SithLord wrote:
Too Much Garlic wrote:
There is also the way the neck is painted on the Chronicles one that is difficult to replicate unless you deliberately try to match things to the screen used, so I doubt very much that the screen used and the Chronicles are two different helmets. Especially the brushed line down the center of the neck shows remarkable similarities in the various shots from before and after the repaint to not be the same helmet.
Well, the paint line down the front center of the neck is part of the repaint. But the one on the Chronicles is a complete and clear line and where the paint meets that line on either side is also unique and not seen earlier on, making that line as we see it unique to the mask at that time. Whether a previous paint line was in the same spot is likely given we see a remnant of one on the TM/TD.
Check your reference again. It's on the helmet from the beginning. As you don't see it in all Chronicle pictures, you also don't see it in all pictures prior to the repaint. But, it is there. And... the brush stroke directions at that center conjunction are identical pre and post repaint,
SithLord wrote:
As an aside, I think to myself, why is there a paint line there? Why would one have to divide the neck into left/right halves when painting?
It's easier to get an even layer with metallic paint to paint small sections at a time, so it is only natural to paint one side first, tne the other, which you can also see on the brow of the facemask, where they clearly painted one side first, as it also has a paint dividing line straight up the front of the brow.
