One last wafer thin ESB paint job...

16. liquid mask light grey, silver and mid grey.
17. airbrush grey 28
18 mist beige 103

I 've always had mixed feelings about the 'creaminess' of the beige layer, its difficult to gauge as the green layer seems to reduce its tone. I've misted 103 on top of 28 so if needed i can use wire wool to buff the colour back slightly...

tip: watch out for the mid grey detail UNDER the green layer, Darth Nickel and myself have been working on a translucent green mix for the next layer...;)

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19. outline fine grey detail within R/H back panel silver area, liquid mask then airbrush grey 79
20. outline final layer on back panels...

tip: look out for the shape of the green areas!

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21. liquid mask silver, grey and beige areas
22. spray 76 and 96 mixed 1:1

tip: try to keep this layer slightly thinner so the grey and beige show through in certain areas!
I went slightly too heavy with the paint, so the grey i was hoping would show through this layer is not really visible, when totally dry a buff with 0000 wire wool may work and will also tone down colour intensity...
PS if you spot any detail i missed please keep it to yourself as i'm nursing a migrane from staring at the back of this helmet for 2 weeks...:D
PPS thanks to Darth_Nickel for helping me with the colour mix...(y)

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simply amazing TF. The detail is well... amazing. I love the shot next to the screen with the actual bucket. I mean come on man... that is some SICK stuff. Hats off.

I'm glad I could help in any little way I did. It's the least I could do for all you have done for me. The thanks go to you.
 
Take notes people, if you paint it up like TF then you will never need another bucket. Garrett is most probably the best ESB helmet painter on this forum. (y)
 
Wow... just wow :eek:

I must try a layered method... I need to try it :)

:cheers
 
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One word comes to mind, and it happens to be one of the Seven Deadly Sins....ENVY! :D If I was Catholic, I'd have to go to confession! Good thing I'm not... ;)

Sweet work Garrett!
 
Hey TF thanks for sharing your techniques with us all and the return pm's with all the tips.
After a thread like this everyone should be able to kick out a decent helmet paint up.
Thanks for sharing man, this is top notch.
 
Hey TF thanks for sharing your techniques with us all and the return pm's with all the tips.
After a thread like this everyone should be able to kick out a decent helmet paint up.
Thanks for sharing man, this is top notch.

To be honest it seemed a shame to list out the process ( as i do with all the helmets i paint to remind myself ) and not share it, i only hope it helps anyone painting a helmet...(y)
 
23. a very light buff on the back panels with 0000 wire wool. The aim here is to thin the green layer slightly, don't over do it, it needs to be very subtle!
24. mask entire helmet except R/H ear pieces. Spray R/H ear pieces silver no. 11
25. masking tape R/H ear sections to remain silver including inside where the stalk locates. Mount ear pieces onto helmet.

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26. liquid mask silver damage, airbrush grey no. 79.
27. remove liquid mask, liquid mask silver and grey damage, airbrush sand no. 93.
28. draw on in pencil black arch and white half arch on outer cap, trace the white arch onto a piece of masking tape, cut the white arch out with sharp knife.
29. liquid mask black arch, airbrush white no. 34.
30. apply masking tape half arch, airbrush satin black no. 85.
31. using thin strips of masking tape, mask the nine stripes below black arch, brush on satin black no. 85.

tip: keep silver liquid masking to an absolute minimum, detail can be scratched through the following layers with a compass point...(y)

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32. mask entire helmet except dome and lower cheeks, liquid mask grey 147 areas in dent, on top scratch and above keyslots on dome back.
33. airbrush silver no.11
34. outline silver damage with pencil, liquid mask, airbrush grey no.27 in and around dent only, liquid mask grey 27 detail in and around dent, airbrush grey no. 79 onto dome and lower cheeks.

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