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Thread: TIE pilot helmet = Rebel pilot helmet? Picture inside.
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imppilot421
Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:32 am
#1
Ok, I was looking at my TIE fighter helmet today in-game, and I noticed something.
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=292983&poll_id=0&category_id=20&warned=y
If you remove the "stormtrooper" face part, it looks anawful lot like a rebel flight helmet, except black and with imperial insignia instead of the alliance symbol. Weird, huh?
Ducimus
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:26 am
#2
Its a bit dark. Need more lighting so it can be more clearly seen 
Maelstrom_Raine
Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:07 am
#3
This is proof that Megaman was also Imperial.
Edit oh and...
Clicky
Edit oh and...
Clicky
Message Edited by Maelstrom_Raine on 08-08-2005 01:08 PM
imppilot421
Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:13 am
#4
Here is a brighter version for Ducimus:
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=293028
Can I get that clickied too please? 
Ducimus
Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:44 pm
#6
Maelstrom_Raine wrote:
New Clicky!
Yeah the silloutte looks kinda like a rebel helmet. Shame they can't get them to work right.
Narcoleptic_LTD
Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:15 pm
#7
imppilot421 wrote:
Ok, I was looking at my TIE fighter helmet today in-game, and I noticed something.
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=292983&poll_id=0&category_id=20&warned=y
If you remove the "stormtrooper" face part, it looks anawful lot like a rebel flight helmet, except black and with imperial insignia instead of the alliance symbol. Weird, huh?
this really only proves the fact that there is only one galactic spase helmet manufacturer in the galaxy and they do contracts for whoever is paying... and reuse alot of parts =P
Laffite
Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:47 pm
#8
Haha!
Maelstrom_Raine wrote:
This is proof that Megaman was also Imperial.
Message Edited by Maelstrom_Raine on 08-08-2005 01:08 PM
JaxMeridian
Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:59 pm
#9
What busts my bunions aboit the Tie uniform is that the Black Body Suit is supposed to be a Ribbed Pressure Suit. It's supposed to be quilted along the extremities (outside of the arms and legs, etc.) since a Tie Fighter has no atmosphere, there fore no air pressure. The thing is supposed to support the pilot in a vacuum, and during high G tunds and acceleration.
Ofcourse, that may be too much detail, but I wanna look like a Tie Fighter Jockey, not a Black Helmeted Ninja.
imppilot421
Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:32 pm
#10
Narcoleptic_LTD wrote:
imppilot421 wrote:
Ok, I was looking at my TIE fighter helmet today in-game, and I noticed something.
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=292983&poll_id=0&category_id=20&warned=y
If you remove the "stormtrooper" face part, it looks anawful lot like a rebel flight helmet, except black and with imperial insignia instead of the alliance symbol. Weird, huh?
this really only proves the fact that there is only one galactic spase helmet manufacturer in the galaxy and they do contracts for whoever is paying... and reuse alot of parts =P
Well in a way, I guess there was. When they were making the props for the original star wars movie (which both TIE and rebel pilots appear in), they had a smaller budget than the other films. They most likely did all the scenes with rebel pilot helmets, modified them with a stormtrooper faceplate, and painted them black and used them as TIE pilot helmets. Probably saved some money that way.
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