Lambotour wrote:
The original TM does have the C scar.
This is what I want to see. Hopefully someone will be kind enough to post a picture of it at some point.
I dug around and found this gif with your name on it.
Is that the original TM?
Lambotour wrote:
It was not a fabricated detail by Jesper or anyone else. The problem, and it should answer your question, is that Jesper did not entirely remove the buildup around the C scar. He left that buildup to highlight the C scar for all to see. Remember this was back at a time where we didn't have HD reference of the C scar and when he saw it, after spending many, many hours removing paint and other buildup, he was shocked and excited, so he left what he believed was original detail to highlight the C scar. It wasn't an intentional, deceptive act. It was simply a WOW, look at this, type of discovery. He didn't want to fuck with that area too much.
Im not trying to continue to sling mud but the detail I have seen on Jesper's ANH version of the TM is not at all what it should look like on a RB casting, but I have not seen what it should look like on a UK mould casting. On the JRX It looks like there is material gouged out in the general area but it is far more than the shallow detail it should be. If he would have benefited from HD reference of the original scar does that mean he was essentially digging around trying to find remnants of it? In any case I wish I could get a clear answer about what people think about how it turned out looking. Are people saying it looks correct? Or that it is an imperfect attempt to highlight what may have been faintly there?
Whatever the area looked like after the paint was stripped and prior to Jesper poking at it, I have yet to see a non Photoshopped picture is how I remember the conversation going..
But after the fact do we have the shape below on both the original TM and the JRX castings?
The shape that is correct to the RB mold is shown below on the original "Sithlord helmet" casting.
As I recall this was reluctantly shown late in the debate for fear of people faking the detail. As much as I dont agree with Thomas I have never slammed his original casting. I think it is a very good casting and appears to reflect all the correct RB mold features. The castings he had made that I have seen pictures of is a different story...
So I still disagree with a few things but I'm trying to be more careful and specific with what those things are. Hopefully frankness will beget frankness as we move ahead.
We all love our stuff, sometimes a bit too much. There is a difference between bashing something and trying to talk about possible shortcomings with objectivity.
Lambotour wrote:
Is the TM the best helmet ever? Of course not. It's one of the better helmets out there, but there are always going to be better helmets that come along. It was a special helmet back 8 years ago or how ever long it's been and we all learned a lot from it. It was just a shame to see it attacked so much back then. It's not like TM owners were posting pics of it and being elitist trying to show anyone up that didn't have one, but the vader community is filled with scum and villainy and scoundrels. It is what it was.
That is what I believe as well.