A-Wing Helmet

A-WING HELMET REPLICA PROJECT

One of my favourite original trilogy helmet designs.  To see how this replica was made check the section halfway down this page.

The cheeks on this buildup have been extended.  Since the main shell is cast in a thin urethane plastic, it can be heated and adjusted outwards.

The helmet fits very snug like the film used helmet.   It's also flexible outwards (with heat) if you have a larger sized head.

THE KIT

KIT IS NOW AVAILABLE!

A-WING HELMET FULL KIT

A-WING HELMET KIT (cast version) $245.00 USD accessory kit (foam tube, pleather liner) $23.00 USD

 CAST VERSION KIT INCLUDES:

1. rotocast main helmet shell
   
2. Thermal formed forehead plate
3. Resin side mount plates X2
4. set of greeblies (a handful of these for making various versions)
   
5. microphone
6. microphone stem

Accessory kit is $23 extra that includes the foam tube, faux leather wrap and laser cut foam interior lining.

HOW IT WAS MADE

 First thing to do was scale this thing and produce a quick and dirty mock up so I could better understand the shapes and proportions.  I did this exact progression stage on the BLADERUNNER VOIGHT KAMPFF project.

The toy also helped reference some of the shapes.I took a little artistic liberty on the rear.

A-WING HELMET:

CAST VERSION KIT INCLUDES:

1. rotocast main helmet shell
   
2. Thermal formed forehead plate
3. Resin side mount plates
4. set of greeblies
5. microphone
6. microphone stem

VACUFORMED VERSION INCLUDES:

1. left and right thermal formed shells
2. thermal formed forehead plate,
3. resin side mount plates
   
4. set of greeblies
5. microphone
6. microphone stem

Once I understood some proportions it's time to get the helmet modeled.  To understand this process a bit more, have a look at my 3D PRINTING page.

After a few more rounds of revisions, we harvested a model that I approved for printing.

FINAL APPROVED 3D MESH:

From this stage I separated the shells and fired up the SLA printer.

 

 Pieces assembled:

After a little cleaning.  Still a few more days of cleaning edges and preparing for molding:

 Modeling the miscellaneous greeblies:

 

CREATING THE MOLDS

A-WING DIGITAL STL FILE SET

STL DIGITAL PARTS SET - A-WING HELMET

A-wing FULL HELMET STL FILE SET $45.00 USD

VISIT THE Y-WING HEMET PAGE!