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ESB Boba Fett helmet (lots of pics, sorry)
I recently finished painting this helmet for a fellow 501st member (I’ll let him speak up if he wants). It’s one of the FettPride “proto” castings. All in all it’s a great helmet with very little clean up. I’m always impressed with FP’s fiberglass work. The paint colors are loosely based on Lee’s list from years ago. The helmet didn’t turn out quite as accurate as I would have liked, but it’s one of if not the best Boba helmet I have painted to date.
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This is how I received the helmet. It's cast by FettPride in fiberglass with a white gel-coat. Unfortunately, when I received it, there were three major cracks in the helmet (I marked them with red lines in the pic). Otherwise this casting was flawless and required very little clean-up.
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Cracks repaired, visor and vent-slots trimmed. Primed, wet-sanded and ready to paint. Also magnets installed on the ear-cap.
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Cracks repaired, primed, wet-sanded and ready to paint. Also you'll notice a couple of nicks and scratches I dremeled into the helmet to match the damage on the screen used helmet.
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Dome and cheeks airbrushed on
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Rear panel dark green painted. Also note the colors are a little splotchy looking, this was just the first coat and "evened out" with a couple more lite coats.
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Masking off the mandibles.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/...88430b404b.jpg
Mandibles airbrushed and underside of the cheek hand painted (just like the original)
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/...952d1d19c8.jpg
I created a vector file of the "kill stripes" and had our good friend Scott "Phinz" Kirkham cut a vinyl decal to use as a stencil.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/...500218a697.jpg
Day-glow orange and yellow airbrushed on.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/...fe4d57286f.jpg
Kill-stripes turned out just a little "heavier" than I wanted, but still looks great. When the helmet gets the final wash/weathering it will tone-down the stripes. Also note, I painted the left "ear"
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Re: ESB Boba Fett helmet (lots of pics, sorry)
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Re: ESB Boba Fett helmet (lots of pics, sorry)
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Grey and silver dome damage... I think I may have placed this a little bit too forward, it's really hard to tell from the reference pics though
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/...3ebcebe5b7.jpg
DENT... painted
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airbrushed the "scorched" burn around the edge of the dent
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/...435fc988f2.jpg
Silver on the right ear...
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Decals applied to the right ear
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/...66c55a0090.jpg
Decals applied to the left ear... this one really fought me, for some reason
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Chipped damage painted on the left ear
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And there you go, outside of a little black-wash and light weathering, the paint work is DONE
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/...d3951603af.jpg
Oh, I almost forgot my *favorite* part of the helmet, the "thumb-smug". This was actually on the original helmet. If you look closely, you can even see it in the screen-caps. Looks like somebody accidentally dripped some white paint on the helmet and said "oh nos" and tried to wipe it off LOL
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/...f92c17b009.jpg
Chipped weathering painted on the right ear
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Re: ESB Boba Fett helmet (lots of pics, sorry)
Looks awesome. I think someone should sell the kill stripes vinyl decals (the negative ones) of each version so it would be easier to paint them.
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Range-finder.... this isn't the one that came with the helmet, but is more of a hybrid, put together from several different kits
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Visor, trimmed and mounted...
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Range-finder installed and weathered
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/...79da99e3f0.jpg
And... DONE... Not shown, but the helmet was given a liberal black-wash and touched up in a couple of places and then given a light clear-coat. I usually do not not clear-coat these helmets, but I knew this one may be used for costuming purposes and wanted to be as durable as possible.
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Back... all done...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/...1fd6fb7c3d.jpg
The helmet is currently living in our dining room (per the wife's request). Will be delivered to its owner this weekend.
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Re: ESB Boba Fett helmet (lots of pics, sorry)
Jon, that is an absolutely incredible job! I love it! Well done. I am sure the owner is very pleased!
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Well Done Well Done. I have yet to take the plunge in doing a topical paint up but after see your work here you have made me think twice.
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It looks killer!!! Did you use the AOSW stencils for it?
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Superb! That's a great looking ESB bucket. :)
I'm curious whether you used the dome green on the left ear? Lots of differing opinions about that. I use a slightly different shade on my paint-ups.
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deadland 
Well Done Well Done. I have yet to take the plunge in doing a topical paint up but after see your work here you have made me think twice.
Blasphemous you do your thing VERY well dont stop...
You did a great job on the topical paint, I think the green is a bit darker than Id like but the damage looks great very nice topical job
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Originally Posted by
superjedi I'm curious whether you used the dome green on the left ear? Lots of differing opinions about that. I use a slightly different shade on my paint-ups.
I'll dig through my notes and post what color I used. But no, I didn't use the same color as the dome on the left year. I'm 95% sure they are different.
