ESB paintup!! DONE (MORE OR LESS)!!

That's a beautiful bucket. I look forward to updated pics. Do you have any special plans for the interior of the helmet besides the flat black?

cr4nky that looks good so far.
I like the black inside.

Would like to see more progress

Just finished making the tracing templates for the backs now, masking them tonight

Here are the tracings for the back. Just need to wait until tonight so the paint has fully cured and it´s on with the masking and second layer of paint. This will be covered with silver, and then I´ll mask a new layer for adding the dark grey and another one for the green. And so on, and so on, and so on, and so on...

Here´s some more progress guys. Tomorrow it´s on with the green on the left ear. As for the next colors on the back, I have to wait til my paints arrive so I´ll do some other parts while I wait.

Hope you like it (P.S! The large gray areas on the back are going to be beige, I just made a little booboo:-)

Man BM lid TF's guide you can't go wrong and you are moving quite fast keep up the good work as it is turning out great already!!!!

Outstanding

cr4nky, that turns out very nice! Reminds me of my own helmet painting. Very good job you did so far!

Looking excellent so far! I'm pretty much at the same spot as you on my current paint job...

Thanks bro.

The different scrapes and scratches won't be über-accurate, I think I'd go insane replicating every single one. But trying to get it as close as I can. As the wise Boba Swede stated: I choose sanity above accuracy

Will probably be hitting a little standstill in the painting now, missing a lot of paints that I've ordered. But I'm leaving for Spain in a week anyway, so hopefully everything will have arrived when I'm back.

Man you are moving quick, keep it up and enjoy the trip!!!!

The helmet is looking outstanding so far. Can't wait to see what you've done next when you get back. Have a great trip in Spain!

Recently I recieved Stormriders awesome helmet interiors, so while I waiting for my paints from the states I thought I'd use some of the acrylics I have lying around to make the foam rubber a bit less "foamy"

Here's the pieces I have painted, the rest will stay as is.

These have been weathered more after the pics I showed in FettDads thread in the Cargo Hold.

freakin' sweet brother!! great job!

Originally Posted by FettDad

freakin' sweet brother!! great job!

Thank my man!

Here are the finished pieces. Also included a shot of the paints and tools I used for this and a couple of detail shots showing you how cool it´s possible to get these without too much work.

I´ve written a short tutorial on how I did this for cupluv, if anyone wants it, just give me a hollar.

Originally Posted by cupluv

much appreciate the tutorial cr4nky...you give rookies hope in attempting something as awesome as your master piece. :thumbup

Hell...I´m a rookie myself. First time for me too

Time for an update. I finally, after having to open a dispute with the webshop I ordered paints from, they arrived today.

Nothing to do but to get working then.

I finished up the left ear with the white "decal". I had a decal I was going to use, but I wanted to paint it in stead and in my opinion it looks better painted.

I also did the grey on the back panels. You´ll probably notice that the weathering is similar but far from the same as the original piece. But I´m happy with the results so far. You pro´s out there are welcome to chime in, so I don´t screw anything up though

With more experience I might be able to make it look better, but that´s a whole other helmet!

On to the pics:

That looks very good cr4nky!

I just started my FPH to turn it into a ROTJ helmet.
And a PrePro helmet will be after that ... you see one never stops working on the Fett Baby!
So my personal Fett Family has 1 TF Helmet (ESB), 1 FPH (ROTJ) and maybe another TF for PrePro.

Good job so far bro!

Looking great, I do not see anything off but I am by no means a expert but keep it up!!!

Originally Posted by mmgraphics

That looks very good cr4nky!

I just started my FPH to turn it into a ROTJ helmet.
And a PrePro helmet will be after that ... you see one never stops working on the Fett Baby!
So my personal Fett Family has 1 TF Helmet (ESB), 1 FPH (ROTJ) and maybe another TF for PrePro.

Good job so far bro!

Nice collection!

I´d like to get one of each version, but I´d like to stay married to my wife too, so we´ll see how that goes

Ok, last update for today. Time to hit the sack. Feels good to get some work done again. Sunday will see more progress on the lid.

The grey is a little too thin along the back of the dome, but that´s a quick fix on sunday.

Latest pics:

great work, brother! really coming along nicely...love the layered look....

Alright!

Got some more work done, next up will be the back panels and the other ear.

Looking great bro keep up the good work can't wait to see more!!!!!

More paintwork done!

Tonight I'm doing the ear.

Just a small tip: Use 0000 steel wool to slightly rub over the paint-layer. This way you get rid of all the scuffs of paint around the previously masked areas. You see all those paint-chips around the masked parts?

try it. You won´t regret it. But just slightly ... not rubbing away all the paint! :-) And please always use a "new" piece of steel wool for the different colors ... the rubbed-away color keeps into the old steel-wool.

Great job so far bro!

I know... I du use it, just waiting for the paint to fully cure before I do it on the back panels. Already done it some on the one ear and the dent and cheeks. Works wonders for the looks.

Oh, and thanks

More work done this evening. Finished up the right ear, only missing the final decal on it. And I got the killstripes on using Lucksy31´s stencil. I really liked how it turned out. Next up is the black in the cheeks, and the the mandibles and trim. Cheeks will be done tomorrow and then I´ll start on the trim and mandibles on saturday.

Hope you like!

Looking great dude you are a frickin machine!!!!

man, that looks incredible so far. very nice work on the weathering

Thanks guys!

Really appreciate the kind words!

But I still have to add some more weathering and a clear cote though.

Also have to finish the right ear and some other stuff, steelwooling it etc. etc. But it´s more or less done though.

Hope you like, I know the red on the mandibles looks a bit popping, but the flash kinda weirds it out

i got some more done today. Mostly adding the black wash, which really made the helmet look 100 times better. Also added some of the brownish rust details and the black "smudging" on the left side.

I´m considering this paintjob done, I just have to do the white stripe on the right ear and seal this baby in with a clear cote.

Visor will be installed with screws this week, and the RF needs to thinned down a bit for it to fit. I´m not using the one that came with the helmet, I got one in aluminum from GBH, but as I said it´s to wide for the opening in the ear, so I have to find someone that can sand it down for me.

On to the pics! I hope you guys approve, you are my jury.

Wow man looks spectactular! I only hope mine turns out half as well once I manage to screw up my courage and put some paint on her.

Thanks!

I've added screws for the visor today, so it will be fittet tomorrow, I'll also finish up the ear if I have time.

Lovin the work bruv.... especially the weathering!

My baby is more or less ready for the last coat, I just have to add the spatter on the right side of the lid.

From the reference pics it´s hard to see if it´s dark orange or rust colored. Anyone have an idea?

Anyone?

Hey man, that helmet looks AWESOME!!! OUTSTANDING job on that!