Iron Man Mark 2 Helmet

[MinMay]

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who see it differently....it doesn't look right to me.

Oh well...

Originally Posted by Zer0

If Iron Man were a monkey from Planet of the Apes, that's what his helmet would look like.

[MinMay]

Now, this is a nice comparison.

Originally Posted by roguematt7

The face is too long, the eye line is too straight, the mouth is too wide and too far open, the forehead is too fat, the rest of the head is too small, the eyes are too wide in the center and too long, the opening at the top of the head is too big and not where it should be... to name a few things.

It doesn't look good at all from the front, from 3/4 it looks good but I don't think replicas should have only one good side.

[Trilogy]

Originally Posted by roguematt7

Wow, the helmet really does look misshapen when comparing your photos with a screen capture.
Does it look that bad in person, or is the camera angle exaggerating it somewhat?

[abarron]

So glad i cancel mine.
Paying all the $ and it doesn't look anywhere as near as good as the movie

[RINGU GIRL]

the likeness is wayyy off

[Frankierock]

Originally Posted by roguematt7

The face is too long, the eye line is too straight, the mouth is too wide and too far open, the forehead is too fat, the rest of the head is too small, the eyes are too wide in the center and too long, the opening at the top of the head is too big and not where it should be... to name a few things.

It doesn't look good at all from the front, from 3/4 it looks good but I don't think replicas should have only one good side.

Great comparison...this looks soooooo bad, and it's not like it was cheap..just made that way

[hulkpitt]

Originally Posted by roguematt7

It looks more like a Mark 1.5

[roguematt7]

Originally Posted by Trilogy

Wow, the helmet really does look misshapen when comparing your photos with a screen capture.
Does it look that bad in person, or is the camera angle exaggerating it somewhat?

The camera angle does make it look worse than it appears in person, but it's still a lot longer in the face than it should be.

[geto10]

Originally Posted by hulkpitt

It looks more like a Mark 1.5

[UC7]

If the price for this thing weren't so high, I would be tempted to get one and use some kind of expander to push the sides of the helmet outward.

I wonder if that would correct some of the problems that we are seeing.

For example..
-The sides would be more in-line with the movie likeness.
-The eye holes may take more of an appropriate likeness also, with the lateral edges seeming larger than the medial fringe.
-The brow could take on more of a curve.
-The "snout", for lack of a better name, would flatten a bit.
-The top of the helmet would flatten a tad, narrowing that wide crevice at the top.
-The mouth (at least the anterior portion) would come closer in approximation, although the side spacing would still be an issue.

Maybe someday we will see someone take the chance, but at +400$ nobody will want to "bend" it just yet.