The Grant McCune Boba Fett Helmet

[hvacdon]

I Stinking Love This Forum!! Such a good read!



When I decided I wanted to build a Boba Fett Costume the first thing I did was purchase the helmet. BIG MISTAKE! I wish I would have known this forum existed before my purchase. I purchased the GMH Cold Cast from Class.of.1984 on ebay and there is a lot of work to be done. However it is not so bad that I want to return it. I would rather take the time and build the skills on this first time helmet and use them for my next build. I am fortunate however that even now after doing the research I accidently picked the GMH and still would have purchased a GMH casting. However it would have been from FP. So...with all that being said, I may start a new thread and post the issues with this "re-cast" and show my progress pictures.

I can't say anything about the GMH helmets but the FP helmet I got from class of 1984 was fantastic. it was a cold cast aluminium. What was going on with your GMH?

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[Fettastic]

I can't say anything about the GMH helmets but the FP helmet I got from class of 1984 was fantastic. it was a cold cast aluminium. What was going on with your GMH?

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The GMH I got from 1984 was also a cold cast. It was morphed really badly on the dome and had a ton of air bubbles, the perspex block and topper were badly blemished. He told me that he accidentally sent me a B pull and offered me a discount so I feel he did the right thing. I wouldn't have minded the air bubbles but the morphed dome was pretty bad. It took quite a bit of work to get it to a decent condition. I've never seen an A pull from him but from what I've heard he is just a re-caster.

 

[bearjew464]

Awesome looking bucket

 

[hvacdon]

Sorry to hear you had so much trouble with yours. The helmet I got from him is almost perfect. Mine is an aluminum cast, I bought it on Etsy, he uses the same ID there too.
I'm just now getting started on mine. Do you have any pointers or suggestions?

 

[Fettastic]

Sorry to hear you had so much trouble with yours. The helmet I got from him is almost perfect. Mine is an aluminum cast, I bought it on Etsy, he uses the same ID there too.
I'm just now getting started on mine. Do you have any pointers or suggestions?

I believe you mean cold cast...the process of mixing in bits of metal into the resin to give it the appearance of solid metal. I don't believe anyone is casting these buckets entirely out of aluminum.

Pointers? Why yes...Go study the helmet paint-ups on this forum from your favorite helmet painters. Most of the questions you may have will be answered there and if not just shoot them a quick message or comment. There are mounds of knowledge and mountains of talent to extract from in this forum.

 

[hvacdon]

Thanks a bunch.. appreciate it

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[NorCalCap]

hvacdon. If you check out the thread on my PP2 build you will see my paint-up progress from my Class of 1984 cold cast GMH. His helmets are not bad. His helmet may take some elbow grease to get looking right.
Good Luck!

 

[hvacdon]

Thanks man. I'll check it out

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[hvacdon]

Hey NCC, checked out your thread. Looks like you getting close to finishing. Everything is looking great. Thanks for posting the pics, really good info for the your process...........Thanks

 

[Andrew0928]

Fantastic education - thanks for sharing. knowing the lineage of what's out there is really fun.

 

[enaswede]

Much better than the Master Replica Helmet!

 

[bobawomble]

great thread

 

[bobawomble]

And interesting read
ill now be working on lots more detail in my own helmet so thank you for all your pictures and mass of major information you legend

 

[Big Game]

Wealth of knowledge and information. Thanks for the hard work getting and sharing