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Fett 4 Real I think the green is a bit darker than Id like
I 100% agree... I use POG for the dome and cheeks. I think the color is good, but the overall tone is just a little dark.
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Wow, great job! You sure have a great eye for all the detail. When you were drawing out the chipped damage, did you do that by looking at a reference picture and hand drawing it or was there a way to project an image onto the helmet and outline the chipped damage?
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SaxeCoburg I'll dig through my notes and post what color I used. But no, I didn't use the same color as the dome on the left year. I'm 95% sure they are different.
definitely different colors, no doubt the ear is a olive color and the dome and cheeks are a minty color almost
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I'll chime in with the others and say, Bravo! for an outstanding job. I'm trying to do my FP layered, but yours makes me reconsider that approach. Speaking of which, how long did it take you to complete the paint up, from start to finish?
Again, awesome work!
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Roninson how long did it take you to complete the paint up, from start to finish?
If I had to guess, I say roughly... 50-60 hours? Probably more if I really tracked the time from start to finish.
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Re: ESB Boba Fett helmet (lots of pics, sorry)
If I'm not mistaken, this is the first painted helmet that used my ESB stencils from start to finish. An excellent paint job and attention to details! I love it!
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REALLY REALLY nice. Its got a professional look to it, you should be proud!
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Great paintjob :thumbsup Very nice !
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Wow, this is really nice! You've done some very inspiring work, so please don't apologize for the photos! :fettesb
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RafalFett If I'm not mistaken, this is the first painted helmet that used my ESB stencils from start to finish. An excellent paint job and attention to details! I love it!
With this and Super jedi's PP2 , I think it proves your stencils are a real sucses ,
This helmet looks great good work SC, one thing that hit me was I think the grey may be to light , the visor area came out great , the purple really works well with the red
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I'm sure the owner will be a very happy Fett indeed. BEAUTIFUL work!
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Originally Posted by
BGHunter With this and Super jedi's PP2 , I think it proves your stencils are a real sucses ,
This helmet looks great good work SC, one thing that hit me was I think the grey may be to light , the visor area came out great , the purple really works well with the red
Thanks, James! I was thinking the same thing about the dark grey being too light, but still the helmet looks awesome. Very professional paint job!
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Originally Posted by
SaxeCoburg I'll dig through my notes and post what color I used. But no, I didn't use the same color as the dome on the left year. I'm 95% sure they are different.
Thanks. I'm in the "left ear is a different color than the dome" camp, too. I've seen lots of ESBs done with the POG shade on the left ear, but when I look at the reference pics, I can never quite convince myself that it's the same color.
It's been some time since I painted an ESB, so I'd have to check my own color list, but I believe I've stuck with RLM 73. I know it's one of those RLM greens.
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Awesome paint up Jon :cheers I realized you had serious skilz when I saw that
Barta Helmet. Or is that Spoba ? (Boba Spartan) lol I wondered what you'd
be able to do with a regular bucket, and my bucket is off to ya :)
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That paint job is siiiiiick!!!!!!
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BGHunter one thing that hit me was I think the grey may be to light
Actually I think the gray ("Reefer Gray") is spot-on, I think it's the green on the dome/cheeks that is a little dark that makes the gray seem light. I'd definitely like to hear more people's opinion on it though :)
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:thumbsup Beautiful work! I do think the dome/lower cheek grey could be a shade darker. Is it the same shade as the grey on the mandibles/trim and the rear panels? It doesn't really detract from what is a great paint job though...
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Amazing detail and great looking paint up on the bucket!! Great Job.
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Truely one of the best Buckets I have ever seen. TRUE masterpiece.
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Originally Posted by
SaxeCoburg Actually I think the gray ("Reefer Gray") is spot-on, I think it's the green on the dome/cheeks that is a little dark that makes the gray seem light. I'd definitely like to hear more people's opinion on it though :)
Yeah please dont take that as an insult to your work, and seeing things in pics is never the same as in the flesh. I just personally have thought reefer grey a bit light , and Iknow what you mean about the green but I think the green looks perfect
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A fantastic paint up, you shoud be absolutely rapt with this one. Im in the camp of the greys being fractionally light, but of course pics dobt always truly represent the actual shades at times, and is certainly nothing ti detract from what is a superb paint up brother!
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Incredible, incredible helmet. I'm in awe at the absolute precision in the application of the paint. These pics could easily be used as reference material. Congrats!
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Don't apologize for the amount of photos, I'm sure I wasn't the only one drooling over them, if anything, you could take some more of the finished bucket! fantastic job, well done!!
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Beautiful work on the paint!
