Greetings fellow Mandalorians!
I wish to apologize to all the members of this fine forum if we have cast some doubts on this project as this was surely not our intention.
Yes, I am the creator of the helmet presented above and I'm hoping I could eliminate any "shadows" that envelope this endeavor.
My forte is really into building Fiberglass customized 1/6 scale vehicles whereby I have 4 clients who I build for. Eversince joining this Fett group 7 months ago, I was graciously welcomed by my buddy Rex Adams (Bounty Hunted).
Rex and I are both active on our 1/6 hobby and he has been instrumental in helping me become a Fetthead
Rex knows all the newbie frustrations I had in the beggining moreso with the purchase of a DP'97 bucket - that I've been trying to make it look accurate, but so far failed.
The cardboard helmet you see above is the result of one afternoon's frustration on working with my DP - thus I thought it best building something from scratch rather than working on an existing design. Why I didnt think about this in the first place is pure stupidity on my part
My only intention was to present this helmet as a "surprise" to my buddy Rex. I told him that this project is his and all the rights regarding this to whatever level he wants to take it. Sorta like a "thank you" for all his help & support. I told him to run the ball with it as I am too busy in my schedule that I cant answer any questions that you guys might have.
Thus, I'm pressuming he thought it best to present you the helmet above to be "finely tuned" by some of the experts in the hobby. It would be great to think that the results you see above is the culmination of each & everyone's input to making this bucket better than when it started.
Mind you, whatever outcome this bucket may take, we are in no way competing with any of the great helmets done by great artists on this board - much less convince anyone that this is better. This helmet has full of flaws & inaccuracies, thus we are humbly asking for your help to make it better.
Besides, I cant afford your great custom buckets - thus I have to make my own....LOL!
We could only hope that you see our endeavors as something of a positive move in contributing to this hobby, rather than a negative one.
Lastly, I wish to thank all the good folks of this forum for giving their inputs, suggestions, ideas & mostly your support.
This one is for you, guys!!
Peace to everyone!
Mardon
Rex, you have the ball.......