MR Laws AT-AT Helmet WIP

In my (cough) spare time I have been working on this little beauty, its a Laws AT-AT Pilot kit, so far, as you can see I'm working on the helmet alone as once this is out of the way it will inspire me to finish off the other armour pieces in the kit, the helmet was a b@#$%rd to assemble but what doesn't kill you only makes you more irritable I say Enjoy, more to follow

Beautiful! Can't wait to see it progress!

Very Nice, cant wait to see more.

SWEET!

The AT-AT driver has always been one of my favorites! Right after Boba and Darth Vader of course. Snowtroopers, clone troopers, Stormtroopers, TIE pilots, Biker scouts, the list goes on, so why in the world would anyone want to make a rebel costume with all the cool Imperials to choose from?

Keep us posted on this one, please.

BTW, where'd you get an AT-AT bucket?

Originally Posted by Southern hunter

BTW, where'd you get an AT-AT bucket?

From the empire man, Duh!!


It looks nice for its first stages. Arent these helmets white, or are they black?

WOW is right!!!! That is really looking cool man!!! Keep posting more pics as you go along!!
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Beautiful helmet! Not every day you see an AT-AT Pilot helmet. Where did you get the aerator greeblies?

Awesome!
This is a really cool lid Joe... where did you get the kit from?

I was fortunate enough to get the kit as a whole from a member on the RPF he didn't have time to finish it but the kit included everything except the jumpsuit!! The aerator greeblies are aluminium, I have just test fitted them along with the mohawk, I will put a few more pics up in the next day or so

Edit: Can the mods please move this to the prob building workshop, sorry dont know why I posted this thread here!

Looking great! Love the AT-AT helmet.

Nice work so far bro. Dunno much about AT-AT/TIE buckets but they look very similar. Are there subtle differences besides color?

Actually thats something I've wondered about myself, apart from obvious small details like greeblies I'm not certain of the differences, they are huge helmets though!!

There are subtle differences with the helmet. I believe hoses come out of the back of it actually. I'd have to ask my friend Clay, he is a TIE Pilot and plans to do the AT-AT also.

Don't know how i missed this topic, would love to own one of these in the future. Can't wait to see more pics

Great progress Joe, I know how much of a pain the tie kits are to put together and im sure this is the same, but youve done it proud so far

Looking great so far, keep us posted!

G-Fett

Holy Helmet!!!

Pulled my finger out a bit and painted up the frown and vocoder details, also took a close up shot of the Aluminium aerator greeblies, enjoy

Looking good, this will make a great addition to the collection when its finished, are you just doing the display or going to go for the full costume?

Well the only things I'm missing for the full costume is the jumpsuit/boots and the hose so we'll see

Do you get the Aluminium aerator greeblies with the Laws kit?

I bought the kit as a whole from a member on the RPF, whether they are included in the Laws kit I am unsure sorry

Lookin really cool Joe...

Originally Posted by HeadlessHunter

I bought the kit as a whole from a member on the RPF, whether they are included in the Laws kit I am unsure sorry

No worries Great looking kit, can't wait to see more.

Laws' helmets are so cool. great buy!

God that thing is amazing

looks like you'll have to paint the thing grey now

Oh snap At least I'd only painted the frown and vocoder, I could've stuck all the decals down and fitted the lenses, thank god the clone has taken up most (all) of my time lately

Originally Posted by Chewcy

looks like you'll have to paint the thing grey now

Exactly what i was gonna say, lol.

Dude, you just inspired me to try and finish one of these bad boys this year.

I love you..

But seriously, I have been wanting to do one of these for quite some time. I planned on buying the whole Law's suit. Armor, helmet, box, the whollle thang son. I would probably buy it as a kit, but who knows..I am always very satisfied with Law's stuff, and in fact I am getting a new TIE bucket from him very soon.

Good luck buddy, I will watch this thread with a lot of interest.

starwarshelmets.com I just saw this today on the FL boards...good thing you weren't done with it yet!

I happened to open up SWH yesterday on a whim and BAM!... Stumbled on news I just had to share. I feel for all those Drivers out there that are compelled to redo their stuff now.

I have to say that when I found out I laughed out loud - the owner must have thought I was some kind of freak "grey, snort, heh heh heh, grey, snort, just wait till the guys find out, heh heh heh, snort"

I've been working on 2 AT-AT replicas for about 3 years so its a good job I'm a sloooooow prop maker. Ive spent the last week trying different shades of grey.

Cheers

Jez

Its certainly a very very light shade of grey, the photo that Art posted comparing the AT-AT and the TIE proves that

Originally Posted by HeadlessHunter

Its certainly a very very light shade of grey, the photo that Art posted comparing the AT-AT and the TIE proves that

Except the AT-AT pic used was so over exposed it came out looking white

Here's my replica. Same helmet, different exposure





Cheers

Jez

Indeed, I'm starting on this tomorrow, painting it the correct colour, I may even have a go at the tube stripe decals which look like pinstripe material

Haven't you finished this yet Joe?

You know, when I saw that thread over on the RPF about it being grey, I knew of 2 other people, including yours who were painting up an ATAT helmet, I was thinking to myself that a few of them were going to be cursing up a storm rofl

But Ive always wanted to get one of these kits

I was lucky in that I'd only applied the main white and the black on the frown and vocoder, I know a few people who are literally going back to primer....ouch

Originally Posted by MandalorianWarrior87

Do you get the Aluminium aerator greeblies with the Laws kit?

Dan is a friend of mine. He designed all of the greeblies but the Aluminum aerator greeblies are made by Elvis Trooper. You can get them here.

http://elvistrooper.com/disk.htm

and you can reach Dan and see more of his work here.

http://www.imperialarmor.net/

Originally Posted by SlabFett

Dan is a friend of mine. He designed all of the greeblies but the Aluminum aerator greeblies are made by Elvis Trooper. You can get them here.

http://elvistrooper.com/disk.htm

and you can reach Dan and see more of his work here.

http://www.imperialarmor.net/

Thanks slabfett! I'll have to bookmark that! I will be doing an officer some day.

Heres a quick update of my re-paint, this is the 1st paint I'm trying out and I think its pretty good, I welcome opinions on this bear in mind these shots are taken with a mobile phone camera and in the shade

Looking good so far. Any chance you could take a pic with a piece of white card or something near so we can see the contrast?

Cheers

Jez

Sure thing Jez I'll get a couple tomorrow when its light I've since repainted the frown and vocoder as I'm quite happy with the shade of grey

3 weeks later, we find out that the helmets actually were white

Yeh I'm waiting for Jez to show up and say 'fooled you' ha ha.....oh dear

thanks to the mods for moving this

I know that there is a plasitc circular disk that seperates the metal greeblies

Yeah the only difference is that on the originals 'I believe' the recessed holes where the mic tips normally go on a stormtrooper helmet are the same as the stormtrooper, however on my replica the area is raised and flat, see my pics to see what I mean

Originally Posted by HeadlessHunter

Yeah the only difference is that on the originals 'I believe' the recessed holes where the mic tips normally go on a stormtrooper helmet are the same as the stormtrooper, however on my replica the area is raised and flat, see my pics to see what I mean

Yea, I guess that just makes it easier for you. I guess all you would need to do is take the metal greeblies, lay it flat side down onto some styrene, trace and cut a circle. That's what I'd do

On the mannequin, coming along nicely, I really like the grey now its really grown on me after my initial terror

i'm really jealous.

Shes looking beautiful!

Wow!, I've never appreciated the look of the Pilot until now.

!!!GREAT JOB!!!