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Nice pic Neil, great find. We can also see the two halves Imperial Guard helmet. Very curious about the process of sculpting. Since the original molds seems to be made out of wood (for the main helmet as we can see with the picture provided by EFX), I would love to know how they did it!

In hurry to see more! Good luck with the sculpt!!

Now, they are waiting for the Endor trip....next step, weathering!

No choice, I have to finish them now!

You forgot "casted of an original" ^^

Looks to MLC helmet, no?

Prototype finished. It will help me to see what I've to change on the molds. I'm not really happy with the decals which are too much blue than grey (damn inkjet printer)

It would have been really great to see the whole set of molds created by EFX using the originals.

I totally agree with John concerning the pedigree of the DP helmet. It has many details which also appears on originals helmets. Due to the mass production and the quality of the plastic, the DP is generally wider and "crushed". What I don't explain is why one hole is missing on the back of the helmet. Those are especially sharp and deep in comparison of the screen used helmet. Another detail, why the faceplate is smaller (especially the snout area and jaws)?

Thanks Neil. Normally, the face plate fit perfectly the helmet. But like some original on display, a little opening appear. I guess it's why they used the black "adhesive" on original helmets (I know it's not "adhesive" but I don't know the exact term for this stuff called "velcro" in French) When the final design will be ready, I guess it would be funny to make pinseal helmet. But I have to consider that it's not easy to find pinseal ABS in France (more ocmmon in the UK) and that it's a nightmare to form (I have to dry the sheets cause of the moisture)

This first prototype will help me to see what I have to change on the molds, even if I already made lots off changements since I pulled these parts.

Thanks guys! Here's comparison pics with a ROTJ helmet.

Same size as a DP helmet (but the faceplate longuer) since it's mainly based on a DP helmet and measurements of original helmet.

Hi guys. It have been a long time since I didn't poster here (but still a visitor). Busy with other projects (essentially TK helmets). Do you remember this old project I started few years ago? http://forum.bikersc...205 I stopped it prematurely due to an accident happened and which disgusted me of the project. Some weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me if, one day, I would be able to make an helmet for him. He's not a hardcore collector of props or collectibles but enough fan of Star Wars to appreciate this kind of item!! He's interested by a stormtrooper helmet, but his favorite character is the biker scout. First motivation. Considering that his birthday is really soon and that I don't have any idea of gift...I guess that an helmet could make a good present. Second motivation. And cherry on the cake, EFX announced thanks to GINO that they will probably not release the biker scout helmet in vaccum formed plastic but more in fiberglass. Thus for hardcore collector like me, who wants the most accurate helmet...restart to 0. Third motivation (even if I don't pretend to make the most accurate biker scout helmet). Thus I decided to took of my old molds from thei boxes and started to rework them. Not only repair them, but make modification. Her's a first test! The back and the visor are close to be the final design. The faceplate is the V1, modified with resin. I already started to rework the faceplate mold (reworked the snout area, the cheek, the lense opening, the length, etc...) Excuse this poor prototype in raw form (not totally sanded, not primered, snout part partially fixed!)

Nice vacuum forming table from a great guy!!

Waow, that looks very good, great great work!!!

Wow, look very nice! I'm admiring of your work

So... I wish you a good luck, but what you've done actually is very nice!

Very nice work, I'm very impressed!