Rogue Studios' ESB Color list & Painting Techniques

I realy could use a better tutorial about that Blue Wash you talked about. Do I put acrylic paint in the blue wash and but that in the mister bottle. Or do I make another mixture with acrylic and water.
 
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The wash is nothing more than dirty water you you can apply with a brush or mist on. I typically apply with a brush and mist it with water to disperse it better.

You make the mixture dirtty by adding acrylic paint not too much just enough to leave a residue on the helmet.

Lee
 
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One colour I don't see is the back of the helmet, the yellow-ish grey scratches. Has that colour been IDed?
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It should be up top in original post..I think I used a color called doped linen. But that could be wrong I haven't had time to dig into the colors much lately.

Lee
 
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hope Lee doesnt mind me posting this in his thread, but heres what I used:) That yellowish color on the back of the bucket is a tricky one!!! It looks kinda mint green in some pics, and almost gold in others. I went with testors panzer dunkelgelb 1943. its a greenish yellow color. after I sprayed the dark blue/green on top, I removed my mask & used a scuff pad to blend the colors. Don't know if its the right color or not, but since we know the POG is correct, I figured maybe they used other german colors too:)

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Heck I hope everyone posts there helmet here! That looks really damn nice and about as good as it can be done.

Lee
 
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I had used Doped Linen originally, but I thought it looked too much like the yellow scratches on the ROTJ body armor. it was a little too green, almost neon at times IMHO.
 
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Hey Lee,

thank you very much for your help.
You made my day colorfully ;-)

Thx

Mike
 
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I think I added some other color to the doped linen but not sure I have been using the same bottle for like 12 helmets and have recently ran out I guess it's time research again.


Lee
 
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I couldn't find the Doped Linen at my local hobby shop, but I got some of the Panzer Dunkelgelb 1943 :)

I found almost all of the paints I need (still debating spending $12 on two paints for the verical stripes). Can't find RLM Green or F414248 Rock Island Maroon...can you suggest any substitutes or custom mixtures I could use?

Thanks Lee! I can't wait to start airbrushing :)
 
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That green on the ears is a tough one lemme tell ya I'm still not happy with the color I've settled on. But since you can repaint the ear until it looks right go with what looks best to you. I know this is crappy advice but I don't have an alternative for that color. Appologies.


Lee
 
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I also couldn't find Rock Island Maroon. Just as well as I painted my bucket with enamels and they only make RIM in acrylic. I used British Crimson for my ear scratches and I think they look pretty good.

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Knees & shoulders....... I re-read the whole thread since I'm now on knees & shoulders. Lee,where you were going tell Lynn whether or not to seal his knees with semi or flat you asked for a number to give him a call............so I was just needing to know if they should be sealed with semi or flat? Looks like semi,but I'd rather ask for the last step. ;)

Oh and my jet pack is done and I now believe the piano keys,red on missle,stripes on thrusters and the bottom right stripe on main fuselage are Boxcar Red.........this is all for the ESB jet pack of course :D

Thanks again

Steve
 
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The shoulders & knees.............man what a pain :D

I dove head first into what I thought might be the "easy" part of this project and found out otherwise. I threw down TWO one ounce bottles on the these four peices and it still didn't get the proper orange as in the ESB promo/still shots. The left shoulder (with decal) was perfect,but the other three were just,well,wrong............until I grabbed the bottle of "MILW Road Orange" and hit it with a light mist.......WHAMMO!! Now it looks like the movie shots. I've begun weathering them per Lee's instructions and they are turning out awesome. By the promo shots the ESB knees apear a LOT more dirty than ROTJ's which is making for a real challenge.

If anyone else is doing ESB and is having similar problems with the knees & shoulders I just thought I'd share my past two weeks experience and success :D

Once I get this part done I swear to post pics of everything thus far minus helmet :)

Steve
 
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