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Guys - thanks for all the nice comments. I really appreciate it. It was a nice project to make, and I'm eventually going to finish my Little Jango helmet too. I've got a little more tweeking and sanding to do on it. I have the mold material at home now just waiting on me to finish it.

 

:) I still cannot thank Lee enough for the awesome paint job he did on it. It looks so cool.

 

I do have some bad news though. When I was cleaning this bucket up I left it in my shop and the heat warped it pretty badly. Well, not to be stopped, I put a metal hoop in the back to make it round again and glued a wire in the front to hold it into place and keep from warping again.

 

Well, after I got it back from Lee, Will tried it on. Apperantly I must've widened it, which in turn shortened the distance from the front to back. Needless to say, Will can barely wear it :(. He can get it on his head, but he has to keep the chin pushed up so it doesn't smash his nose flat.

 

As a consolation, my wife bought him one of those Ep III clone trooper costumes to wear this Halloween. There's no way I would have the time to finish his Fett up now that I have to add making a new bucket to list. But one day soon...and hopefully before he gets too big for it:lol: .

 

ZeroVisibilite - sent you a PM.

 

GlennP - I did use sintra for the trim around the visor. The ear caps are made from it as well. Why did I use styrene...Well, for one I didn't have to heat it to shape it around the helmet I was using as a base. Cutting and sanding it was easy too.  You can see in this pic the sintra parts on the left.

 


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