Artist Mr. Brainwash poses with his custom helmet.
(Credit: Art Wars)
The snow-white world of Stormtroopers has gotten a lot more colorful. Art Wars is an ongoing project that invites artists to reinterpret the way a Stormtrooper helmet looks. The results have ranged from polka dots to pitchforks.
Art Wars came about through a collaboration between artist Ben Moore and Stormtrooper-creator Andrew Ainsworth. The helmets are formed using the original molds built for the first “Star Wars” movie back in 1976.
Perhaps the most famous contributer to Art Wars is Damien Hirst, the artist behind the $100 million diamond skull. His entry adds colorful polka dots to a regular white helmet.
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Other artists took the concept even further. Matt Farina created a bizarre morph between a Stormtrooper and R2-D2. Street artist Mr. Brainwash embraced a pop-art look with a Campbell’s Soup helmet that doubles as … [Read more]
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