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Ralph McQuarrie's Concept Stormtrooper "Helmet(s)"


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I thought it would be a good idea to start a new thread to focus on the different helmets that RMQ has provided for us that go along with the Concept Stormtrooper armor.

 

Here are 3 different sketches that can be use for both the Clean Stormtrooper armor and the Dirty Sandtrooper like armor.

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This one is next on my list to do...

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I'll be posting up my WIP of the making of this helmet.

Kevin W.

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I had one of my old A.N.H. v 2.5 helmets on hand. It was a bad cast I did about 3 years ago, so I decided to cut it up and see if I can use some of it for the RMQ helmet.

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My thought is to try to make a dome/back section that I can use to make other molds from and modify them to become 2 different RMQ style helmets.

 

One will be for the "Big Mouth" and the other the Sandertooper seen outside. NOT the Cantina Trooper.

 

This Sandtrooper style... The aerators on this helmet are pointed inward. It also doesn't have the high check small rectangles and the distance from the nose grill and the edge of the center aerator is grater than what EFX is making. I promised Bryan O. (owner of EFX) that I would not make the same helmet that they have in the works.

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The back of this helmet is also very different.

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So these are the two different styles I will be working on simultaneously. In the end I hope these can be Vac-formed helmet kits and not roto-cast.

 

Thanks

Kevin W.

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Hi Kevin

 

Probably a bit late in the day but I scanned these sketches in for you at a larger size (if you don't already have them). Hope they help in some small way.

 

Good luck and all the best with your project.

 

Andy

 

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R5SB (Andy) Thank you very much!! Any and all images are always welcome.

Thanks!!!

 

I made the back section flatter rather than having the curved lower bump in the back, like the movie TK helmets have.

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The Blue Line shows where the lid would be trimmed for the RMQ "Big Mouth" Trooper and the Red lines are for the RMQ SandTropper.

 

Kevin W.

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I was busy today... After I flattened out the backside this morning, I decided I would make a temporary mold of the dome. This will allow me to make 2 cast from it, to then modify each dome to resemble 2 different RMQ helmets.
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Kevin W.

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I did a quick clay sculpt of the face to look like the RMQ concept Sandtrooper in about 3.5 hours. It's not done, just a rough layout.

 

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Kevin W.

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My drawing on the left shows the detail lines that I see when looking at RMQ's illustration on the right of the back-view of one of the concept troopers helmet. If you study RMQ's work, you will find that he incorporated a red triangle in a lot of his work. I started with that as part of the design in the center and made other shapes that are similar to the windows on the Jawa Crawler on the back of the helmet.

 

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Kevin W.

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Nice idea.

I keep going back and forth on deciding if the area should be smooth and the designs gets a decal/painted on or should I make the shapes raised in the mold and then the shapes would have to be painted. The 2nd option will not make it easy for some people.

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Kevin W.

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It looks like the black box you've outlined is thicker on the left 1/3rd than it is on the rest of it, with a 45 degree slope "upwards" on the lower horizontal line to create the transition to a thinner overall box.

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I also did another pull of the face (It's a soft pull, that is why it is lacking detail to the face) and a quick pull of the back even though the back is not done and has no details added yet. But this will help me align the face with the back and determine where the side detail/cut lines will be.

 

The black line drawn here shows what I was first thinking... These line is were the dome would be cut off and the side of the fave part is what would be showing underneath.

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Then I realized I might need a larger overlapped area to better attach the 2 halves together. So I drew the Red line then the Blue line leaving more area on the side for an ear cap. I am leaning more towards the blue line because it shows more of the top curved detail when looking at it from the front view which is similar to RMQ drawing. The Red and Blue lines will require me to make some kind of ear caps. Some ear caps as some in a few other RMQ drawing.

 

I am liking the Green Line even more now... What do you think???

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Kevin W.

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Looking cool Kevin , looking at reference photos , the trap seems to have more of the round shape, as I'm sure you know. My opinion is I like the green and the red lines. The green looks more like a regular TK, the red and black have more of the McQuarrie feel. I'm sure which ever way you decide to go, it will be awesome. Fantastic work as always...

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