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In my opinion you may be over thinking it a bit. There are a number of changes from film to film but we have to remember that there is no "reason" behind any of it other than, "Hmm, I think I can improve that a bit!" And that is the approach I took.
The front edge being "thinner" is yes, them guys sanding it flat (at an inward angle to some degree) along the edge. And when I did it, it became ESB very quickly. I used a file on the front face and a file again on the tiny "return" face before smoothing it all down a bit.
On the widow's peak I just sort of sanded it and "lost" the pointiness of the ANH peak pretty quick. It's not straightened off like ROTJ but just sort of "lost" - and the depression that is left is just a softening of that "V" depression we see in ANH.
All in all, if you just sand down an ANH helmet you pretty much "get" an ESB. And watching it transform almost naturally was a cool experience. That way all the waviness is still in there (if you think of Vader's first shot in ESB with all the wandering reflections in the helmet dome).
I could have taken the front edge lip a little further. I could also have flattened out the center strip more like I saw on the Paul Allen stunt helmet dome.
But I wanted to be conservative.
If ever I cast it I might carry it over into ROTJ.
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Thank you DJ for the answer much appreciated, always though as much was done as you say was the most likely easiest
way they made the helmet ANH to ESB
and it shows perfectly in your work
Would love to see the ROTJ version of it ,my favorite helm
can't wait to see more keep up the excellent work