Superjedi's FPH2 for Postie

superjedi

Sr Hunter
I'm baaaaaaack! :lol:

Hi ESB fans! I'm beginning another commission on a fantastic FPH2-ESB bucket. This one is for member
Postie. I'm excited to get to work on this one as Colin has an amazing life size bust collection, and this will
literally top off his Fett! It's also, as far as I can recall, the first helmet I've done that will be sent south of the
equator. Colin and his collection reside in New Zealand. :)

I'm going to begin this thread at DAY 2 as I worked on all the prep yesterday. FP's casting skills remain at
the pinnacle of the hobby. The kit primarily needed to have the visor area cut out, and then the edges thinned.
Some very quick clean up of the ear parts, and we have what's seen in these pics.

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The accessories are shown below. Nicely cast ear parts, a 4-piece RF topper, solid aluminum stalk, and a resin
Borden. Not shown are the pre-formed smoke visor and the ear attachment hardware.

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At this stage the helmet has had a coat of Duplicolor primer sprayed on. The ears still need to be primed. I like to install
the ear hardware first. I can then use the screws as paint handles. Makes things a little easier to manage.
Much more to come! (y)
 
UPDATE: DAY 5

Been a busy bee the past couple of days. I got the base color laid down on the back panels, then got everything masked
for the dark green coat. Here are a couple pics of the masking fluid already applied. It appears slightly darker and shiny.
On the right panel, there were still a few wet spots when I took the pics.

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Airbrushing the rear panels is fun! I begin with a medium, translucent coat of RLM 73. Then I adjust my air pressure and spray pattern
to get finer detail. I go back and darken certain areas, trying to match the slight inconsistencies seen in the reference pics.

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I can never quite get everything in the exact shape I want using the masking fluid. So once everything is dry and I remove the mask,
I go back with a fine brush and tweak the edges of the damage areas.

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I also go back with the RLM 73 and add some of the darker spots using a brush. It's the same color but since it's applied by brush it comes
out much denser than when it's airbrushed on. So it appears darker.

Next I'll begin the gray and silver damage. There will be more weathering on the rear panels, but I'll tackle the gray and silver first.
 
Thanks, guys. :)

UPDATE: DAY 6

The left panel is complete and that will bring my weekend hobby time to a close. Several sessions throughout the day
got me to where you see in the pics.

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All that remains is the pale contrasting gray, which I'll add all over the helmet at the end of the project.

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This sets me up to begin the right panel during the week. . . sigh. :lol:
 
UPDATE: DAY 11

Sheesh. . . work's been killing my hobby time during the week, but I've made some progress here and there. I finally got to a point
where I finished the big silver section on the rear right panel, so here are a couple of pics. It's hard to find an angle that doesn't
make the silver look blown out!

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I'll be working on the remainder of the right panel next. :)
 
Stunning job as always, Superjedi! Can't wait to see it finished (and see if you'll tell us some more of your secrets :D)
 
Thanks! If you have any questions, just shout 'em out. :)

UPDATE: DAY 12

OK, back on the weekend schedule! The work on the rest of the right panel was actually completed late yesterday but it was
getting late and I like to have at least some natural light to take pics.

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Next I'll mask off the rear panels and lay down the base color and first weathering pass on the dome and inner cheeks. (y)
 
UPDATE 2: DAY 12

Let's get rid of all that gray primer! :) Got the base layer and the first weathering pass done on the dome and cheeks.

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I'll do additional weathering toward the end of the project. After I sprayed on the base green, I used a blend of some acrylic green and gray to
weather it down and make it look uneven and oxidized. This was done in cloudy random patterns just to break up the stark look of the dome
and cheeks. Once this is dry I'll be able to begin doing the gray and silver damage. I'll start where I always do--the rear of the dome.
 
Thanks. :) It's weathered down with a blend of Tamiya NATO Green and Light Gray.

UPDATE: DAY 13

This is one of my favorite parts of the helmet. It doesn't get a lot of attention because it's on the back side, but there's so
much cool detail to do. I painted the basic damage shapes with my gray and silver, then went back and did the "effects"
using a combination of silver and fine physical scratches with a sharpened dental tool.

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I try to use a few different reference pics while I'm doing the small scratches. In some pics, some of the marks will appear white, but
in a different pic, they'll appear silver.

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There will be more of these fine scratches applied once I do some more of the gray and silver. That way I have some landmarks
to go by to make sure the scratches are placed where they should be.
 
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