i often sell some to make room for others.. Its more fun if you guess Quote
Chewcy Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 Mark that dl esb helmet looks stunning, thats my fav of all your trooper helmets. I reckon that hero lid on the top is a loverly gino v2 hero, I may be wrong tho..... Quote
troopermaster Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 Looking good Mark! Okay, here's my guess for the helmet stack... Top: TE Hero Middle: TM ESB - DL ESB Bottom: TE2 'MNS' TE HDPE - DL ANH Quote
TK-4510[501st] Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 Damn!!! Do my ESB decals fit the Dan Laws OK??? Quote
ThayNerd[TK] Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 That looks fantastic Mark! Great lid, and nice collection mate! Quote
Dargas[501st] Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 the piramid pic and the one just beneath could be used for a t-shirt design. can I use them to play with an idea? i´ll credit the pics to you Mark. Quote
firebladejedi[TK] Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Posted August 18, 2009 Sure you can And Paul was correct about the display Quote
Dmian Posted August 18, 2009 Report Posted August 18, 2009 Helmet paradise! Nice collection Mark! Quote
firebladejedi[TK] Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Posted August 18, 2009 Damn!!! Do my ESB decals fit the Dan Laws OK??? Hi Mike yes your decals fit this helmet ok, about the same as the TE2 helmet i would say. The only hard part here was the cheek traps, in that these dan laws lids have a really large oval dimple which is a pain to get the decal to curve over. But apart from that, they look sweet Photo courtesy of Dan Laws Quote
tie-pilot Posted August 26, 2009 Report Posted August 26, 2009 DL has done it again, this looks a very quality DL product, I had the pleasure in purchasing tie armor from him. Quote
RogueTrooper[TK] Posted October 20, 2009 Report Posted October 20, 2009 Hi Mike yes your decals fit this helmet ok, about the same as the TE2 helmet i would say. The only hard part here was the cheek traps, in that these dan laws lids have a really large oval dimple which is a pain to get the decal to curve over. But apart from that, they look sweet Photo courtesy of Dan Laws Hi firebladejedi Awesome looking Helmets You Got there!!!! Can you or anyone tell me why DL's Helmet has large oval dimple in the cheek traps? I have never seen this before. Cheers, RogueTrooper My Creed is - Shoot first, if there is anyone left alive ..... then you ask questions ....... Quote
littledragon88[TK] Posted October 20, 2009 Report Posted October 20, 2009 from what I heard, the bump was added there by DL to replicate the bump on the original helmets.. Quote
dougefresh Posted October 20, 2009 Report Posted October 20, 2009 Legend has it that the bump was always there -- but TE and Gino purposefully removed it, for whatever reason. I could be talking out of my butt, but I seem to remember reading something like that back in the day when those two were allowed to square off here. Quote
Jumpin Jax Posted October 20, 2009 Report Posted October 20, 2009 Legend has it that the bump was always there -- but TE and Gino purposefully removed it, for whatever reason.I could be talking out of my butt, but I seem to remember reading something like that back in the day when those two were allowed to square off here. You're exactly right. Quote
dougefresh Posted October 20, 2009 Report Posted October 20, 2009 You're exactly right. I think it's kind of a cool little detail -- I'm glad DL's put it back. I wonder if it serves any kind of practical function -- like aiding in the de-moulding process, or if it was just an extra esthetic detail that got discarded/replaced/augmented with paint/decals. Anybody know the scoop on it? Quote
Billhag Posted October 20, 2009 Report Posted October 20, 2009 I love this little bullet / oval detail in the tear traps I think you'll find that TM as had this detail incorporated in his helmets for quite some time now definitely well, well before Dan reintroduced back into his molds Quote
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