How to Make a Stormtrooper Helmet in 20 Not-at-All Easy Steps
Andrew Ainsworth is the guy who originally designed the Stormtrooper helmet for Star Wars. He also became a member of a very elite club when he beat Lucasfilm in court, who had sued him to stop making and selling Stormtrooper helmet replicas. In this video, Ainsworth shows how you too can make a Stormtrooper helmet at home… assuming your home has a great deal of complicated equipment, several uncommon materials, and also you’re incredibly skilled at you said equipment and materials and also sculpting. It’s 13 minutes long, but it’s actually really damned cool to see how these things are made — and, like for the first movie, where made by a single dude in a workshop. (Via io9)
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