MY TF HELMET LAYERED [Pic intense]

Hey brothers,

I just want to share my painting progress on my TF helmet.

That helmet is an outstanding piece of art, great in shape and absolutely perfect in detail. Terminal fettler, you did an impressive job bro!

So my part was the painting. I went the layered technique that TF himself is doing too and I am absolutely happy with the result. IMO it is by far the best technique ... but also time consuming ... ;)

I still need to do some subtle weathering and some minor scratches, the RF has to be sprayed black too (waiting for the color :() and the keyslots have to be cut out. Yes, I know, I should have done it earlier, but still missing the correct tool for this. Keyslots coming afterwards. :D

So here are the pictures of my holy grail and I hope you like it!

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_front.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_front_right.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_front_left.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_front_top.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_back_left.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_back_right.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_top.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_detail_top.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_detail_catscratch.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_detail_dent.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_detail_back_right.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_right_ear.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_detail_layered.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_tf_22.jpg


And here some comparison shots to TF´s own helmet he did a while ago:

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_comparison_tf_front.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_comp...ront_right.jpg

http://www.mmgraphics.de/helmet_comp...back_right.jpg

More pictures of the ongoing weathering process will follow.

Feedback is welcome my fellow brothers! :cheers

Cheers,

Manuel :fettesb

Looking pretty good, brother ! :thumbsup

Have you used the HUMBROL-colors ?

We want to see more...

Manuel, echt eine tolle Arbeit, Respekt !

Greetings
Florian

PS: do you own a Vader, too ? It seems that there is a Chest-box lying aorund ;) (2nd pic with the Screen in the background)

Hey man, that helmet looks GREAT! You did an AWESOME job on it! Holy Grail indeed! :cheers

Hey Florian,

yes, I used the humbrol colors. :)

Thanks for the kind words! :thumbup

And yes, I own a Vader too. But what you can see there in the 2nd picture is just the case of my screwer. :D

Danke für die Blumen Flo!

Cheers,
manuel

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Originally Posted by Firespray Pilot

Hey man, that helmet looks GREAT! You did an AWESOME job on it! Holy Grail indeed! :cheers

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Thanks a lot firespraypilot. :thumbsup

I tried to get it as accurate as possible. Still work to do on this one. I would say it´s at 95% now.:lol

Cheers,
Manuel

very nice. you can send that to my house for a closer inspection...... lol!!!!!

That looks great, really good job that you've done.



Robert

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Originally Posted by mrbungle

very nice. you can send that to my house for a closer inspection...... lol!!!!!

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*lol* that´s to be discussed later ... :D

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Originally Posted by CaptainSolo

That looks great, really good job that you've done.



Robert

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Thanks Robert. Always great to get that kind of feedback after a lot of work. I appriciate that!

very nice paint job so far!

Nice work Manuel!

Killer!

Awesome!!!!

That is awesome, brother. I hope to achieve such greatness when I get around to this build.

WOW! what a nice looking paint job! Did you use liquid masking? I didn't have much
luck with that stuff so I went topical.

Great job!

beautiful! that's a helmet to be proud of!

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Originally Posted by woodman

WOW! what a nice looking paint job! Did you use liquid masking? I didn't have much
luck with that stuff so I went topical.

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Yes, I used liquid masking. I use a very fine brush to get it on the helmet, some areas are put on by a small rubber brush. The rubber brush has a very fine tip so you can add more detailed parts.

The masking fluid is drying very quickly and so I can airbrush the next layer very fast after I have put on all masking.

I love that rubbing off after each layer to see what it looks like ... just like xmas ... :D

Thanks for the kind words bro!

very well done, brother! i hope that when my bobamaker helmet gets here i can replicate that! totally impressed with the work you have done...:thumbsup

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Originally Posted by mmgraphics

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I love that rubbing off after each layer to see what it looks like ... just like xmas ... :D
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Yes, I know that feeling, have had the same during my paint-job...:lol

I'm looking forward to layering my helmet when it comes in tomorrow. Yours is inspirational!

Thanks bomber. And good luck with your own helmet.
One thing to remember: take your time for it.

:-)

Once again, excellent work bro !

Thanks pghfett! ;-)

Looks awesome!

Great looking helmet!

very nice work!

COOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

short bump ... I had lot of work to be done last weeks ... so the weathering process takes some more time than planned.

I hope to be able to post some pics later this week as an update to my helmet.

:-)

thats coming up a treat !

Kandosii!!!

Good Job!

By the look of it u started with the silver and metal colors ,applied liq masking ,paint,liq M,paint right. i really like the way u can see the the different layer that go from the botto/first paintlayers and work there way to the top layer colors!!!! i have seen that some members do this back wards apply panzer and red and the add the other.

Great paint job thats how i will do mine once i find were to get the paints!!!

Hey Fett_MD,
yes I painted it the way you noticed. I did it the way Terminal Fettler has listed in his own thread.
here´s the thread: http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/one-last-wafer-thin-esb-paint-job-30707/

The list of colors used is in there too.

Maybe that helps you.

Good luck finding the colors (online shops will offer them for sure!) and let us know how you went for it!

Cheers,
Manuel