3d modelling and 3d printers makes the process so much easier now. That's not to say the old way is any less valuable, I think it takes great skill to do it by hand.
@@ViewpointProd 3D modeling and printing allows more accurate positive to produce your bucks. You no longer have to sculpt by hand, which doesn't allow for the precision and exactness of a 3D printed positive mold. Then you vacuform using the master buck to replicate en masse for production. The process is nearly the same, but the sculpting is replaced with a much faster digital process. It also allows people who don't have sculpting capability to just download a model to use as a buck, or as a finished one-off piece; i.e. much more flexibility in the production process.
Combining the artistry and technical skill to achieve that way back in 76 is breath taking! Quite rightly the UK has a relatively short period of copyright for industrial design so creators like yourself can begin to receive some much deserved credit! Put it this way, that outfit certainly didn't look like one of the most iconic costumes of all time in the concept drawings! Thanks for the videos and info!
It's great to see the master at work. Always wondered what the moulds looked like. I have the SDS stunt trooper helmet and will be adding the tie helmet in the new year (after Christmas bills paid). Keep up the good work.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Ainsworth just the dude with the vacuum mold former, and the dude who pulled the formed pieces from the molds, which were made by Liz Moore?
Sono rimasto sorpreso nel vedere con quanta passione e abilità si può con molta capacità, realizzare tanti bei modelli Sorprendente mi permetta di fare i miei migliori complimenti. Grazie e in bocca al Lupo. Dorino Bolzoni.
If you search "vacuum forming" or "thermoforming" on youtube, they have tutorials on how to make your own with household items and a shop-vac. They're not as advanced as the one he used, but they'll do the job. :)
Personally; I was out when you moved on to injection molding. Great video none the less. It's always good to see how something is created from start to end.
Andrew big fan of your work, I currently have a deluxe jango fett outfit I like to wear on special occasions however the outfit has too many complications and am considering getting your stormtrooper outfit for this Halloween and for personal display it's always been a boyhood dream of mine, would you know the best place to get a mannequin for displaying your outfits if I were to buy one later this year and when would be the best time to order one before the busy Halloween season comes along?
Inspiring! I'm going to do my first helmet using paper and fiberglass, but if I had access to a vacuforming machine I'd love to try out this technique. I downloaded the video for that reason. :)
hello good afternoon I admire your work, I also made a vacuum forming table and I want to start a business, my question is what size of styrene we use, 1, 2, 3 or 6 mm
got a tip for ya. i seen many videos making helmets storm trooper. long long video showing all the work. then when it is done. 5 seconds to see final product and not even good angles or views. give the final product 30 seconds of love. show all angles. super close ups. viewers wait to see outcome then video over as soon as it is made.
You've probably found an answer by now, but it was probably styrene of some sort... HIPS (High impact polystyrene) is often used in vacuforming, but people also use ABS
You can send it off to a recycler, but you can't reuse it yourself. The vaccuformer's rack is designed to hold a certain size piece and scrap pieces would fall through (not to mention you wouldn't be able to form a vaccum) That's why whenever possible you cast small pieces along with the big ones in a single sheet to get the best use of materials. Like you see at 9:37 with the face plate and the side accents.
that's so cool. in the movie the helmets look like bulletproof armor and they're made from the same stuff as masks from walmart are made of! lol! so cool.
@neilus There was no time and anyway it was only meant to be a prototype.. I would have made it in a more sophisticated waym but I had no order and there is a limit to what you can do on aspeculative basis. Lucas accepted the item as it was in vac formed plastic and so I made the Stormtroopers up in an ABS with a high percentage of Butadine and so quite flexilble, otherwise they would all be walking around like 3Cpo The asymmetry never showed up on screen,and more sould that way
you can buy them on his site, there are loads of sites which sell homemade ones. the EFX and MR ones (made by big companies) are mostly not film accurate, this one is.
The Hero and the Stunt are from the same mould. Its just how I finished them that changed and included the blister eyes in the Hero. You can make an infinite number of slightly different finished items from one mould... as indeed all 50 Stormtroopers were all diffrenet and the 6 Hero`s different again.
Incredible! I have two questions which I hope you find the time to answer, please. How did you originally get into this line of work and what's the best way to start a career in prop making? Secondly how many of these were you originally commissioned to make? Did you make any props for Red Dwarf? (I realise that's actually 5 questions!)
This is a movie prop design, so "light and cheap" is a must. Especially when you have to make enough for an army of actors that will be wearing them for several hours at a time. If you want something heavier and more practical, you might try companies that makes custom motorcycle helmets. :)
3d modelling and 3d printers makes the process so much easier now. That's not to say the old way is any less valuable, I think it takes great skill to do it by hand.
Without a doubt. now we can just make cooler shit faster, is all. its easier so more people can do it. that's it.
printing is garbage and dosent compare to the proper way to manufacture them
@@ViewpointProdthat is dumb....
