SithLord wrote:
Show me then the details I show above that you say are visible in the "repainted helmet".
I'm not talking right now about the TD, I'm talking about the SL ANH and your assertion that it is after the repaint.
Okay. I am going to honor you one last time and that will be the last time. It is interesting how you are categorically dismissing even the thought of it being from after the repaint, and clearly not even bothered to look into it like, at all. It tells me all I need to know that you are not looking for the truth, but are instead only looking to find evidence that supports your claims. That is absolutely the wrong way to go about things, but shows you have a vested interest in your casts being pre-repaint, either for financial or personal reasons. But it doesn't matter. The real helmet has been found and the truth will eventually come out. If I'm mistaken, then I'll admit I was wrong. Question is: if you are mistaken, will you?
Bear in mind that the pictures of the repainted face mask are screen captures or a scan from a book, but it still shows most, if not all the highlighted details that are presented as being accurate only to the screen used helmet prior to the repaint. Also... a picture of a cast shouldn't have to be enhanced to pull out detail when being compared to a screen capture. In all other comparisons the screen capture are usually softer detailed than the picture of the cast - but for some reason that is not the case when discussing the SL. Where's the logic in that? I will however say that I have not found a conclusive image of the left cheek showing the ring and brush strokes. You can sorta make it out in several shots, but the way it is painted and photographed makes it difficult to tell. So I'll concede on that that I haven't been able to provide sufficient evidence that the repaint is only visually covering and not physically covering up the details in that section. The rest are below and should no longer be used as proof that those details are only on the pre-repainted face mask when they clearly aren't.
A picture of the cheek.
Another one of the cheek showing the "rabbit ear" damage.
The two marks on the left lower eye socket edge:
The sickle-shape and damage on the right side outer mouth wall + downward paint strokes instead of horizontal.
This one is a little trickier in the reference used. You can see the sickle shape clearly, and can somewhat see the damage through the printing details from the book, as well as the downward brush stroke pattern only seen on the repaint.
And the last one that should seal the deal pretty conclusively.
The right side of the head at the eye corner. Notice here where the brush strokes are, where they stop, and where they aren't. Exactly the same on the repaint and the SL. Before this picture, there weren't any pictures of the repainted face mask showing that side of the face - it was always covered by the dome or the face mask photographed from an angle where that side wasn't visible. I was certain the SL was a direct cast off the repainted helmet before... when seeing this, there's no way it can be anything else.
Though I'll leave you all to judge for yourselves. I have no vested interest, neither financially nor personally, in any fan made helmet. I no longer own any Vader helmets save for a cut up Rubies Supreme and the vacformed JediJeffrey face mask. I have nothing to gain by saying one or the other. Though, honestly, I don't really care anymore. Time will tell anyway.