Hero mic tips

[ObiHahn[TK]]

I just read in Gino's descrition of his oh-so-accurate hero lid that he painted his mic tip mesh black for his helmet, claiming that was how they did it for the movie. Never heard/read about that before...

 

On all the ANH hero reference pics I have, no black mesh is to be seen but some pics are not very clear and open to interpretation. Does anyone have any clearer insights on this and wants to share?

[Verne]

 

Same thing for the "Move Along" sandtrooper:

 

 

I guess that it's not a standard for Hero and sandtrooper helmets and that some stormtrooper stunt have these mic tips painted in black inside the hollow body of the mic and the painted mesh.

[ObiHahn[TK]]

Thanks for the insight, Fabien!

I have that same set of hero helmet reference pics and was not sure if that really is blackened screen or if it's just lighting.

 

A lot of hero helmet pictures seem to show regular unpainted metallic screen material.

[ObiHahn[TK]]

Since I just saw Gino is active here, maybe he'd like to share on this topic? He is the (only?) guy whose prop description mentions black screen for hero stormtroopers.

Do you have any additional info, was it random like Fabien suggested, was it maybe a lighting illusion? The Han/Luke heros seem to have had silver screen, but I'm not sure about the other six hero helmets.

[geordietrooper]

Since I just saw Gino is active here, maybe he'd like to share on this topic?

 

he was banned so can't answer here ( unless he was unbanned ? )

[ObiHahn[TK]]

he was banned so can't answer here ( unless he was unbanned ? )

 

Whatever the case, he just answered in another thread of mine.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

I personally believe that hero hovie mix were indeed black on the inside.

 

the variance from silver screen material, to the gold/silver tone of keith's tips

 

to the black/silver interior of a hero hovie, makes complete sense to me.

 

you can see that most of the mic tips are heavily weathered in most shots

 

of original helmets... I think a black interior, with a silver screen for a hero

 

tip is the best option.