It's been a while since the last update of this thread, but finally here is some news. Be it not so good, or......... see for yourself.
I've been wanting to finish the paint job on this cardboard build but somehow I got stuck due to lack of proper reference material (CD templates) and time. And in the mean time I decided to start a second build, which also kind of put this one in second place. Still I felt obligated to finish this, as I owe it to many of you out there following my progress. So one day I said to myself "Just work with what you can find on TDH and put in some personal touches." First I had to clear my mind and took the CAT-CAT for a walk around the block:
Unsuspecting anything I just let CAT do his business...
But what light through yonder alley breaks? Surprise! My very own unaltered clone gave me a scare!
He put on the unfinished helmet and snuck upon good old pops:
Hah! Trying to scare the old man huh? Well..... it worked a litlle bit... all good fun....
.....'till DISASTER struck!!! He accidentally tripped and fell, with the helmet on!!
***!
Oh NO!!
As if it couldn't get any worse, he just kept spinning and rolling.....D'OOOOOOH!!!!
I dare not look how this ends!
All that hard work. building and painting.... crimony! Praying that the damage will not be critical!
Huh?! What's that I feel with my feet?
Oh no...oh no....OH NOOOO!!!
BOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WHY ME!!!??!!
(notice that my kid is also in agony)
Sniff.... hey.....wait a second........huh?.....
No.....it can't be.....
Look at this!! Goodness gracious!
It's damaged, but unbelievably in all the right places! It is a MIRACLE!!!!
YEAH! Fortune be with us!!! Good job son!!!
Hugs and kisses!! WOOHOOOOO!!!!
A thourough examination of the helmet damage revealed that the newly added scratches are exactly placed in the correct area's. Sort of. This is incredible. This saves me a lot of paintwork!
So here it finally is, my interpretation and tribute to the WOF templates, the Count Dookie paint schemes and all of TDH's freely shared information on the Boba Fett helmet, "enriched" with a few of my personal touches.
Eventhough it is not screen accurate (dislocated dent, a bit too small of a dome, etc.), I am proud to have built this first lid. And I enjoyed sharing the progress here on TDH! Thank you all for your wonderfull comments and constructive criticism!
AntMan 8)
Note: Please don't try any of these stunts depicted in above photo's at home! All actions are performed by higly trained and extremely skilled persons.
No persons and/or small animals were hurt during the process of photographing above situations. You have the right to remain silent, but the duty to reply!
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