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GF/Follano TIE Pilot |
| 2004 - Tim Steele's sent me these great shots
of his GF/Follano TIE Pilot helmet he's had since 1998. Obviously more
well known for his Stormtrooper helmets, the GF is a good looking helmet
although from these photo's it doesn't appear to be as sharp as the
Goldenarmor. |
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| Above and below the overall
detailing of the GF looks to be very good, the helmet being made of Black
ABS as opposed to the Fiberglass of the Goldenarmor. |
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| GF also produced the body armor,
specifically the front and back armor, as well as the chest box which is
pictured here. The piping from the chest box fits into the aerator ports
on the front of the helmet. |
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comparison shots showing the GF tie against the GF Hero Stormtrooper
helmets. These indicate just how big the TIE helmet is at approx the same
size as the screen used helmet at 11W x 15L x13H (inches). Thanks for the
pics Tim! |
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"Laws Archive" TIE Helmet.
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| These photos loaded March 2006 are
of the LA TIE and AT-AT helmets (see At-At section), both of
which have been updated and improved this year. |
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| Good to see one painted up like the
screen-used helmets with silver highlighting. For the originals this was
most probably done on-set when they realised what a sod these are to
photograph! |
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| This new version seem to have the
correct metal greeblies too. |
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| These pics from Well Paid Killer of his completed TIE life-size which uses a Helmet Chest box and Armor
produced by the Laws Archive. |
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| in 2004 WPK sent me these images
of the "LA" helmet. Unlike the originals this is painted PVC
rather than Black ABS. |
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and another photo this one slightly from the side. |
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It also looks to me like he's got a rather nice Han in
Carbonite there! |
| WPK's a regular contributor to this site and his
collection is growing more and more impressive by the day. At this rate
he'll be opening to the public soon and accepting coach-parties! |
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Below some excellent shots from Blastermaniac of his
"LA" TIE helmet. This is a hard helmet to photograph and by
using a but his lighting is superb and it shows in these photo's. |
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You can really see the detail in this helmet, which like
the screen-original is huge |
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This looks to me to be the one of the best looking TIE
helmets. |
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| BM's also done some comparisons
against his "LA" trooper helmet, so I've added a section here. |
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Above and below some shots of my TIE armor from the same
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I've mounted it on a chrome stand which is really makes
a really nice display. |
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As you can see a great helmet and very close to the ANH
originals. |
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Shepperton Design Studios
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| Existing in the "limbo" land between
fan-made and Licensed is SDS - which isn't really either.
The SDS/Andrew Ainsworth TIE Helmets and Armor are on a separate page here ... |
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Goldenarmor
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| 2003/4 Below a composite shot by
Goldenarmor of his fiberglass TIE pilot. Looking at the pic this only looks
like its cast of a smaller Don Post helmet and NOT the screen-size Classic
Action or Deluxe. |
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Misc. |
| Below is a really nice
custom-built helmet and armour from Wuchi01 from Omega Wing (see links
section for a link to their excellent site and forum) |
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Helmet and armor are made from
Vacuum-formed Styrene, and then
finished with Rustoleum brand grey primer & gloss black spray. The helmet
consists of the two halves, face plate, ear pieces and mohawk top. This
excellent prop was made by Impact1 at
www.hi-impact.org using
0.125 black styrene.
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| And finally a side on shot of
Wuchi01's custom-built Tie, note that's a Marmit figure behind. |
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The three images below, sent to me by Anson of Hannon's
helmet. Again its 1:1 screen accurate and therefore
HUGE, with detailing based on the original helmet which was sold at
Christie's recently (see images in the Real Props section). This looks
stonkingly good |
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Richie's Armor |
| Below, a comparison of a Richie's
Armor TIE Pilot Helmet (right, owned by Jonathan TK2216) against a Don
Post Classic Action (left, owned by Jools). Note that although the
Richie's looks really good, Jonathan said he had to put a lot of work into
it to get it to this state. |
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| Below, same again but a side on
view. Both are big helmets and much bigger than the standard DP. Click here
for a comparison of the DP C/A against the SP Standard. |
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