wannab Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Ok, now that I am painting my lids I plan on painting the tube stripes. I have a vinyl cutter (I'm a sign maker by trade) and I plan on making a vinyl stencil to mask the stripe for painting. I want to make these accurate but not as "wonky" as the original paint job. So my question what is the proper number on the real lids? The ref photos I have most seem to have 13 stripes per side (some 12 and some even more). I also noticed while working on my helms that each side has a different sized area where the stripes go so I will have to make two different length stencils. Does anyone have any really good, somewhat closeup shots of the stripes on the real helms? Thanks in advance. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defstartrooper Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 were the originals painted ? i thought it was just the traps and teardrops that were painted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannab Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 ANH bucket stripes were painted, ESB & ROTJ had screenprinted decals. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 ANH bucket stripes were painted, ESB & ROTJ had screenprinted decals. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain4434 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Hope these help. ceck out http://www.starwarshelmets.com, scroll down and look for "move Along" and "stop that ship" troopers. You'll find some good ref shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4510 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Ok, now that I am painting my lids I plan on painting the tube stripes. I have a vinyl cutter (I'm a sign maker by trade) and I plan on making a vinyl stencil to mask the stripe for painting. I want to make these accurate but not as "wonky" as the original paint job. So my question what is the proper number on the real lids? The ref photos I have most seem to have 13 stripes per side (some 12 and some even more). I also noticed while working on my helms that each side has a different sized area where the stripes go so I will have to make two different length stencils. Does anyone have any really good, somewhat closeup shots of the stripes on the real helms? Thanks in advance. Doug Wha!!!?? you have a vinyl cutter and you havent made stickers yet???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannab Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 Thanks Captain! I noticed the color looks quite a bit different than what the preferred Humbrol #15 looks like. TK4510 - Wha!!!?? you have a vinyl cutter and you havent made stickers yet????Well if I get these dialed in (color shape & size-wise) I can offer some as sticker or paint stencils. They would be custom fitted to the TE line (both sides are not the same). I will post my progress with photos as soon as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain4434 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 You're welcome wannab. I love how we all try and make our gear so nice and pretty. Then you look at the actual movie used gear and it looks like crap, or that's how this stuff would look if it was used in reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Trooper Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 I would love to see these as some sort of a stencil so it's easier for people to go accurate ANH style and paint them on. I think the actual measurements are 16mm long stripes, with the stripes themselves being 3mm wide with 4mm wide spaces between them. Although the spacing varies a bit once in a while, the main thing to correct the different lengths of the sides is there is not a constant number of stripes on each side. I think the number of stripes from helmet to helmet varies from 11 up to 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannab Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Here are some pics of my stripes testing. Note they are just paper prints taped on at this point. I am looking for input as to any changes to make. Measurements Left (looking at front of helmet) Length 90mm Rear stripe 16.4mm high front stripe 15.5mm high Right (looking at the front) Length 83mm, Rear stripe 16.4mm, front stripe 15.6mm I tapered the stripes (slightly) as you can see by my measurements it just seemed to look more like the photos I had as ref. I also angled the tops formard very slightly as well. LMK what you think and if you have more accurate info. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I think they look really great Doug . Looks like you put a lot of time into getting them as accurate as the pics, great job . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Super duper work Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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