@@ViewpointProd 3D modeling and printing allows more accurate positive to produce your bucks. You no longer have to sculpt by hand, which doesn't allow for the precision and exactness of a 3D printed positive mold. Then you vacuform using the master buck to replicate en masse for production. The process is nearly the same, but the sculpting is replaced with a much faster digital process. It also allows people who don't have sculpting capability to just download a model to use as a buck, or as a finished one-off piece; i.e. much more flexibility in the production process.
That. Was. Fascinating! Seriously, the amount of skill it must have taken to get a model that accurate is totally amazing. Favouriting this.
Not gonna lie, this video was my ASMR before there was ASMR. I used to put this video on to relax and fall asleep back in middle school.
This video gives me a sense of calmness everytime I watched it. Great job!
Combining the artistry and technical skill to achieve that way back in 76 is breath taking! Quite rightly the UK has a relatively short period of copyright for industrial design so creators like yourself can begin to receive some much deserved credit!
Put it this way, that outfit certainly didn't look like one of the most iconic costumes of all time in the concept drawings! Thanks for the videos and info!
Fascinating. I didn't realise they were so flimsy.
It's great to see the master at work. Always wondered what the moulds looked like. I have the SDS stunt trooper helmet and will be adding the tie helmet in the new year (after Christmas bills paid). Keep up the good work.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Ainsworth just the dude with the vacuum mold former, and the dude who pulled the formed pieces from the molds, which were made by Liz Moore?
Fantastically amazing. Cheers. You're the heroes of the film.
this is so much work for something so easy to break.
Sono rimasto sorpreso nel vedere con quanta passione e abilità si può con molta capacità, realizzare tanti bei modelli Sorprendente mi permetta di fare i miei migliori complimenti. Grazie e in bocca al Lupo. Dorino Bolzoni.
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed... Thank you.
If you search "vacuum forming" or "thermoforming" on youtube, they have tutorials on how to make your own with household items and a shop-vac. They're not as advanced as the one he used, but they'll do the job. :)
I admire people who can craft things like this with their bare hands...
Good to see someone who still sculpts the old things :)
Fantastic video.
fantastic video
Step one: Posses talent
When i was really young, i used to use this video as ASMR. Before I even knew what ASMR was
Kids if you want to fuck around with glass fiber and powder aluminium you want to wear a mask and gloves.
I swear i thought this was some false advertising video, because at the beginning i thought you were cutting up some really hard ass cheese.
Hi, Jeff, yes we do, the links are in the description.
AA
Personally; I was out when you moved on to injection molding.
Great video none the less.
It's always good to see how something is created from start to end.
There was nothing between the initial sculpting and secondary? Looked like a lot happened off camera.
What a nice video! I'll be buying a stormtrooper set later this summer. Keep it up!
Andrew big fan of your work, I currently have a deluxe jango fett outfit I like to wear on special occasions however the outfit has too many complications and am considering getting your stormtrooper outfit for this Halloween and for personal display it's always been a boyhood dream of mine, would you know the best place to get a mannequin for displaying your outfits if I were to buy one later this year and when would be the best time to order one before the busy Halloween season comes along?
I can't describe how awesome this is!!!
I'm amazed the effort gone into this
Inspiring! I'm going to do my first helmet using paper and fiberglass, but if I had access to a vacuforming machine I'd love to try out this technique. I downloaded the video for that reason. :)
Speaking as a guy whose job it is to make helmets out of steel... I found this video incredibly satisfying, and frustrating! BRAVO sir.
This is very cool! It does look easy for him. I wonder how many he made back in the 70s?
I am surprised that such a complicated and precise product could be made from this technique.
great work, but is it strong enough ?
Bob Ross of starwars.
I bet that paste concoction smells gorgeous.
hello good afternoon I admire your work, I also made a vacuum forming table and I want to start a business, my question is what size of styrene we use, 1, 2, 3 or 6 mm
Dad what's for dinner tonight??? Ah my specialty, grated stormtrooper helmet!!!
What an awesome skill you have!
his smile at the end makes the video
How do you make a mold for this type costume? How much does it cost to make a tie costume
Can I use gypsum instead of those other products?
Do they have a website? I would love one of these.
got a tip for ya. i seen many videos making helmets storm trooper. long long video showing all the work. then when it is done. 5 seconds to see final product and not even good angles or views. give the final product 30 seconds of love. show all angles. super close ups. viewers wait to see outcome then video over as soon as it is made.
very cool video. are the helmets used for costume groups like the 501st this, uhm, flimsy, or do they use a thicker plastic?
Do you guys also make the imperial commando helmets?
me gustaria saber que espesor tiene la placa de estyrene en mm? para termoformar el casco.Thanks
does it stop air soft pellets from siginal shot to semi to full auto?
