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Revenge of the Sith
Clone Trooper Helmets and Armor |
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JM/Javamonkey
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impressive fan-made Clone Trooper helmets I've seen so far. Produced by Scott/
Javamonkey they
look extremely accurate to me and given they've been produced a number of
months before the Master Replica helmets it really is an impressive
achievement. |
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These really are VERY good helmets. I've not seen one in
person so am not sure if they're fiberglass or ABS/Styrene. |
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The weathering looks great too. |
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Here's a shot of the yellow derivative - I really like the
lip on the area around the lens |
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Below a couple of shots of Darren's Java Monkey
Clone Helmet (ABS I think) - Superb |
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Its a cool looking helmet and being ABS would be perfect
for the rigours of trooping. |
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| Below, here's an impressive shot of
JavaMonkey's Ep3 Clonetrooper (work in progress) helmet on a set of his armor.
On the Episode 2 Clone page you'll see JM's Ep2 Trooper
on the same armor. |
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OSCS Clonetrooper
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| In case you were wondering its
nothing to do with Obsessive Compulsive Disorders but in fact "One Stop
Clone Shop" who have put these great looking and rather unique Clone helmets
together |
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Continues.....Here are two examples of the O.S.C.S. (One Stop Clone Shop)
Episode III Clonetrooper helmet, finished and painted by TK1536 Mike
Harrison. While the details remain relatively unknown, it is believed this
helmet started with the original CAD files, and as such, is the most
accurate helmet available. It has not been up-sized 10 to 15% like the
Master Replicas helmet, |
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| Below a comparison against a hi def
screen grab done by Mike, showing the detail in the paint work. |
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| Mike adds -
An interesting addition to this helmet is that it contains the neck ring,
which the Master Replicas Clone helmet lacks. Because of this neck ring, the
helmet must be modified so it can be wearable. One such modification is the
removal of the face plate which is then attached with Rare Earth magnets |
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| Its a really great looking helmet
and I like the idea of having a separate face to allow the neck ring. Again
the painting is awesome on this helmet. |
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Some useful
info recently from Tobias in the Nordic Garrison who has one of these lids "OSCS
helmets are made from something called Rigid Urethane according to Marcelo,
the guy who makes them. The first of them were made using "slush-casting"
which mean that it is rather bumpy on the inside, with some areas very
thick, and some rather thin. More recently the maker has gotten a proper
roto-cast machine, so his newer helmets should be smoother and more even".
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Below, this
Commander Gree helmet which is also based on the same OSCS helmet |
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This particular helmet was finished
by Todd Gottfried TD1035. The metal look paint finished wasn't vacuum
metalised but instead Alclad II was used (sprayed on)
http://www.alclad2.com/alclad-home.html |
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| I've never seen one of these side by
side with a Master Replicas Clone helmet - but I'd be interesting to see the
size difference (the MR slightly larger than the OSCS). |
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| THe OSCS certainly looks like an
impressive helmet. |
| Below, I got hold of these great
shots in 2005 from Philip at Rebelscum.com of the
life-size Gentle Giant Statue shown at the
2005 Comic Con of the (then) new Episode 3 Trooper. |
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| Body-wise it looks exactly the same
as the E2 Clone Trooper so only the revised helmet design is new. |
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| I dunno, call me old fashioned but
to me it doesn't have the same "curved" beauty of the traditional
ANH Stormtrooper. Considering its just a 20(?) year leap from "Revenge
of the Sith" to "A New Hope" there's one hell of
a change! |
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Note that this isn't "fan-made", I just didnt
know where else to put it! Again may thanks to Philip and www.Rebelscum.com
for these images |
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| There's been some interesting new
fan-made RotS helmets appearing on ebay recently, including this Commander
Cody helmet. I'm not sure of the history of it so if anyone has any info
lmk |
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| It actually looks very nice although
made from fiberglass there is the suggestion it may have been
cast off another fan-made helmet. |
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fiberglass helmets |
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| In addition Skygunbro is nearing
completion on his Clone Trooper Helmets, including this one, which will come
with Binocs when complete. |
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| After his work on the Ep2 Helmets
this again looks like a really nice version. Again 100% own sculpt. |
| Below, Edu from Spain has sent me
these pics of his custom made Commander Baccara Helmet |
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Again, Ed's done this completely
from a custom made sculpt.
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Chris C has sent me some
photos of his great custom-built Commander Baccara |
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helmet..... |
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| And below of Chris at Comic Con in
San Diego this year (06) |
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Below, James G has sent me these great shots of his Clone
Trooper variant, which is essentially a "SnowClone". |
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Again based on the Java Monkey helmet its been
modified to suit the necessities of the snowy inclement weather |
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Here's a great action shot taken by the guys at The
Dented Helmet. |
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Commander Neyo |
| This is anther fan-made beauty, this
time from Dan in Chicago. Dan's constructed an Ep-3 Commander Neyo for
Celebration-3 and spent approximately 3 months sculpting the moulds in
order to fit his 250lb frame. |
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| Just prior to starting the helmet
(which was the last of the moulds to be completed) Dan managed to get hold of
the RotS Visual Dictionary. After thumbing through the pics, he was struck
by the small pic of the impressive looking Commander Neyo. |
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| Running short on time, and reference
photos, he "punted" and sculpted the face plate (based off the Keloggs)
directly from plaster. All the armor is vac-formed from either 3mm sentra,
or .125 ABS. |
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I'm sure you'll agree this is a
superb example of the illusive Commander Neyo costume.
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| Above and below, four photos of
regular contributor Skygunbro's Commander Neyo helmet. |
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| As with all of SGB's work its a
really cool and well made helmet kit. In addition its great to see prop
makers tackling the lesser known characters. With Master Replicas dropping
out of the SW market its going to be highly unlikely we'll ever see licensed
helmets like this so its great that the fans are able to bridge the gap. |
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| SGB's also produced a Commander
Fordo, from the Clone wars cartoon series, which you can see on the
AotC/Expanded Universe page. |
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| Continuing with SkyGunBro, another
great helmet,
this time his Galactic Marine helmet. |
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| You can just make him out in the
movie but he's probably better known from the Star Wars Battlefront 2
game.
SGB should be applauded for doing the less-well known characters, and
the Galactic Marine is another great example of this. You'll see a number of
his helmets on this page as well as the AotC
Clone page here. |
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| And finally, PGH Fett's
superb Clone Scout Helmet, which was the Revenge of the Sith forerunner to the Biker Scout
helmets seen in Return of the Jedi. I understand this is an entirely bespoke
sculpt by PGH Fett - he's NOT used one of the Don
Post Scout helmets as his base. Even more impressive! |
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| The Clone Scout Troopers were seen in the movie during a couple
of scenes on Kashykk. As with the vast majority of Helmets from RotC and
RotS, they were entirely digitally created and visualised so there's no
"real" helmet to compare them against. |
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| So PGH Fett has done a really great
job in creating this helmet from so little source material, and the detail
and weathering he's done have given it that real world look. |
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| Finally a shot from the rear again
show off the close similarities with the RotJ Biker Scout helmet. |
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| Below some shots from "Mr Bungle" of
his BARC Trooper Helmet from Revenge of the Sith |
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| Again, really impressive work - well
done. |
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| Below, yet another Clone derivative
from Sky Gun Bro, this time the AT-TE Driver |
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| This one's a very neat idea - its
actually a AT-TE Gunner dome, which SGB's designed and sculpted to
retrofit on top of an existing MR or OSCS Clonetrooper helmet! |
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| This is a really cool idea since it
fits just like the Gentle Giant add on for the mini Clone busts. |
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