My Latest ROTJ Special Ed Bucket

Hey guys. I figured that since I've been working on this project for about a month off and on I should probably start a progress thread.

Here's my latest and hopefully LAST ESB/Special Ed bucket that I paint. They look great but they are a pain in the rear to do.

I'm going completely layered with this paint job and using masking fluid to help with that. Also, I'm using a combination of rattlecan colors found in a couple of threads here as well as some of the Pollyscale/Testors bottles.

Here's the first step. Silver/Aluminum paint with the damage masked off:

The dark gray layer:

The dark maroon/purple layer:

Mandibles and upper cheeks done:

Looks killer! What bucket is this btw? Can't wait to see more

And all this in a few mins Your paint dries really fast!

Nah, I'm kidding It looks really nice Webchief

Originally Posted by MandalorianWarrior87

Looks killer! What bucket is this btw? Can't wait to see more

Looks MR...

Very nice work buddy! 8)

i really like the look of it as it is now, with the grey dome and cheeks. i say just leave it that way.

Nice work Bob ... it's looking great already !!

Originally Posted by Mojo-Fett

Looks MR...

Very nice work buddy! 8)

Thanks! Yup, MR.

Looks fantastic so far. I love to see layered WIP's.

Originally Posted by webchief

Thanks! Yup, MR.

How i missed that, lol. Good call Gav.

I made some major progress over the past week painting up the back, top and lower cheeks. I still need to go back in and add the detailed bits to the top and lower cheeks as well as some weathering... then it's on to the kill stripes and ear pieces.

Here's the link to the album where you can see all the progress photos and layers:

http://www.501neg.com/photos/thumbna...um=381&page=10

Gawdang....you guys make it look way too easy...

Nicely done boss

hehe special ed.

It looks really awesome. Thanks for making it for me! :P

Ninja style Bobitto!!!

Very nice. I love the work to the dome best,

That is looking great! Excellent work, Bob!

this is going to be awesome!!! great work!!

Very nice

Holly smokes that weathering is looking awsome.... its coming along nicely.

Wow, that came together great! Good work.

I darkened the gray around the scratches and began in with the heavy weathering in and around the dent and the kill stripes. This thing is really starting to pop now!





With Flash:

Absolutely great job you did there webchief!! Impressive, most impressive!

Thats gorgeous. About how many hours would you say you've put into this so far?

Holy smokes, that is looking awesome!!!!

G-Fett

Originally Posted by facechubb

Thats gorgeous. About how many hours would you say you've put into this so far?

Honestly, I have no idea. I work on it when I find the time... after I get off the board I'm on to the ears.

That looks pretty good bud! AHHH THE PINCH! FIX IT NOW!!!! haha.

Beautiful helmet Bob! I've been watching this thread on the 501st boards.

Originally Posted by GCNgamer128

Beautiful helmet Bob! I've been watching this thread on the 501st boards.

Ditto, great work Bob.

Getting there... added most of the ear parts last night. Also, over the past couple of days I've gone back in and touched up a lot of the weathering points to sharpen up the details.

Geez...the damage just looks AWESOME

your lid just pops out of the movie. the weathering is just awesome. Great job

Ummm... Gav,
I think you mean Bob...lol

Great helmet so far...
once your done I'd love to see a pic of it with pics of all your helmets thru the years Bob.

better yet how about your boba costumes

he hasn't posted the pics with the visor yet... but if you think it looks good NOW, just wait til you see it with that in place!

Nice work Bob, there really are some great paint ups showing up here recently!! Cant wait to do my next!

How did I miss this thread? Awesome work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys are amazing with your painting skills. I only hope that I am able to approach this level of excellence when I get around to painting my WIP scratch-build.

Superb work there, Bob!

G-Fett

This really is a good kind of tutorial thread ^_^ i like the progress

Oh my God, as they make it? congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I've still got some work to do on the bucket but it was close enough to wear out. Man, it felt great being Fett again! First time since March! Here's me with my daughter Julia in her Ahsoka costume.



And here we are with Scott Chana, a.k.a. Jimmy Buffett who drove from Arizona to Massachusetts for this con!



By the way, check out how loose my vest and jet pack harness are! THAT is a GREAT thing... that means I lost over 2 inches around my middle since March!!!! That's an upgrade I'm THRILLED to have to do!

Looking sharp, Bob! One of the first things I noticed was how low your harness was hanging. Congrats on the weight loss!

Wow Bob,
Congrats on the weight loss, I had a hard time picking from the two of you...and I was wrong, I was thinking Bob's not that slim... no offence.


It may have been a while in the suit for you but you look great!

WOW!!! Very nice work, Bro.

Nice work Chief. I am using this thread to help me finish the detail of Studio Fett's lid. Very nice work and be PROUD of the lid and the smaller girth!

Amazing job Bob!!! Look out for Zartan!

G-Fett

Sweet paint job you have done there!! and a good tutorial be borrowing some tips well already have.

Wowzer Bob, your paint work is incredible! Excellant! Congrats on the continued weight loss!

Wonderful weathering job! When you use the masking fluid, do you keep it on for each coat of a different color, adding masking fluid as you go? Or do you remove masking fluid after each coat? If so, how do you keep the previously masked areas of a different color from being painted over?

Looking great Bob. You should be quite happy with it.

Originally Posted by TheGhraveArtist

Wonderful weathering job! When you use the masking fluid, do you keep it on for each coat of a different color, adding masking fluid as you go? Or do you remove masking fluid after each coat? If so, how do you keep the previously masked areas of a different color from being painted over?

I take off the masking after every layer and re-mask when I paint the next color.

I worked more on the bucket last night adding the weathering of black washes, some additional scratches and touch up paint here and there and finally added the famous white thumb print on the left side of the bucket that's found on the ESB/Special Ed one. Also added the brown speckled weathering to the rangefinder stalk, earpiece and added the light gray scratches found in the dent. I call it done until I find a clear bottomed rangefinder topper.

Bob,

That bucket looks great. How much weight did you lose?


Robert

man, that looks... awesome!! not just the paint... the textures... did they happen by accident or did you intend for them to show up? I don' t know... the very, very slight structure in it makes it look... a 1000x more convincing... to me anyway...

incredible... your one of the best!!

Originally Posted by CaptainSolo

How much weight did you lose?

25 - 30 pounds over the course of a year.

Originally Posted by RBF

man, that looks... awesome!! not just the paint... the textures... did they happen by accident or did you intend for them to show up? I don' t know... the very, very slight structure in it makes it look... a 1000x more convincing... to me anyway...

incredible... your one of the best!!

Thank you very much. The textures were definitely done on purpose. I feel that since the paint is supposed to be damage to the helmet then it really should look that way. I take the .00 guage steel wool pad and smooth it down to a certain extent but always try to ensure that the layers show clearly.

looks really good keep up the good work

STUNNING mate