Spideyfett
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Oh wait!! I painted and weathered the Stalk and Rangfinder!! I forgot...
I can post pics tonight...
I can post pics tonight...
MY MSH2.. It has Begun.
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TOPICAL!!!! Dont punish your self with a layered paintjob. Your bucket will go qucker and will look the same in the end.
I want to see PAINT brotha' PAINT!!! On the bucket!!!
It puts the paint on the bucket or else it gets the hose again!!!
LOL
But seriosly... I want you to bring it how ever it is to the party to show off!
I want to see PAINT brotha' PAINT!!! On the bucket!!!
It puts the paint on the bucket or else it gets the hose again!!!
LOL
But seriosly... I want you to bring it how ever it is to the party to show off!
Spideyfett
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LOL!!...Layered has always come easy for me though...
and I'll think about taking it...It's like unveiling a work of art before it's completed, kinda embarrassing...
....we'll see..
pghfett
Active Hunter
Spidey,
Perhaps you could use both methods at various points along the way ?:facepalm
I understand the topical method works very well depending on the type of "silver" paint used, that it must "flow" to aviod brush strokes but not lay on too thick as well. Am I wrong about this Spidey (and fellow Fetters) ? Also what is the best brand and color to use for this reverse making method ? I have zero expierence with this method - yet...
Spidey I'm sure you, of all people, will make this bucket something special, thats why I asked if you had done anything to it becuse I follow your art work.
Oh, yeah, you will only stop upgrading when the "real" Fett helmet falls into your lap !!! Until this happens everything can always be upgraded,
thats the fun part right ? :confused LOL
Perhaps you could use both methods at various points along the way ?:facepalm
I understand the topical method works very well depending on the type of "silver" paint used, that it must "flow" to aviod brush strokes but not lay on too thick as well. Am I wrong about this Spidey (and fellow Fetters) ? Also what is the best brand and color to use for this reverse making method ? I have zero expierence with this method - yet...
Spidey I'm sure you, of all people, will make this bucket something special, thats why I asked if you had done anything to it becuse I follow your art work.
Oh, yeah, you will only stop upgrading when the "real" Fett helmet falls into your lap !!!
Until this happens everything can always be upgraded, thats the fun part right ? :confused LOL
Spideyfett
Well-Known Hunter
Spidey,
Perhaps you could use both methods at various points along the way ?:facepalm
I understand the topical method works very well depending on the type of "silver" paint used, that it must "flow" to aviod brush strokes but not lay on too thick as well. Am I wrong about this Spidey (and fellow Fetters) ? Also what is the best brand and color to use for this reverse making method ? I have zero expierence with this method - yet...
Spidey I'm sure you, of all people, will make this bucket something special, thats why I asked if you had done anything to it becuse I follow your art work.
Oh, yeah, you will only stop upgrading when the "real" Fett helmet falls into your lap !!!
thats the fun part right ? :confused LOL
YOU SAID IT.."BRUSH STROKES"....I hate brush stokes:angry ....
That's the Key...
when using the topical anyway....layered has never given me any issue with that...And sometimes allot of these buckets look great in pics, but up close is where I'm concerned about when it comes to topical......I want it as close to the real deal as possible....
and as many know just from looking at the Ref Pics, both methods were used......on the ESB Hero bucket anyway..
The best paint that EVAN4218 and I have finally agreed on when it comes to the applying "topical Silver" is "Humbral" (sp
) or "Tamiya" (sp).....one comes Enamel and one comes Acrylic....SO after halloween my GOAL is C4!!! to be done.....hopefully!!
Spideyfett
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here's a Pic of my MSH2 on Darthmiller to give you some idea of the Size....
I think it looks Great!!!
I think it looks Great!!!
The helmet looked amazing when I saw it, though I did have one question. How did you get the bunny ears to stick?
Spideyfett
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JB WELD..
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NikNak aka
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Spideyfett
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sorry been a little busy.. http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?p=224317#post224317
I promise I'll get back to this soon...
NikNak aka
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Just started working on my boba helm. I just got back from home depot with all the necessary supplys to use your awesome removable visor mounting. For anyone else wanting to use this technique I suggest getting this Fostner Drill bit:
I believe from the photo that is the same one that spidey used (correct me if I am wrong)
cheers
-Rob
I believe from the photo that is the same one that spidey used (correct me if I am wrong)
cheers
-Rob
Dha Syntir
Active Hunter
I absolutely want to try and use this visor mounting method. I hope to see as many progress pics as I can to see exactly how to mount those niknak! Maybe a tutorial is in order. What do you think? It would definitely make life easier on me, you have no idea...Oh yeah, about how much was that Forstner bit? Just out of curiosity...Many thanks, I think you've taken a weight off my shoulders. I'm afraid the near total lack of dexterity in my right(and dominant) hand keeps me from attempting to hot glue it in place as I'm afraid I'll have glue all over everything. It's happened before on other projects at the most inopportune moments. I also like the look of the "rivet" look of the tee nuts on the visor. makes a perfect addition to a custom mandos buy'ce...I can't wait to see how yours turns out!
Spideyfett
Well-Known Hunter
Just started working on my boba helm. I just got back from home depot with all the necessary supplys to use your awesome removable visor mounting. For anyone else wanting to use this technique I suggest getting this Fostner Drill bit:
I believe from the photo that is the same one that spidey used (correct me if I am wrong)
cheers
-Rob
Correct
!!...and it runs like 8-10$ in price..
Dha Syntir
Active Hunter
Well, I went and picked up all the tee nuts, bolts, nuts, Forstner bit and some stuff for my gauntlets today. So I have everything that'll allow me to put in my visor, rear circuit board-which I painted to look like a real MQ-1 circuit board. I know that's not how Fett's was, but I thought it'd be cool to see what it looks like...Now, I have a question. Once you set all the tee nuts in place etc and get them epoxied in place. How in the heck do you mark and then drill the holes so that the visor will bolt on in exactly the right place. Is there a method you used that I'm not thinking of? I'd imagine so...
Dha Syntir
Active Hunter
Got everything I needed to set my visor via tee nuts etc. Now how in the heck do you mark the visors so that you know where to drill and then pray that it bolts in straight in the perfect position? I may have to ship it off and have it done yet...:facepalm
