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| Jerrick Sunrunner wrote: | I think the concern was that it would be too small to wear, the Poe's black series helmet is snug on most folk.
If you look at the helmets that RS props offer cast from a found part they look alot smaller than my DFX. |
Oh, okay just overall fit for most costumers here may be small.. okay.
Yeah my DHPFX fits way better than the efx luke one... if memory serves DHPFX used the large size APH helmet. Visually the BS looks closer to my DHPFX one... the efx dwarfs them both. Efx says they used the real helmets to get measurements but its definitely bigger than my DHPFX one.... all still great helmets.
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sabino (Ann Collins)
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| Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:05 am Post subject:
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I am no expert nor have I painted one myself but I have had a member recently approved here in Ra Kura with a black series that she modded and repainted as her own. It turned out great. So I purchased a deal on Amazon recently that was a buy 2 and get one free. Even if it doesn't get me approval at least they will be cool display pieces.
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aimeekitty ()
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| Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:28 am Post subject:
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| Any more word on these? Is Luke’s small? Is it approvable? |
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A New Hopeful ()
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| Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 11:51 am Post subject:
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I can’t say if it’s approvable.
But I just picked one up and it looks the same size as my DH-P/FX, just slightly shorter from front to back. I don’t know which is more correct. It’s actually wider at the base.
The mohawk is shorter, making it, I believe, MORE accurate to the onscreen helmets than DarthHair’s otherwise stellar creations.
If you’re looking to approve a Red 5 out of the box, it may or may not need some modding. Need a closer look at position of paint and decals, etc.
Mic “wire” is all metal instead of coated with grey plastic as in the original Racal Amplivox Minilite headsets that were used (also in the Falcon). But you could simply fold it away and hide it. Mics were only worn in craft anyway (because they were part of the headsets). No reason why you should need a mic in order to be approved.
Front button for electronics is barely visible but this could be a sticking point.
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Pablo_Robo ()
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| Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:58 pm Post subject: Black Series X-Wing Helmet Thoughts
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I think the helmet is great - but can see the point about front button and the mic.
But apart from the above - can it be worn/cleared out-of-the-box?
I would not want to repaint it. |
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Blue Banshee Leader (Alex Buirch)
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| Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 10:42 am Post subject: Re: Black Series X-Wing Helmet Thoughts
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| Pablo_Robo wrote: | I think the helmet is great - but can see the point about front button and the mic.
But apart from the above - can it be worn/cleared out-of-the-box?
I would not want to repaint it. |
Until there's an official word you could always submit your costume without a helmet, and then just wear it when you troop. Helmets aren't required, after all, so that would be okay. 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:40 pm Post subject:
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I'm in the process of getting approved right now and I submitted the Black Series Luke helmet. This is what my judge said:
| Quote: | | The square push button switch on your helmet needs to be covered over so that it doesn't look like a switch. This is similar to the modifications we ask all Black Series Resistance pilots to make. With the resistance pilot helmet I removed the switch completely and then filled the cavity with Milliput (https://www.milliput.com/yellow_grey.html). Once it had hardened I sanded it and finished it with a fine grit before spraying. One thing I forgot to mention is the mic stalk should be covered in grey vinyl. |
I will likely just submit without helmet and then try to work on this. I might try to 3D print something to fill in the button hole because I don't want to have to spray paint if I don't need to. To be honest the button is not noticeable at all from a distance but I get that it does need to be as screen accurate as possible. |
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Adam Mac ()
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| Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:14 am Post subject:
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In regards to the mike, could it be covered with grey shrink wrap?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:25 am Post subject:
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Even a thin layer of air dry clay could work to cover the mic wire,
so long as the result is smooth.
The good thing is it retains a small amount of flexibility after.
You can either use grey or blend black and white to get the desired colour.
Or use plain white clay and paint it up after drying.
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CGN1971 (Chad)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:46 pm Post subject:
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I think I'll go ahead and get one, the mic and button should be a easy fix and even if we had to have a taller mohawk there is a good base to easily modify it.
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Jerrick Sunrunner (Mark Mulcaster)
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aimeekitty ()
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| Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:24 pm Post subject:
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| Thanks! Sounds like its pretty much approvable with some small modifications! |
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