Bradleyfett
March 28th, 2006, 03:14 PM
Here are pictures of my (almost) finished Daggit helmet. I still have to add the lights. The last few pics show it next to a (modified) Marco BSG helmet.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mommydawn2000/album?.dir=/4429
A little history:
This style of helmet was seen in only one episode of Galactica 1980- 'Spacecroppers'. They replaced the regular warrior helmets in this episode and would presumably have done in future episodes had the show continued. In this episode, the Galactica's 'D' Squadron (nicknamed 'The Daggits') is seen wearing this style helmet, but painted in black and gunmetal gray. Later Troy and Dillion are seen wearing them, but this time in the familar black and tan colors.
The story I was told (although I can't remember who told me or when) is that the stuntmen who rode the flying motorcycles wanted a helmet that was based on a real cycle helmet for safety reasons, so this style was created. (If anyone has info or corrections to this, please speak up!). Ironicly, we never got to see anyone on the turbocycles wearing a Daggit helmet (the bike footage in Spacecroppers looks to be stock from an earlier episode).
Another intersting thing about the design: The Daggit helmet is different enough that there doesn't seem to be an attempt to make these helmets look like they ARE the old Viper helmets, but rather just a change or an evolution of the pilot helmets. Othewise, they could have just built a fiberglass shell completely encasing a safety helmet that looked more like the originals.
This style of modifyed motorcycle helmet (with just a few omitted details) also became standard for the Battle Of Galactica attaction.
Questions of comments welcome!
Mark
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mommydawn2000/album?.dir=/4429
A little history:
This style of helmet was seen in only one episode of Galactica 1980- 'Spacecroppers'. They replaced the regular warrior helmets in this episode and would presumably have done in future episodes had the show continued. In this episode, the Galactica's 'D' Squadron (nicknamed 'The Daggits') is seen wearing this style helmet, but painted in black and gunmetal gray. Later Troy and Dillion are seen wearing them, but this time in the familar black and tan colors.
The story I was told (although I can't remember who told me or when) is that the stuntmen who rode the flying motorcycles wanted a helmet that was based on a real cycle helmet for safety reasons, so this style was created. (If anyone has info or corrections to this, please speak up!). Ironicly, we never got to see anyone on the turbocycles wearing a Daggit helmet (the bike footage in Spacecroppers looks to be stock from an earlier episode).
Another intersting thing about the design: The Daggit helmet is different enough that there doesn't seem to be an attempt to make these helmets look like they ARE the old Viper helmets, but rather just a change or an evolution of the pilot helmets. Othewise, they could have just built a fiberglass shell completely encasing a safety helmet that looked more like the originals.
This style of modifyed motorcycle helmet (with just a few omitted details) also became standard for the Battle Of Galactica attaction.
Questions of comments welcome!
Mark