Helmet sculpt

I promise you I am trying to see what you are seeing. Can you use my picture and precisely mark where you can see anything?
I know all about the Banzai helmet and where the holes are on that. Im looking in those places and not seeing anything.
 
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In some pics it doesnt show due to angle and flash but the ROTJ pic you posted you can see the one on the lower section though onlythe top half as from the angle and the top one doesnt show,m as it is clearl there in the hielman pics and being the same helmet this proves it can was out due to photography,
any way no isue I see it you dont we can agree to disagree
 
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Just trying to help de-escalate here... could different helmets have had different methods of attachment?

Maybe a quicker setup was discovered?

Sometimes when I do some routine/ repetative work I switch up the order to see if it goes faster/ easier.
 
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I've always been a proponent of those marks simply being the "stop and go" mill mark points of the depression of the bit
used to cut the trench. The same artifacts can be seen to varying degrees on the Commando8 ears. They vary because
although machine milled, it will be a little different each time depending on how many passes are made each time to cut
the trench (y)

:cheers
 
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Sorry James, but I'm not agree with your theory! I searched the Gallery to see if the ESB and the ROTJ helmets shows the ends of the screws or not, but my search had negative results. In the last couple of days I did some measurements and comparisons of the left ears' attachments. I used mostly the damaged Sandy helmet because its left ear is missing and this is the only helmet that shows directly that particular area:

Sandy Left Ear 01.jpg Sandy Left Ear 02.jpg

Here are the results of my measurements regarding the left ears' lower screw placement:

ESB vs ROTJ vs PP3 Left Ear Comp.jpg

Looking at the Banzai helmet (which, if I'm not mistaking, is in some way related to the ESB Hero helmet), the upper screw seems to be in the upper end of the left ear's trench, but the lower screw hole is not visible and might be the same with the ESB Hero's placement, which is a bit above the lower end of the left ear's trench.

Banzai Left Ear.jpg

But because this helmet has fan made modifications (especially the missing right ear's dome platform) it's possible that the screw placements to be altered too.

Sandy Left Ear 01.jpg


Sandy Left Ear 02.jpg


Banzai Left Ear.jpg


ESB vs ROTJ vs PP3 Left Ear Comp.jpg
 
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If any thing your comps galvanize my theorie , the ESB hero screw is to high to go in to the wedge part,an we cant see were they are on the ROTJ ,
An the Banazi helmet isnt actuallly fan made, far from it, and the red lines you marked on it for the ear tend to slid to far back on the lower half of the ear,
Blow up the hielman pics,you can even see in the slot that the to suspect holes are bronze not silver, and there is any pics clear enough to show themthey are there ,

And mabey some better refrences, may come up soon,,
 
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I didn't said that the Banzai helmet is fan made, but it was slightly altered in a way or other.
 
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OK! Let me tell you the other way. If we look at the Sandy and the Banzai helmets, we can see the upper (Banzai) and the lower (Sandy) screw's presence, and with some help we got the following measurements for the visible end:
around 3mm. The left ear is 12mm wide and the trench is 7mm deep, so we got a 5mm thickness without the trench. If the screw's visible end is 3mm long, it still remains 2mm to be visible in the trench's end:

Left Ear Front View.jpg

Edit: the image file was corrected because the trench is around 7mm deep and not 5mm as I stated.

Left Ear Front View.jpg
 
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Im all for theories and mine may not be right, , how ever were are you getting the mesurments for how deep the trench is,
on the ESB hero you said the screwis 15 high, if you measure almost any ear youl see that the trench ends at 15 ml, also what makes you think the screws are only that length, just because in the Sandy helmet its sticking out that far doesnt mean that is all the way through , as its clear the ear has come off mabey the screw was undone some of the way thus making it come of,,

I still see enough holes in your argument that you could be wrong, but that said you are proving there is good popssiblitiy Im wrong, either way you can see them in the Hielman pic,? and otherss
 
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Im all for theories and mine may not be right, , were are you getting the mesurments for how deep the trench is,
on the ESB hero you said the screwis 15 high, if you measure almost any ear youl see that the trench ends at 15 ml,
More importanly what makes you think the screws are only that length, just because in the Sandy helmet its sticking out that far doesnt mean that is all the way through , as its clear the ear has come off mabey the screw was undone some of the way thus making it come of,,

I still see enough holes in your argument that you could be wrong, but that said you are proving there is good popssiblitiy Im wrong, either way you can see them in the Hielman pic,? and otherss
 
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Corrected the trench deep in post No. #68 from 5mm to 7mm.

Yes, I can see something in the Heilman photo but there are at least 3 visible marks in that trench:

ROTJ Heilman Left Ear Trench.jpg

I can't prove or disprove what has been said here, but most of the facts lean to a negative result.

ROTJ Heilman Left Ear Trench.jpg
 
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Yeah I see what you mean but the other doesnt look the same, any way this subject has derailed enough for now,
Ill be posting a cast from this helmet in a few days ,
 
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Yeah I see what you mean but the other doesnt look the same, any way this subject has derailed enough for now,
Ill be posting a cast from this helmet in a few days ,

You are right! This feature doesn't do major modifications to the left ear and the helmet, so we better focus on your helmet casting.
 
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After a few mold stuff ups andone of which almost ruined the helmet sculpt,(note to self dont try doing molds on the cheap) I have the first cast from the new molds, Im quite happy with the way it looks, DSCF3968.JPGDSCF3970.JPGDSCF3972.JPGDSCF3974.JPG

DSCF3968.JPG


DSCF3970.JPG


DSCF3972.JPG


DSCF3974.JPG
 
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Jimbo - your work just gets better and better. The fact that I will get the oppurtunity to paint one of these bad boys up is exciting and a privilege, so ill do my best not to balls it up! Beautiful, beautiful work my friend! :-D
 
Thank you mate, it really is much apreciated, as it happens that is your helmet in the pics(y)

*Jayvee does a celebration hammer dance, then goes back to trying to act very cool and suave.. ;-) *
Awesome m'man, cannot wait to recieve that absolute scorcher of a lid!
 
WOW James that lid turned out great and is a beautiful piece of work let me know when you are ready to offer these up for sale as i would love to get my hands on one.
 
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