Brak's Buddy's Fett Helmet Project

Lynn TXP 0369 wrote:Mike....
Those faults in the movie helmets make them how they look and make them look bad ass and the ones we love so much.
You make them symmetrical and you fix the faults and what you get is Don Post Fett reg. and DLX, C/A trooper helmets, and GT Trooper helmets!!!!

As Braks mentioned in this thread or another, I can't remember, Don Post "fixed" these helmets, made them symetrical, and crisp and it gave us the garbage we are now working with that just looks just totally off.
The faults make it look good and "right".
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Lynn,
I don't think the DP DLX has had the fixes. I am looking at mine and other than the size issue and crappy paint, it has all the falts as on original.

Lynn and Brak,
I here you, may not agree, but valid points. To me the warps and faults detract from the uniform. It is the whole ensamble that makes Fett, armor, boots etc. The weathering and battle damage, that leads to the mystic. The flaws to me just point out "prop" and taker away from the costume. I would like to see a perfect helmet though.
Mike
 
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MIke, the DP DLX has been fixed A LOT. The visor side wings are way too short, the key holes in the back are waaay off, the dome shape is waaay off, the bottom of the raised areas behind the ears are at a different angle the real helmet. It has been fixed a great deal. This helmet has been discussed to death in the past over what has been fixed on it.


" I would like to see a perfect helmet though. "

The DP DLX is going to be closet you'll get to "your" quest for the perfact helmet as it has been fixed greatly from the real helmets.
 
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Ego wrote:Wow . . . this thread I can see is going to become my saving grace! :)

I'm actually amazed . . and I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way but . . . I guess I just thought that everyone here was an amazing expert at all this stuff and that I was the ONLY person on the board who didn't have a clue . . . it's actually kind of nice to know there are a few people like me who are just diving in for the first time and feeling just as inadequate about it as me! hehehe

So, now I'm nervous . . . and yet, at least I feel like I'm part of a group! haha

Thanks guys! :D

Jer
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Truly, no need to be nervous. I'm even more of a newbie than you. I just finished putting my Stormtrooper together, which means that after my first real event I'll have to make umpteen changes to THAT. I haven't even had the nerve to START my Boba Fett yet...
I know I have ZERO artistic talent, so when I get and start to modify my helmet/armor, I feel totally screwed when I start to repaint/weather it...Can you HEAR my O-Ring puckering?!? hehe
 
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journeymanprotector wrote:lol, speak for yourselves :)

Every time I post I get smarter, better, faster...

I am your TDH General KING!

ok, enough of that,
Phil
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Hell, by the sounds of it, your the Six Million Dollar Fan!
 
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natty15d wrote:(in a campy voice)
.....& fashion wise this year we see Fett going for the cool, minamalist approach.
Out goes his bulky, beaten armour & in comes a chic 2 piece black ensomble.
And that jet pack was just so last year. :rolleyes
We tried to use his wookie scalps as hair extension but it was just too much.

As you can see it also goes so well with the men of the Empire.

Black just never goes out of style.

Once again thankyou to our models Chip & Dale"
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ROTFLMAO
 
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DL44 Blaster wrote:Braks,just leave it completely as is,and go with a Pre/pre-pro suit of all white ;) Just think of the time,and money you'll save.Not to mention that no-one to date that I'm aware of has done it.
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That's what I was starting to think. I haven't seen a color scheme incorporating white. Plus it would kind of be an Imperial tie-in, which is always a plus!
Some white/black or white/grey or even white/grey/black fett...that would look bitchin'! Yeah, so '80s, I know, but I think I'm on to something...if only I could afford a spare fett suit to experiment with...<sigh>
 
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Hey Art, thats fantastic work mate. Coming a bit late, but now you can do mine ha ha ha :D :lol: :D
 
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Braks,

Are the vents in the back of the movie helmet open? Or are they sealed the way the helmet was molded? If so, how will you be going about in drilling the vents out? (What tools will you use)

-Mike
 
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The back's of the movie vents appear to be open. However, there is a "circuit board" that is placed behind the vents.
 
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Circuit board? Will any circuit board do? Or is there a specific one to use? Ahhh, the details just never stop with this thing! :confused
 
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Well, I am not sure that we have identified the correct circuit board. But I'll post some pics tonight to show you what it looks like.

Yeap, there is always something!!
 
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Brak's Buddy wrote:

I bought my files from Lowes

1 Nicholson 8" Flat Bastard File for large work

1 Nicholson 6 Piece 4" File Set with Handles for medium to fine work

1 Nicholson 5 1/2" Hobby File Assortment Set for really small places
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I went out to buy some of these Nicholson files and to my surprise, they really do name it the "Flat Bastard" file! I thought Braks was joking around with that name or something. :lol:
 
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