WIP - Bill's ROTJ SE build

What did you use for the scorch marks? I like the depth it gives to the dents and scratches.
 
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I used a very light wash of kid's acrylic paints. I mixed up some green, red, yellow ochre and black to get a nice grimey look. One drop of dishwashing liquid in there as well (not sure why but I learnt it somewhere) Several layers, dabbing the majority of the paint off each time. The job on the shoulders isn't as good as the chest but I was getting a little eager to finish by that point.

I'm still going to go over it with a clear matt spray to seal it all.
 
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Why thankyou, monsieur 'Baa Baa'. I shall endeavour to document it better when I do the collar and cod (although I'm not sure what scorch marks on the cod piece might say about my character).
 
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I love seeing people post awesome progress like this! Cool to see it evolve from the basics to its finished state! Keep it up!

El1te
 
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Hey another Aussie (Sydney?) Nice work there by the way impressive work on the armor ,
Just a thought but what colurs and brands of paint are you doing the helmet in ,Id steer clear from squirts ,
If you need a list of avalible colours and brands ill be happy to help, Ive done extensive resurch on spray paints,
being over here we dont have most of the popular paints people use

Also which helmet stlye are you going for , the SE version or classic Jedi helmet seeing you have the Boba maker lid , im
thinking mabey your going SE version
 
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Thanks Jinto. I just got the internet back on at home, so haven't been able to answer you until now.

I'd love a list of available paints if you can spare the time. What I've ended up using wasn't the squirts (except the mandarin). I used Galmet colorbond paints, Cottage green is the darker one and pale eucalypt is the lighter green (which I misted over the top of the final layer of cottage green to get the colour I wanted).

As for the helmet, I haven't really thought about SE, I was just going ROTJ but I'll look more into it before I start painting it up.

Are you coming to 'Geddon this week? I'll bring my armour so you can have a look.
 
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I didn't want to make a mess of my BobaMaker Helmet, so I took to a Hasbro to practice my painting method:

HasbroPainted01.jpg


and here's a comparison with an unpainted Hasbro:

HasbroPainted02.jpg


I've only done the back of the helmet at this stage but I think it is an improvement. The colours won't perfectly match but I'm ok with it so far.
 
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I have mostly finished spraying my son's Hasbro helmet. I didn't do the beige on the back but will do that on my next effort.

Here is the almost finished product:

HasbroPainted07.jpg


And here are the comparison shots, next to an unpainted Hasbro Boba helmet:

HasbroPainted05.jpg


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Dont use pale euko thats to light use the on=e up from it all , they are colour bond colours so waht ever brand ytou are useing just look at the colour chart and pic the next in line it may not look right to what you think but its alot beter than the pale euko , the colour on the Hasbra is to light so dont use that as the guide ,
What brand paint are you useing ?
 
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Dont use pale euko thats to light use the on=e up from it all............

What brand paint are you useing ?

I think you're right mate. I had a look before and it doesn't match my armour at all. Still, I'll get the results in the end.

Nice eye on the pale eucalypt, too. Well spotted.

The colours I used and where I bought them are as follows:

Silver base colour: Dulux Quickdry 'Bright Chrome' (Bunnings)
The lighter green: Galmet fence, gutter and facia touch up - Colorbond 'pale eucalypt' (Stratco Hardware)
The darker green: Galmet fence, gutter and facia touch up - Colorbond 'cottage green' (Stratco Hardware)
Grey: the cheapest grey primer I could get my hands on.
Black: Odd Jobs 'Satin Black' (Stratco Hardware)
The darker red: Odd Jobs 'Indian Red' (Stratco Hardware)
The lighter red: (after a mist of white) Squirts 'Cherry Red' (Bunnings)
Kill stripes: Squirts 'Mandarin' (Bunnings)
 
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Thanks gents.

I have decided it is time to have a go at my real bucket.

In this pic, I've masked the parts that will remain silver and sprayed the primer grey:

SilvermaskandPrimer.jpg


Next, I've masked the parts that will remain grey (I mixed some black paint with the latex so it shows better)

Primermask.jpg


And here, I've sprayed the beige looking colour that is only on the back of the helmet:

Maskandcolorbondbeige.jpg


More to follow.
 
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Thanks.

Here's the light green on the back:

Lightgreen.jpg


Some red on the front:

Red.jpg


and last bit for tonight is the black upper cheeks:

Blackuppercheeks.jpg


I've also done the lower cheeks but the whole bucket is pretty much done now exept for the right ear and stencils (including kill stripes). I so much want to pull all the latex off now but it will be better if I wait and do the kill stripes/ ear and stencils first.
 
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Not entirely sure if I'm happy with the colour difference between the green at the back and the green on top. I think the top should be a bit lighter perhaps but I'm Ok with it for now.

Frontcomplete.jpg


Leftcomplete.jpg


Backcomplete.jpg


Frontcomplete2.jpg
 
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Bill- Great wk man! Im almost complete w/ my sons fett as well and have a hasbro for him. I wasnt going to mod the bucket at all but it just looks too cute man! I may just have to re-paint : )
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Thanks guys.
@ dynamic: the helmet above isn't the Hasbro. That was a one-off to test my method. The bucket I've just done is a BobaMaker.

I'm not really happy with the green on top and am re-spraying it this morning. I'll post when I'm done.
 
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