One last wafer thin ESB paint job...

46. gently buff the entire helmet with 0000 wire wool. This smoothes the surface slightly and brings the colours together. This also gives a flat surface for the weathering process...
47. 'super detail' the upper R/H mandible area with grey, purple and red, a separate mask for each colour. Masking tape off the general area and pick out the detail with liquid mask, outline with a pencil first...
48. I use a stencil to outline the kill stripes between each layer, this allows for some movement to aline the details...

helmet.jpg


kill stipe.jpg
 
you suck, Dave...your helmet sucks, and i am going to do a better job on mine!! :facepalm well, i am going to try, anyways...:D Garrett, fantastic work as usual, brother! :cheers
 
you suck, Dave...your helmet sucks, and i am going to do a better job on mine!! :facepalm well, i am going to try, anyways...:D Garrett, fantastic work as usual, brother! :cheers


Maybe if you got away from the fingerpaints D....hahah jk buddy.
 
46. gently buff the entire helmet with 0000 wire wool. This smoothes the surface slightly and brings the colours together. This also gives a flat surface for the weathering process...
47. 'super detail' the upper R/H mandible area with grey, purple and red, a separate mask for each colour. Masking tape off the general area and pick out the detail with liquid mask, outline with a pencil first...
48. I use a stencil to outline the kill stripes between each layer, this allows for some movement to aline the details...

looking hot(y)
the purple you used, does it get toned down during the weathering process?
I've see other use a more maroon type of purple.

like the use of the stencil for the kill stripes.
never thought of doing it that way.

Jason
 
The weathering process i intend to use involves grey,brown and black airbrushing layers. This will have some effect on the finished colour. I'm also going by the AOSW reference pics, so here's a comparison shot...

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i see what you mean.
but to me it still looks a bit more red,
as you said with weathering the colour will change.

Great work as always, can't wait to see this finished
 
49. outline kill stripes with stencil and white pencil, masking tape and liquid mask off the kill stripes.
50. airbrush yellow no.154 fade gently to orange no.82 towards the rear of the helmet.
51. start to scratch in the key details around the helmet with compass point...

kill stripes.jpg
 
Wow, that's amazing. I want to do it that way but I'm afraid of doing it layered :wacko


Your H#73 is a perfect red! Mine was more pink :(
 
Your H#73 is a perfect red! Mine was more pink :([/QUOTE]

Hmmm... i've heard that from a couple of people. I always do test strips of the colour mixes, i have also found that dropping the pressure on the compressor gives a smoother application, if the surface ends up grainy from paint build up this can change the hew of the colour. I always buff the surface when fully dry with wire wool which also seems to help to deepen the tones...
 
Awesome work Garrett, this step by step process along with the up close detail pics of the helmet will really help me out come time to paint it. Can't wait to see the weathering!
 
great pics of the weathering it looks spectacular. I am looking to build my own helmet using an old DP to compare, but it doesn't have the extreme wear and weathering. I want the most accurate. Thanks for the pics.
 
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