My New Helmet - is this a Deluxe? *PICS*

Howdy fellas,
I've been on the RPF for quite a while as a Sandtrooper enthusiast (TK409.com) and have recently added Boba Fett to my collection. I recently received this fiberglass helmet as well as all the fiberglass armor. I have a question about this helmet. It measures 10" across at the widest point and about 10" from the top to the bottom of the ears. Can someone tell me if this is really a Don Post Deluxe? (the maker said it was cast off a deluxe and I really want to trust him). How much bigger is the movie-sized helmet? Anyone have a photo of the Movie-sized helmet next to a deluxe? or next to an Armor F/X trooper helmet?
Thank you!
- TK-409





As compared to my Armor F/X Trooper helmet

I'm pretty sure that's the deluxe, but i'll let the helmet experts make up their minds..

Nice helmet
-Mikael

Are the ear pieces metal. I thought the deluxes had metal ears, but not sure though.

I am not sure, I thought that the regular DP RF where the only ones that leaned towards the helmet and that fullsie helmets RF where staright and it looks like yours is leaning towards the helmet. So I am not sure but great paint job.
If it was casted from a Delux it wont have metal ear pieces.

By the way welcome to TDH.

If it has never been painted over then I would say it is the DP Dlx because it has the gold RF ear piece and the reguler DP's are silver. Thats my imput and from the size its probably an original dlx or a recast.

It looks like a DP Dlx to me. The Dlx visor cut out is too short on the sides, just like yours .

BOBA PHAT wrote:
It looks like a DP Dlx to me. The Dlx visor cut out is too short on the sides, just like yours .

Concur. And welcome aboard Chris! Glad you could join us!

Stay safe.

Tim.
Singapore

Hey, welcome Chris

I think another tell-tale sign of a DX is the physical damage. If you have physical cuts, scrapes, and chips, particularly around the (when wearing it) corner of the right eye, you can be reasonably assured that it came from a DX.

I know someone has excellent comparison shots of most of the Fett helmets, I'm sure they'll be up by days end.

Phil

OK, sounds good - it sounds like it's a deluxe - I appreciate your expertise!

Welcome to the Board! Nice buckets

I agree with JMP, I can see the tell-tale DP Deluxe scratches above the visor on the rangefinder side. I would bet the farm it is a DP Deluxe (that is if i had a farm to bet)

Who did you get this pics from, or at least let me know who did you get your FG armor and helmet from. Last week I bought from a TDH member thru Ebay the very same bucket. He said it was recasted from a Deluxe Boba Fett Helmet with a ROTJ paint job. The green earpiece in the left side is still green with no white arc, and remember the scratches in the RF top. I have the pics to prove it, and I'll do that tomorrow. PM me for info. I'll PM you right away with the sname of the guy in the RPF (probably is the same one).

Robert

DarthVader1 wrote:
...who did you get your FG armor and helmet from....

Robert

PM sent. Short answer: same armor, great quality.

Thanks for the short answer and for the PM...It's exactly like the one I'm waiting in the mail soon, from the same person. Same colors, same size, even the same scratches. Heres a pic of mine from Ebay:






Now, I don't know if the ROTJ helmet, it's left ear piece was green or silver, which I think it's silver looking at the Reference CD. This helmet (according to the guy who sold it to me) the left ear piece is green. If anyone knows, let me know. I'm planning to still customize it a little bit more, specially the kill marks (add a little orange or yellow and add the decals like the ESB version, but with silver earpieces . Like I said before, I'm customizing to have a 50/50 version of ESB and ROTJ (mostly ROTJ).

Robert

ESB has a painted "green" left earpiece.

ROTJ has a "bare metal/silver" left earpiece.

That set of Chest/Shoulder bell armor almost looks Custom Mandaore'ish, awesome look though!

Thanks Tyler for the note, and I was right then (the pics from the Reference CD tells everything!) All I needed was a second (or third, or fourth) opinion. Now I know what I'm gonna do with it once I get it in the mail.

Robert

Where can I get this Reference CD?

I could make a copy for you. PM me for details.

Robert

Jaster Mereel wrote:
That set of Chest/Shoulder bell armor almost looks Custom Mandalore'ish, awesome look though!

Yeah, definitely not the look I was expecting. I'll be repainting it to look more subtle - like the movie armor. I'm also going to add real dents - these are just painted on. The maker is a great guy and a VERY talented artist - I'm just picky.

Trooper TK409 wrote:
Where can I get this Reference CD?

i put the cdref online
http://200.72.134.171/cdref/
and if you need host images
http://200.72.134.171/cdref/tdh/

I just found that! Yikes! I linked to it from my site.
Thanks!!

I don't know from helmets, but you have one heckuva site, man! Wow!

Indeed! Very cool site

I agree!!! Really cool site, and recommended for refeence for any who plan to do a ST armor in the future.

Robert

Here's my helmet as of today, with mods, cushioning, ventilation, and more accurate (of course, this will be a custom-scheme helmet, mix in between ESB and ROTJ, without compromising the ROTJ look too much. (Shadows of the Empire, perhaps).

Cushion, 9V battery connector and on/off switch,



Cushioning and CPU fan installed,



Ventilation screen in the rear (inside),



from the outside,



Green left side painted silver, and "kill marks" repaint,



RF repaint and REAL weathered, plus RF "screen",



Front view in the sun,



and forehead "arrows" detail painted.



Hope you guys like my progress (just a little), and I'm still missing just a few little details.

Robert

Nice helmet Robert! Did you paint it yourself?

TK9120 wrote:
Nice helmet Robert! Did you paint it yourself?

No, it was already painted and weathered with real scratches and stuff, but I had to fix just a few things of color, like the RF and the earcaps, and added the padding, CPU fan and the screen in the "coin slots", which I added like some kind of "knobs", like the original ESB helmet. The helmet came just like the first pics that are at the beginning of this thread.
I didn't want to change the back of the helmet in color, cause the original weathering is so good, that I prefer to leave it as it is, like almost a custom Mandalore, but I'm doing this one like a mix between ESB and ROTJ...like the stunt helmet used in ROTJ, but it was an ESB helmet. Only slightly different color earcaps and back...and I'm still missing the decals for the helmet, which I have to put on soon.

Robert

Now, I've been thinking about this, and I think that the back needs to be re-painted. I had a dream, that someone...somewhere wasn't agreed or happy with the paint in the back. I was thinking about masking the already weathered areas with grey and Spruce Green, and painting the rest with Krylon Kelly Green and then weather it Flat Black "airbrush way", the way it was before.

I already installed the "knobs" in the last two knobs down and it still looks good, but still, I'm not happy about the dream and the color. I need counseling to see if I should do that.

Robert

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, but I have visited it many times!
I am in the process of expanding my collection of helmets, and its finally time for the great "dented" one =)

I hope you guys can help me, or point me in the right direction. Where can I get a Deluxe Boba bucket?? Recast!

Cheers

Tobias
SWEDEN

coinprop wrote:
Hi,

I'm new to this forum, but I have visited it many times!
I am in the process of expanding my collection of helmets, and its finally time for the great "dented" one =)

I hope you guys can help me, or point me in the right direction. Where can I get a Deluxe Boba bucket?? Recast!

Cheers

Tobias
SWEDEN

Hi coinprop, the best place to find a DP Delux or recast of it is on ebay. That is the only place I have seen them.
Wecome to TDH.