Again, thank you for all of your responses, input and support.. This is one of those ideas thats developed a lot faster than I ever thought it would... Sorry I'm just getting around to responded to a lot of comments here..
Let's see if we can get others here to donate
Considering my budget here this would be an amazing help, but I certainly don't have any expectations.. I've gotten a
ton support and inspiration for just the helmet from the responses to this thread!! Thanks again to every one who's responded..
hey, i've offered to paint the helmet
I'm sorry I didn't recognize your first post about that as an actual offer, thought it was kind of hypothetical.. I'll PM you and maybe we can discuss that more
have you thought of using Mando'a instead of aburesh?
I would need a much better understanding of Mando'a to spell out things like his name, his company, etc.. I was always under the impression that aburesh was the standard lettering system in the Star Wars universe, so anything written in Mando'a would still use the aburesh lettering symbols.. For example the quote on the back of helmet a Mando'a quote, with the aburesh font applied.. If this isn't correct please let me know!
i'd suggest that you keep the ribbons on the side, but make them larger, more killstripe sized.
I plan to keep them on the left side of the helmet as the range finder would be in the way on the opposite side.. As for enlarging them I'm hesitant to make them any larger than they appear on the actual uniform, they're likely not in the right scale right now and will get a little bigger, but I'd like them to remain the same size as the real ribbons.. I will line them up in a line I think, while thats now how its done on the uniform for this application I think some exceptions might need to be made.. The Purple Heart ribbon will likely have to go in the middle as the ribbons is white on the sides with purple in the middle the white background of the helmet wouldn't work very well.. If this idea of developing an entire uniform keeps developing I will have to rethink several things about the helmet..
Livewire, I used the mando-maker here:
Great start! Very well put together, thank you!! I will start tooling around with a full suit if nothing else just for fun, and we'll see what happens..
Just wanted to say that. Really impressed with how classy and smart the design looks.
Thanks for that, I've always seen the dress blues uniform in the Marine Corps is a big symbol of pride for Marines and I really want this helmet (or full suit *dreams*) to be a real reflection of that..
I'll keep playing with ideas anyone wants to put out there, try to get a nice final design on the helmet and/or start work on the full suit.. It will take me a little while to come up with a workable drawing but I'll get something up as soon as I do, along with any helmet updates that are post worthy.. Thanks again to everyone out there, keep 'em coming!!