The Helmet
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The parts that make up the RFT Helmet are as follows:
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The ILM movie used Rebel Fleet Trooper helmet was based on a USA World War 2 Mark II Navy Talker Helmet. Ebay.com is a good place to find Mark II Navy helmets. One usually comes up for auction about every 4 weeks or so.
We pulled vacuum-molds from an existing MKII helmet
and custom sculpted the "swept back wing" vacuum-mold.
The smoke colored "blast shield" can either be painted onto the helmet or vacuumformed from 1/8 inch smoke acrylic plastic, depending on your budget at that time.
The Communication box on the side of the helmet has an odd bevel on the bottom of it. Hi-Impact.org supplied us with a vacuumform shell from which we took patterns off of to make out own commbox out of. They did extensive research to the pattern of the details on the side of the commbox. To the best of their abilities, they think the commbox has one flat donut shape, two dome bumps and three vertical bars on it.
The measurement of this commbox is 5.5cm wide x 9.5cm tall x 2cm deep (litte deeper on the corners though due to the curve of the helmet).
Take notice the wire antenna that protrudes out the top of the commbox. We drilled a small hole through the top of the commbox, directly above the three vertical bars. We then threaded a spring steel antenna wire through the hole and wrapped it around bolt.
We fabricated our custom chin cup from a preexisting military chin cup. We added a raised bump to our mold and sealed in any divots that was in the original chin cup. The webbing can be threaded to be either inside or outside the chin cup, as both versions were present in the movie. The webstrap connects to the helmet using the same rivets used to attach the "swept back wing".
We lined the top of the helmet with 1/2 inch thick foam padding for comfort. A small strip of foam inside the chin cup helps too.
RFT HELMET FOR SALE!We are willing to custom build RFT helmets for the fans, if you do not have the time or resources to make one yourself. Allow 3 to 4 weeks for your helmet to be built.
This would be a dual purpose helmet, with an "flippable visor" see-through faceplate as seen in this screenshot of the movie. $225.00usa per helmet plus shipping and handling. Contact Us for more info. |
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