terminal fettler
Active Hunter
Nothing wrong with an honest question. I take it you think there is no reason to bother making a helmet as all the basses are covered?
terminal fettler TF2 helmet build WIP... At it again!
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Nothing wrong with an honest question. I take it you think there is no reason to bother making a helmet as all the basses are covered?
Fett 4 Real
Sr Hunter
I was just curious...a simple I was bored would have been enough for me...I mean...theres nothing wrong with building it. You have to have some sort of reasoning for building another helmet.
terminal fettler
Active Hunter
I suppose I'm trying to perfect my sculpting skills, also all the reproduction helmets I've seen still aren't perfect, all have inaccuracies...
Jayvee
Active Hunter
Well, for whatever reason you're doing it G - keep doing it! Looking friggn outstanding sir! And can very much understand the need to get something 'just right'. There can often be a fine line, but ultimately the difference of being happy with your work, or having little things there - that no one else notices much, but stick out to you like dogs balls - is the driving force. Much respect! 
RafalFett
Well-Known Hunter
The first and most important thing is when you say "I did this! This was made by my hands!". There's nothing wrong with scratch builds when they are done well, and the only limit is your imagination. From what I saw, whatever Garrett did it turned out excellent, so I would like to see a lot of new things made by him in the near future.
terminal fettler
Active Hunter
Thanks guys, here are some photos of the rear panel area being sculpted and the key slots taking shape, also the ear platforms being made.
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SharkForge
Well-Known Hunter
This is just purely awesome... Makes me miss my TF bucket so much I can't wait to see this bad boy finished!
El1te
I can't wait to see this bad boy finished!El1te
Man i will never forgive you for selling your Fett gear Branden! lol
TF its lookin great man
Heres another curious question...how come you decided to start from scratch and not just modify one of your previous helmets?
TF its lookin great man
Heres another curious question...how come you decided to start from scratch and not just modify one of your previous helmets?
terminal fettler
Active Hunter
No reproduction can be 100% accurate to the original helmets. All have flaws from the casting process and where they have been re-worked to correct these issues.
A couple more progress shots of my helmet build. Building out the rear panels and the key slot detail. The helmet is slowly coming together, the next stage is fitting the dome and reworking where the dome curves to the trim. As i reach each stage I'm constantly tweaking the fine detail...
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terminal fettler
Active Hunter
Thanks for the comments, i feel I'm making some progress now!
I decided the left lower cheek was slightly out, so off it came and was replaced with a slightly revised shape, this also enabled me to add the curved profile on the bottom edge i had missed. The dome has been fitted and the join profile added. Also adding the final upper right ear platform...
I decided the left lower cheek was slightly out, so off it came and was replaced with a slightly revised shape, this also enabled me to add the curved profile on the bottom edge i had missed. The dome has been fitted and the join profile added. Also adding the final upper right ear platform...
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
G mate this is bloody fantastic, Ive had the pleasure of painting not one but two of your old helmets, one of them is sat on my kitchen table right now. Those were a thing of beauty so looking forward to seeing how this turns out. I dont have a helmet for my suit yet so if you do a run in the future, you can put my name down.
Welsh
Welsh
terminal fettler
Active Hunter
Cheers Welsh. Hopefully I will have this helmet finished in the next few weeks, then I will start my first ESB paint job in at least 2 years, hopefully I'm not too rusty and my airbrush still works! I won't be doing a run of these but I can certainly do special orders...
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Oooo I look forward to seeing that, it was your "Wafer thin paintjob" that got me into putting a fett together you know. Ill be keeping an eye on this then, would love to pick one up.
RichardJones
Active Hunter
I love the dome shape!! the squared mandiables and the visor cutout is spot on! great work!!
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Hey mate any news on this, love watching you work.
Also where did you get those fantastic ref photos from?
Also where did you get those fantastic ref photos from?
