ESB Paintup for apolifka by Deadland

Alright Austin has commissioned me to finish up the ESB paint up on his ASOK lid. Austin has already done a lot of the hard work for me by completing the back panels and ears, and I do have to say that he did a great job. Over the past couple of weeks I have been trying to get work done on the mandibles and have made very little progress due to family stuff and starting a new job. However last night I was able to get some more work done and layered the PRR Maroon down.

Below is a pic mid masking of the gray.



As life returns to normal I should be able to work on this more so Austin can get his 501st approval and get trooping!!!

He mentioned you were doing this... can't wait to see it finished!

Cant wait for this! Apolifka you will not be disapointed! His wk is stellar

Super exciting!

Excited to watch this thread as well

Austin did an excellent choice, because Deadland's paints are awesome and I know that he won't be disappointed by this paint job! Can't wait to see the not so far updates!

Alright got the mandibles and trim all finished up and besides adding a few specks here and there I think we are good. Next step will be tracing out the damage on the upper and lower cheeks masking it out and spraying sp lark gray down.

This is making me want to get to painting my ASOK helmet!... but there are only 24 hours in a day!

Looking great!

Looking amazing!!!

Excellent as expected

Simply... AMAZING!

That is great, I wish I could do something like this myself. I wouldn't have the patience.

rhaaaaaa! i love it!

It makes me so happy to finally see this helmet in paint rather than sitting on a shelf in my apartmnet! Great job

First i want to thank Austin for being patient with me through this paint up. I have had a lot of family stuff going on through this and have not had the time to knock this out like I would have needless to say though we are coming t the end. I took a couple of quick pics before I left for work today to show the progress that has been made on the dome. As it stands we are just about there, I will be working tonight to get the kill stripes stenciled on and hope to have them painted up by tomorrow night. After that it will be touch up and then weathering and then a couple good coats of dulcoat before shipping off. On to the pics.

Awesome paint job!

Awesome!

Looking great! Sellers and painters, take notes. This guy knows how to be a responsible seller . We agreed to a timeline but when it changed he kept me in the loop and updated all the way so I knew the status of my bucket at all times. I knew what to expect and Rob followed through.

Rob, I'll leave the decisions for the decals up to you. The lucksy ones are a little mis-sized for the ears I have and the one already on the left ear doesn't quite fit. If you would like to use them, would you stencil the black F's and dots on the white arc too? Also, I don't know what stencils you use, if any, but what do you think about adding some of the topical weathering from the AOSW exhibit photos? Maybe a mix between the ESB screen bucket and what it looked like years later? Let me know what you think.

Austin

Hey Austin thanks for the props man I know this has taken longer than expected and that I try to treat people in the same fashion that I would like to be treated. So trying to keep you apprised of what was going on is how I expect to be treated so I pass that on to you. I dropped you a PM about the weathering so just let me know.

And as always guys thanks for the complements my work would not be what it is if it was not for this board so props back to all of you!!!

Man that paint job is killer.

That is awesome! Deadland, i may PM you with a couple of questions. Im going to start painting my scratchbuilt cast soon and im a bit lost on how to use the stencils/masking.

one word - amazing

Deadland painted up my lid for me a while back, one of the best sellers I have ever dealt with top notch artist and even better business man if u ever need a lid painted he should be the first person you contact.




Chris

Looks phenominal as always!

Originally Posted by Darth Voorhees

That is awesome! Deadland, i may PM you with a couple of questions. Im going to start painting my scratchbuilt cast soon and im a bit lost on how to use the stencils/masking.

Actually, I had the same question -- I tried using Raf's files, printing out and transferring via carbon paper, but the results were mixed at best.

Regardless, this is fantastic work! Bravo, deadland!

Originally Posted by Roninson

Actually, I had the same question -- I tried using Raf's files, printing out and transferring via carbon paper, but the results were mixed at best.

Regardless, this is fantastic work! Bravo, deadland!

Originally Posted by Darth Voorhees

That is awesome! Deadland, i may PM you with a couple of questions. Im going to start painting my scratchbuilt cast soon and im a bit lost on how to use the stencils/masking.

Hey guys thanks for the complements. The best thing to do with the templates is to open them up into a photo editing software. In my case I use Photo Shop Elements to then adjust the Vertical and horizontal size of the templates. I will use the lid and take measurements in mm so I can get it down to the gnats a** from there I will keep adjusting the V&H until I get it right. In some cases I have to cut the stencil into several pieces like the mandibles I think I have 3 different cuts that I use. Hope this helps!!

Rob

Also I will be posting an update when i get home from work.

Awesome work!!

Originally Posted by deadland

Also I will be posting an update when i get home from work.

My thread-stalking pays off! Excited to see

LOL you are to much Austin. Well did some weathering on this bad boy added some rust to the cheeks and dome along with some grimy black along the lower cheeks and dent. After that I hit it with a couple of black washes. With the owners approval I will the spray it with a matte finish and ship this back on Monday.

I'm on the phone with Austin right now. He's peeing his pants he's so excited. haha

This can't be at my door quickly enough Just PM me when you're ready for final payment! I love it, it's like I'm 10 years old right now freaking out

That is one sweet helmet!

Hey I just can't wait to see it with the rest of your rig and 501st approved.

Again an outstanding job mate! Awesome!

Lovely work once again m'man!