With a proper paint job can a Rubies bucket be 501st approved?

[Neo Fett]

The helmet:

My first attempt at a paint job: (going to redo)

 

[AlexL]

Hey I would like to do mine in foam too and yours look really nice.
Did you took any plans to do it thought?

 

[crumdum]

The helmet:
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My first attempt at a paint job: (going to redo)
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The short answer is yes if you do A LOT of work to fix the mistakes in the helmet. It's far easier to start with an accurate helmet then that one.

Sent from my SM-G930V

 

[Mullreel]

As Crumdum said it takes more than a paint job. There are several things that would have to be redone in addition to the paint job.

It would be much easier to start with a quality helmet.

 

[Neo Fett]

As Crumdum said it takes more than a paint job. There are several things that would have to be redone in addition to the paint job.

It would be much easier to start with a quality helmet.

What things are wrong with it?

 

[toofastrobot]

Reshaping the dent, getting a proper longer stalk and correct rangefinder.

 

[alexrep]

It's possible, and if you have more time than money is a viable option.

 

[Fettsvette]

like others have said, a lot of time, easily double or more the time for the early DP helmets. With the right amount of time, you could make anything screen accurate. After working over a DP helmet in the late 90s and again a few years ago, I swore off that kind of punishment. So when my brother asked me to fix up his Rubie, I bought him an Animefan helmet and painted it, and said there ya go. I use the rubie he gave as a candy bowl for halloween. Surely he's figured it out by now :unsure

 

[NegativeEleven]

The newer Target exclusive Rubies from last year is very similar to my SgtFang. The plastic is real thin, so I would worry about breaking it if you don't reinforce.

Looks like you already made lens darker. The rangefinder stalk is about an inch too short. I don't know about the dented. I think your GML would be a jerk to say it's shaped wrong if you get the paint perfect.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A

 

[razorsharp192]

I've just painted this one up for a friend, looks to be a recast of the Rubies helmet (he didn't know it was a recast when he bought it). The helmet has accuracy issues, but overall the helmet is a pretty good shape, Looks a lot better with a bit of work too:

 

[ryan101011]

really nice.

 

[Fandango Fett]

Looks good.

 

[Silverstalker]

Here is a Rubies helmet I modded the hell out of, turned out quite well, not a bad helmet to start with