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Correct, but a discussion on recasting is best held in that area, not here where this thread is all about the vetted sellers of armour approved by many garrisons and our detachment. This thread offers a guide to them and also the who to avoid.

Welcome, Jim, wow lots of posts. Looks like Revlimiter has pointed you in the right direction for your home base Garrison.

When you say silicone molding do you mean like this?

Definitely contact the above, but also make contact with your local garrison. If you had an approved 501st costume, there will be a record, and if you had been absent for over 2 years that would have been retired. This means going through the approval process again. If you had no approved costume with the 501st, then you can try and have your account reactivated through your local garrison webmaster, as they may be able to find it in the back end of their system.

Welcome aboard Jim. Much to learn there is, help you we will.

The RS and CFO helmets and suits are cast from production made originals. I am not privy to how exactly but I expect they used silicone moulding techniques. So why do everyone else sculpt from scratch? Well screen used suits are very rare in private hands. Most of what is left is probably in the Lucas Film archives. It’s also incredibly expensive, the last helmet for sale was in the region of $120,000 from memory. The the final nail is these are all at best 40 years old and so will probably be quite fragile by now. So the chances of getting hold is something that some one would allow to be cast is effectively 0 at this point.

Hello Jim and welcome to the home of Stormtroopers! I suggest you build that TK first hehe! The ESB is so cool with the all black frown!

There is a discussion thread on recasting and the differences between "good" and "bad" in another thread. This conversation is best continued there.

It's recasting (which is highly frowned upon) plus it would be near impossible to get your hands on an original movie helmet (or armor)

Wouldn't using the clay in the helmet and then adding extra details be easier/more accurate?

Nope, that is to your legion forum profile, try this one https://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=131&costumeID=124

Hand sculpt from screen images

You could reach out to the legion webmasters, lwm@501st.com

I mean how do they get the mold in the first place?

Hello and welcome aboard Jim, great spreadsheet showing the differences between the versions https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tEVteIreh6AHMogW010cuH_Bf8TBfU6/view Thread here for everything Stormtrooper Looking forward to seeing a build from you soon, good luck

That is called recasting and frowned upon across the legion.

If they used real movie props, would they be able to like, fill the helmet with clay to make the mold or something?

The first pic is from the movie, a Sandtrooper, and the other is a pic of a cosplayer. Unless you get a helmet used in the movie it’s going to look different. And even the helmets made for the film didn’t all look identical. However, by the looks of it the cosplayer helmet is an RS propmasters helmet with means it’s a copy of a screen used helmet and as close as you’ll get. Why then, does it look different? Well, depending on how it’s put together, and also in what angle the photo is taken is going to change the look of the helmet. It is also, as you say, depending on were you get your helmet from, if someone is sculpting based on photos or have an actual helmet used in the films to make copies from. As an example, I could make a sculpt and sell helmets and say it’s an ANH helmet but it will not look like the ones in the movie 😅 Another ex, from the movie, both are ANH helmets but look very different, the one on the left beeing a Hero helmet and the one on the right is a Stunt helmet.

There's something I don't get. According to starwarshelmets.com, this is an ANH stunt helmet: The stormtrooper on the left of this image is also an ANH stunt: Why do these helmets look very different in spite of being from the same movie? Is it just a matter of being from different manufacturers?

I'd reach out via their forums or Facebook group, but Ricky, Sha Sha, or Greg on the above linked email list would all be great people to ask about TK stuff up in the GGG area!

Hey Jim, welcome! TI-12585 shows as a Classified Record in the Holocron, but under the Southern California Garrison, of which I am a member. I wasn't able to find any record of that TKID ever being active on our forum or I was going to try to at least pull the username or email associated with the account for you to try a password reset. Are you an approved member of any Garrison and have been assigned that TKID? Please try to keep your intro posts to one thread so we can best help you!

Atleast I remember that much...

Jim here, and I plan on building a ESB standard TK or Return of the Jedi Scout trooper kit. But Im Here and Ready. Glad to act as a handler first til my build is complete and approved!

So, years ago I created a darn login for the 501st Page but went on an unexpected hiatus for years. now I cant remember my Login OR Password but I cant make a new one because it says "There is an ID already established for this account" and now I cant get it! Help!