Dam it look good do u sell them
awesome artwork! the glossy plastic stuff is probably expensive acrylic or something
High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) in Gloss White.
what is the plastic sheet and the sculpting material?
Work of art
Then...Now...Back into the Future.............and here I am 2021 (Awesome vid)
anyone else see the guy in the background at 1:22 ? BTW, awesome video, Andrew, I admire your speed and effeciency! :D
I'm a massive star wars fan and I love storm troopers
someone PLEASE tell me the name of the white plastic used to vac-form the helmet !
You've probably found an answer by now, but it was probably styrene of some sort... HIPS (High impact polystyrene) is often used in vacuforming, but people also use ABS
To Think... all of the original Star Wars helmets were originally sculpted using Cheddar Cheese! INCREDIBLE!
You can send it off to a recycler, but you can't reuse it yourself. The vaccuformer's rack is designed to hold a certain size piece and scrap pieces would fall through (not to mention you wouldn't be able to form a vaccum) That's why whenever possible you cast small pieces along with the big ones in a single sheet to get the best use of materials. Like you see at 9:37 with the face plate and the side accents.
Your plastic sci-fi shaping machine object.. whatever to call it - IS AWESOME!
that's so cool. in the movie the helmets look like bulletproof armor and they're made from the same stuff as masks from walmart are made of! lol! so cool.
What's that yellow stuff? what kind of clay or wax?
felicitaciones por el trabajo!!! todo un experto!!!unico!!!
so is it cheaper to buy one or to make one?
All the moulds for the armour are made the same way as described on the dvd of making the hemet mould.
when he was scraping the thing, why did that look so delicious
Hello Andrew my name is Kevin and I just want to say you make brilliant storm trooper helmets really really cool I want to work along side you.
What is the mold he is using first
Called
Whats that yellow thingy you used?
where can you buy the equipment?
which part of this video is step by step guide?
OMG! At the beginning! That would make one hell of a birthday cake!!! (Infact I'd buy the cake even if it wasn't my birthday!!!)
how about the vader helmet?
@neilus
There was no time and anyway it was only meant to be a prototype..
I would have made it in a more sophisticated waym but I had no order and there is a limit to what you can do on aspeculative basis.
Lucas accepted the item as it was in vac formed plastic and so I made the Stormtroopers up in an ABS with a high percentage of Butadine and so quite flexilble, otherwise they would all be walking around like 3Cpo
The asymmetry never showed up on screen,and more sould that way
Sir you are created sculpting genious!
Does lucas allow you to sell these pieces or is it copyright infringement involved?
Awesome work.. big Respect
@originalstormtrooper is that a yes or a no?
Can you make the original prototype of a Rebel pilot helmet? .
Do you sell the molds/or can you make some, then i can buy them from you?
Nice work.
I'm curious why you didn't glue the pieces together though. Instead of using those ehm. Whatever they are called :-)
I would like to attempt to make that would someone make a list of all the needed materials
do they just make a couple moulds of star wars stuff and put plastic over them but don't need to make the same mould again
you can buy them on his site, there are loads of sites which sell homemade ones. the EFX and MR ones (made by big companies) are mostly not film accurate, this one is.
How much ?
Shipping for Brazil?
If I tried this the result would be disfigured Stormtrooper.
Can someone tell me how to get one of this awesome helmets??? O.o
want one sooooo bad!!!!! Love the Stormtrooper characters the most
That's cool but what can do ordinary earthborn?
So when can we buy them >.
The Hero and the Stunt are from the same mould.
Its just how I finished them that changed and included the blister eyes in the Hero.
You can make an infinite number of slightly different finished items from one mould... as indeed all 50 Stormtroopers were all diffrenet and the 6 Hero`s different again.
how much would you charge for an entire stormtrooper suit?
Terry Scheid £1667
@arrowguy173 anovos helmet is not symmetrical
Incredible! I have two questions which I hope you find the time to answer, please. How did you originally get into this line of work and what's the best way to start a career in prop making? Secondly how many of these were you originally commissioned to make? Did you make any props for Red Dwarf? (I realise that's actually 5 questions!)
Something tells me that the Ainsworth's kids always had the best costumes for Halloween.
Working with fiberglass and aluminum "dust" without an inhalation protection pretty much explains the coughing at 3:14 while handling it.
So do you sell these?
does uhh he wanna explain what he is doing and what he is using or are we to assume that that yellow stuff is cheese?
why products not available in usa?
This is a movie prop design, so "light and cheap" is a must. Especially when you have to make enough for an army of actors that will be wearing them for several hours at a time. If you want something heavier and more practical, you might try companies that makes custom motorcycle helmets. :)
if i had one, i would freakin sleep with it on
how can he work on such a woobly table?
whats that orange stuff?
why is this available to ship around the world but not the USA?