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pandatrooper ()
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 Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:15 am Post subject: New ANH RFT build, helmet made from scratch!
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Hi there, just getting my parts together for an EP IV RFT build.
I already have the boots (from my X wing pilot), pants (gray BDU), vest (black BDU shirt), belt (Tandy buckle and leather dyed), holster and helmet. Currently building my DH-17 blaster.
I built the helmet myself. I bought a genuine WW II Navy Talker helmet, and I made a mold of it and fabricated the buck. Then did a vac form, which was then used to create the base helmet, swoop and the front shield and the black shield like the originals. For the chin cup I 3D modelled a chin cup from scratch and created a buck and vac formed that as well. The com box was create from scratch using wood and washers etc.
Is the helmet approvable? I would think so since it's made the same way as the originals and the other makers use the same base helmet as well. But I wanted to check to be sure.
Thanks in advance!
*Sorry for the water marks, people have been stealing my photos!
 IMG_8072 by panda86, on Flickr
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Retrofire (Peter)
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:52 am Post subject:
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This is great! I copied my Scout Biker after your build thread over at the Pathfinders and now I get to watch you here. Beautiful work as always. How about doing an Endor Commando next?
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navarre1095 (CHARLES GRAY)
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:41 pm Post subject:
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Very cool!
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EBGA ()
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 4:49 pm Post subject:
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| Very cool! Thanks for sharing the images of the vacuum forming process. Nice work. |
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Kievan Mereel (Sam Coulson)
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:22 pm Post subject:
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| That is a great looking helmet. |
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kman ()
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:43 am Post subject:
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Looks great!
Are you going to sell these, or is this just for you and maybe some friends?
(I'm not in the market; just curious)
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