Re: Anybody have a Fett helmet?

Finnally! Here's a pic of my helmet:

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r107 … 1168965539

I've done a more to it since that was taken, I'll try to get a newer picture soon.

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Not bad work on that so far!! I like the armor too big_smile

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I don't have a helmet but I'm working on a blastech E-11, I have to go shopping for parts though.

Nice helmet Lord Revan. How much did that end up costing you?

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I've got a Don Post '97 that I got for free b/c it had no rangefinder antenna and a cracked visor.  I could just make a rangefinder and replace the visor, but I know you can buy good kits that have movie-accurate parts in them, and you're supposed to cut the visor out and reshape the helmet b/c its too wide.  Also, being the '97 and not the '95, its sorta flat-topped, so I may wanna try to add some material to the top then sand it into the proper dome shape.  I'm trying to wait until I can do it right, vs. just getting little things done so I can get it off my chest, haha.

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I have a helmet, it's molded plastic and you can't see out of it, but it freaks the cat out if you wear it. Probably would scare the neighbors as well.

A month or so ago, the old man confessed to me that if we're going to Dragon Con, it has to be in Mandalorian armor. I believe I'd just walked into my kitchen after coming home from a long day at the office. No "hi dear, how was your day." Just that fierce declaration, as if I would say "no way. Totally out of the question. I will NOT have mandalorian armor in MY house." I'm not sure where he's going with this, but he's checking out the Dented Helmet so I have to think he's serious.

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Wow Ursula!  I would be so happy to hear my husband say that to me LOL  Enjoy putting your costumes together and have fun at DragonCon!

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JasterMereel wrote:

I've got a Don Post '97 that I got for free b/c it had no rangefinder antenna and a cracked visor.  I could just make a rangefinder and replace the visor, but I know you can buy good kits that have movie-accurate parts in them, and you're supposed to cut the visor out and reshape the helmet b/c its too wide.  Also, being the '97 and not the '95, its sorta flat-topped, so I may wanna try to add some material to the top then sand it into the proper dome shape.  I'm trying to wait until I can do it right, vs. just getting little things done so I can get it off my chest, haha.

Heres my DP 97: ( can you guess where the pic was taken?  )

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/tk2388/DSCN0196.jpg 



http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/tk2388/DCP03376.jpg

and a slightly better view of the side.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/tk2388/DCP03362.jpg

Revan: Nice bucket mate big_smile

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Was the first picture taken at the set of Tatooine?  Does such a place even exist?

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Sev Fett wrote:

Was the first picture taken at the set of Tatooine?  Does such a place even exist?

Yep! Its the hotel Sidi Driss in Tunisia, it was the location used for the Lars homestead ( Lukes home in the ground).

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/tk2388/DSCN0201.jpg

Remember the famous Meal scene with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru / Well the weird painting on the ceiling is still there.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/tk2388/DSCN0128.jpg

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Thats totally sweet.  What an ingenious idea.  I wonder if they made the hobbit holes in LOTR in Zealand a hotel.

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This is all something else! You must travel alot Carbnitekid.

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I think it's blasphemous. To build a hotel where just anyone can come in and do anything to such a special place is awful. Not to mention the destruction they had to have done to it in order to transform it into a hotel is unbelievable.

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Miba wrote:

I think it's blasphemous. To build a hotel where just anyone can come in and do anything to such a special place is awful. Not to mention the destruction they had to have done to it in order to transform it into a hotel is unbelievable.

You misunderstand my friend .

These places have been the traditional homes of the Berber tribes in Tunisia for many hundreds of years.
Lucas merely " borrowed" the architecture for his movies.  :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matmata

Read the last line of the wikipedia entry closely! wink

Sharra:-  I've done a bit.  Besides I live in the UK so its just a couple of hours on a plane to Tunisia.

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You can't trust wikis as far as you can throw them.

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He's probably saying that from personal experiences as well.

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Wow CKID those are great pics and VERY nice costume!!  To be able to travel like that must be nice.

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Sev Fett wrote:

He's probably saying that from personal experiences as well.

Yes, I'am.

And for the rest of you doubters  tongue

http://www.showcaves.com/english/misc/misc/Matmata.html

http://home.scarlet.be/mark.dermul/tatooine/matmata.htm

http://homepage.mac.com/melissaenderle/ … egion.html

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Those were very interesting sites!  I really liked learning more about the troglodyte culture in Tunisia.  Looks like somewhere I'd like to visit, not just for the Star Wars connection.

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Its a great country, and despite what some sites may say the natives are very freindly. Its not just Sta Wars that was filmed there either. Indiana Jones was made there as was The English Patient and The Life of Brian ( tunisia that is, not Matmata ) smile

If anyone wants any more pics just drop me a PM smile

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I got my new helm FINALLY! big_smile big_smile big_smile

It's not the best fit sadly, the dome needs to be a little deeper for my fat forehead.......but oh well, it's a start.

Will try to post pics before the week is out

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Ive a don post and a Altman and the ridell mini !

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go do some running to slim off your forehead big_smile j/k

i just looked at all those sites about the Lars homestead and stuff. interesting to learn these things about how some of the best films in history were made.