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Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones
Clone Troopers |
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The three images above and right are of King
Jamie's superb one-off Clone Trooper Helmet. Made of fiberglass from an original
sculpt by Jamie himself,
he's created an excellent likeness and shaped an accurate chrome visor made of two-way mirrored acrylic
matching the film look. Jamie created his original sculpt based on the proportions in the SWD and
images from the film when compared to the
other actors. Therefore this helmet is "life-size" and significantly larger than the Kellog's.
I really like what he's done with the painting, and specifically the
excellent battle damage look and blast residue most evident at the top of
the helmet. This was achieved by gouging impact marks on the surface and burning the helmet with a torch. The helmet was painted using white, gray, and black enamels, and finished with a blanket of clear matte to give the
realistic "used" look seen in the Clone Wars scenes. Jamie has
specifically matched the damage to that of the maquette used by Lucasfilm
as a base model for the CGI. The inside of the helmet has an ultra bright red LED light that when switched on, lights the tip of the fin on the back of the helmet
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2nd October 2005 -
Below is my old Clone Trooper helmet. Based originally on the Canadian Kellogs helmet,
its been totally reinforced with fiberglass, adding a rear LED, replacement screen-accurate reflective
visor and finished the whole thing off with custom paint job and overall
weathering. |
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...and a couple more pics of the same helmet below. |
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Stealthtrooper's excellent Clone Trooper costume, which uses the same modified
helmet as the base. Great armor and an impressive
looking costume. |
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| Above is another really nice Clone Trooper
helmet again based around the Kellog's
Canada Helmet, the designer has adapted the helmet, and
finished off with some excellent painting and weathering. Although it sold
out very quickly, the base "helmet" can be picked up on ebay for
under $40, although note that its wafer-thin and needs serious
reinforcing. |
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Above, a couple of comparison
shots showing the Rubie's and the "Real" prop from the film.
Note that though the Rubie's looks close, it is in fact significantly
undersize such that the overall dimensions of the Kellogs is probably more
accurate.
Below are some shots of a new Fan-made, currently doing the rounds
on ebay. Below left is a painted up version, and to the right, a weathered
version next to the (tiny) Rubie's. |
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the Fan-made and a Kellog's. I like the visor in particular as it matches
the highly-reflective type used in the film (CG actually). |
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KooKoo's really impressive looking Clone Trooper. Based on his own sculpt
he really has done an excellent job and may soon be offering these in
(very) limited numbers. |
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...above is Joe's
(DarkSide) Clone Lieutenant, another one based on the
Kellog's Helmet. He tells me its Red for Captain and Yellow for Commander,
dunno about green. |
Below, Clonesix has sent me these 3 shots of his newly completed
Clone Trooper. Its cast in hollow-cast ridged polyurethane resin and is a
very close match to the Original CG version. |
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| The collar area is movie accurate,
but is completely wearable via a small door in the back that is held in
place by small magnets for easy attachments and removal by the wearer.
Adequate ventilation was a concern with such a tight fitting neck area. So
a vacu-formed plate fits into the chin, behind the mouth openings to act
as ducting for airflow through the mouth and chin. a small CPU fan is
mounted to the plate and powered by a 9V battery, to draw air into the
helmet. The visor is cut from a motorcycle helmet visor and provides
excellent visibility. The dorsal fin also lights up (blinking of rixed)
via four Super-Brite LED's. |
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nice RotS Clone Helmets) has also produced some Ep2 Helmets..... |
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some Animated Clone Wars style helmets. |
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| Sept 06 - Here's Javamonkey's
Work in Progress Ep2 Clone trooper helmet on a set of clone armour (above
you will see the same armour but with JM's Ep3 helmet) |
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| ...and below the same JM helmet but
this one painted up by John Sale |
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| Finally for the Ep2 Clones here's
some photos from Spacebob of his reworked Star Fortress Clone helmet
which looks really great. |
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| That's really impressive work. The
Star Fortress Clone sculpt was particularly accurate, especially when you
consider that as a fan-made helmet they didn't have access to the LFL
digital files so everything's sculpted from sight. |
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| Thank for the pics Spacebob! |
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AotC
Clone Pilot
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| I've just received these new shots
of his completed and weathered Clone Pilot Helmet and chest box from
SkyGunBros. Remember in the Movie these were all CG so no actual
helmets/props "existed" so he's done an excellent job working
from the stills available. |
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The weathering makes all the difference and as you
can see it looks very accurate. |
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Below some shots taken at an earlier stage. |
| Skygunbros 1:1 Clone Pilot helmet is hand sculpted primarily using "Bondo"
autobody filler along with a lot of Dremelling, hand carving and sanding. |
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| The final piece will be cast in fiberglass and painted with automotive paints and clear
coat, and Jason's also produced the Chest Box and pipes. |
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| Here's some new shots of his
excellent fully completed Clone Pilot Helmet and Armor (with friend!) |
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The armor was made by Carlos and together they look
absolutely superb |
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Star Wars Expanded Universe
Republic Commando Helmets |
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Lucas Arts Computer game and comic books. Timeline wise they came between
Episode 2 and 3. Chad and Harley have put together a range of these helmets
and IMO have done a superb job on them. |
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| First up is "Fixer". I love the blue
LED's - they make the helmet look really cool |
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one is hand painted. I'm not sure whether they've done a run of these or
they've just made a few for themselves. |
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| Below another character design. From
this angle you can see the similarities with the Episode 2 Clone design (the
jaw line and ear detailing) and from an evolutionary perspective how it will
"become" the Episode 3 helmet. |
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| Shame they cant convince someone
like "Bell" to made proper Motorcycle helmets like this! |
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| This is really impressive work.
Below a couple of shots of one of their earlier helmets (sorry not sure of
the character name) but the red, grey and whit detailing looks excellent |
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And finally below its Republic Commando Howler |
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This is really excellent work from
these guys, not least to put so much work into characters from the Extended
Universe that AFAIK no one else has looked at before.
Below, updated March 2006 - even MORE Republic Commando helmets from Chad! |
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Captain Fordo Helmet
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| Captain Fordo was seen in the
Clone Wars Cartoon series, and below is another excellent helmet made by
SWC regular, Skygunbro.... |
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site but the "brother" helmet to this the Commander Neyo can be seen on the
RotS Clone Trooper page. |
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