ANH Stunt helmet

Description

Now’s your chance to own your own piece of Movie history. The most accurate production of the screen-used Trooper helmet ever produced, cast from the original 1976 moulds. We’ve gone to extreme lengths to ensure that these exclusive collectibles replicate our original designs, matching materials in appearance and colour to the screen-used helmets.

• Stunt helmet cast from the original 1976 moulds.
• Uniquely numbered helmet signed by the maker Andrew Ainsworth
• Supplied with display stand and brushed metal plaque for your collection
• Hand-made with higher brow, extended frown and flat green lenses replicate the original on-screen Stunt helmets
• Made of white 2mm Styrene to match the original film colour tones
• Precision-made brow trim using original dyes and tools
• Ultra thin decals perfectly replicate the original on-screen helmet designs
• "Hovi Mix Pa" mic tips cast from original piece
• Hand painted detailing for an accurate, authentic finish
• The green Acetate eyes cut with the exact hue and thickness of the 1976 originals.

Authentic

Original helmets - uniquely numbered and signed by the original prop maker, Andrew Ainsworth.

"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, for example, the original screen-used Trooper "Stunt" helmets featured hand cut eye "sockets" which have been faithfully reproduced on these replicas. Original Stormtrooper helmets are in effect "blood-brothers" to the screen-used helmets."

In 1976, Andrew Ainsworth sculpted, fabricated and produced the original helmets used in the first Star Wars movie in 1976. Thirty years on, he dusted down his original moulds for the Stormtrooper helmet and resumed production.

The helmets you buy today are the most accurate replicas of the screen-used helmets ever produced. Each helmet is hand-made by the original prop-makers using the original 1976 movie moulds. Many of the same materials have been used although, where necessary, more modern plastics have been used which weren’t available in the days of ANH.

How it all started

Watch DVDOn 20 January 1976, Andrew Ainsworth was asked to make a prototype Stormtrooper helmet. Armed with a rough clay model and two Ralph McQuarrie sketches, Andrew got to work.

The use of plastics and composite materials was relatively new in 1976 as Andrew, a young Industrial Designer, developed new products and built his own plastic moulding machinery.

As Andrew recalls "Through a trial and error method of sculpting and manufacturing, I successfully created a helmet that Lucas preferred over any other. The die was cast!" A few weeks later, Andrew was given an order to make 50 Stormtrooper helmets for the filming of ANH.

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