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 Post subject: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:08 am 
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Since someone asked me, here's a simple thread for reference of what a TD ANH looks like...

Here's a photo of pull #2...with the GH master helmet on, just for reference of what a finished mask looks like.

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The TD itself is the left mask in my signature banner. Here's a larger image of that same photo...this time with the SL helmet on...

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And I dug this up from an older thread...

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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:12 am 
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Very purdy. Thanks for sharing!


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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:46 am 
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Very nice Thomas, I just love that dome :)


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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:55 pm 
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Nice lenses on the TD ANH copy too. What make are they, if it's okay to ask?

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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:28 pm 
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Not offered by anyone they are custom made by hand and custom colored as well...

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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:03 pm 
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They appear to be very nicely made. Well done! :thumbsup

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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
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Yes. Very nicely formed lenses.


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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:16 am 
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awww ok here's a color one...thanks for the compliments...

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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:41 am 
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Can't get enough of this sucker. Do you mind my asking about the lineage, or should I go dig up an old thread somewhere?


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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:10 am 
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Well the previous owner's father got the TD mask from a prop lady who lived in Borehamwood UK about 20 years ago now, and he said she worked on the set of Star Wars and that this mask was taken from a mold in 1977. It was said it came from the original mold but I showed it to Brian Muir and he said that it was "original but not from the original mold". By that it is a copy of the original. Mr. Muir thinks it is a copy of the 3rd original mask (one of the three made for the film), but I am pretty sure it came from the screen ANH mask. I researched the lady a bit more and it turns out she worked on a much earlier film with Stuart Freeborn...or at least they were in the same production team. So maybe she was also around on the ANH set. But I still don't know for sure. The mask is definitely old but I hope to age the paint at some point. The foam inside is like something you would see in the National Museum of Natural History...it had that really stuffy old smell that took quite some time to get rid of. Lineage wise then it comes from the screen mask but when and in what context I don't know yet for sure, apart from this backstory from the previous owner. It has some unique things about it that make it seem earlier than something like the SL, but then again some things suggest it could be later. It is such a conundrum and damn hard to pin down as to exactly when it could have been made, but I am confident at least that it is pre-ESB. I am almost at the point where I want to just say to hell with it I am going to strip the paint off this damn thing :lol

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:51 am 
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Just for fun...I did this a while ago trying to replicate the ROTS promotional image...

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And a photo I haven't shown before from this angle...

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Both images of a TD copy with the Ghosthost master helmet and armor.

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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:24 am 
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Thomas, were you told that woman was called Elizabeth or Iris at all?


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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
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SithLord wrote:
I am almost at the point where I want to just say to hell with it I am going to strip the paint off this damn thing :lol


I could give you a hand with this... :wink:


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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:34 am 
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SHIT... I didn't just hear you say that Thomas... what's wrong with you? :conf

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 Post subject: Re: TD ANH reference thread
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:02 pm 
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Why not put the SL dome on it?


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