Ok, so I've made a little more progress with my bucket. My next step was to get the helmet covered minus the R/H earcap:
Next was masking the silver damage:
Here's the beige layer added:
I'll reveal what the earcap looks like once I'm done getting some layers done on the dome and cheeks (a tease, I know
). Here we have everything but the dome and cheeks taped up:
For some reason, I couldn't get the tape to perfectly conform to the curved line of the mandible, so I CAREFULLY brushed some masking fluid to get an even curve.
In order to help conform the tape over the edge of the mandibles, I used a guitar pick to carefully press down the tape so it doesn't touch any of the dome:
Now it was time to mask the light gray areas of the dome before spraying the metallic silver coat:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shiny:
Next up were the silver pieces of damage that had to be masked. I first started with the cat scratch:
I actually think the stencil came out very well:
Tonight I'll be working on the rest of the damage using reference photos and tracing them from my monitor:
BIG TIP!: When using the tracing method, instead of tracing, flipping over, and tracing that so it applies to the right side, put the image in photoshop and flip it horizontal so when you trace it you'll have your image ready to apply. Not only does this cut time in half, but it provides a more accurate stencil since you don't have to go over the same thin lines again, causing mistakes.