Rebel defender helmet
Rebel defender helmet
Code: S013
Delivery (per item): £17.00(UK), £30.00(Europe), £40.00(World)
Sorry, not available to USA
Own a piece of Star Wars movie history with the closest reproduction of a real Rebel Defender helmet ever! Exclusive collectibles made by the original creator, Andrew Ainsworth, from the original 1976 moulds.
Description
Own a piece of movie history with the Rebel Defender helmet. Cast from the original 1976 moulds and made by the original ANH prop maker, it doesn’t get more accurate than this!
The Rebel Defender helmet accurately replicates the appearance and finish of the original screen-used helmets. The helmet looks superb on its display stand or can be worn as it’s made to withstand the wear and tear of Trooping events. Whatever you choose to do with your Rebel Defender helmet, enjoy owning a piece of ANH movie history.
- Rebel Defender helmet cast from the original 1976 moulds.
- Signed by the maker Andrew Ainsworth
- Supplied with display stand
- Made from Acrylic capped white ABS
- Dark Acrylic visor set in the ‘down’ position
- Swooping back cowl
- Front protection cowl
- Communications ear piece with aerial
- Internal foam swab for comfort
- Chin strap and chin moulding
Authentic
Original helmets signed by the original moulds
In 1976, Andrew Ainsworth at Shepperton sculpted, fabricated and produced the original helmets used in the first Star Wars movie. Thirty years on, Andrew took his original moulds out of his movie prop storeroom and resumed helmet and armour production.
Andrew explains "These helmets are unique - they are 1st generation facsimiles of the on-screen designs, not sanitised toy versions. They feature the same idiosyncrasies as the original helmets and are in effect "blood-brothers" to the screen-used helmets.Only available to buy online here from OriginalStormtrooper.com"
How it all started
The Stormtrooper helmets were first to be made. The HDPE material was difficult to mould and, although it would form large undercuts okay, the shrinkage and distortion when releasing from the mould was terrible. This meant that many of the first batch that went to Tunisia for the desert scenes were all shapes and sizes. As Andrew explains "In reality, I made fifty of the Stunt helmets and every one would have been slightly different, so it's only helmets made off the original moulds that will conform to the original screen used helmets."
Original photo gallery: click images to see larger version
