Superjedi's PP1 "Eyes" Helmet (Redux)

Hi everyone!
I wanted to share a couple pics of my renovated PP1 Boba helmet. I originally completed this helmet back in December, 2009. It's a Bobamaker "dentless" helmet, which was a nice helmet to work on. My original thread is here:
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/s...-helmet-34993/

After having it completed on the display shelf for over a year, I had a couple of email exchanges with another member about colors and the color-correction of photos. He had done some work on a couple of reference shots, and once corrected, the dome/lower cheeks really appeared much closer to what a lot of us see when we look at the ESB or PP3 helmets!

I mulled it over for a few days, and since I hadn't done a lot of hobby projects lately, I decided it was time to rework my PP1!

This involved a lot of very careful masking, as I only wanted to repaint the dome and lower cheeks, not the whole bucket. So with a roll of blue painters tape and some clear plastic wrap in hand, I spent about an hour wrapping and taping everything off.
Once that was done, I wanted to avoid having to retrace the damage areas, so I used some masking fluid to cover those areas as best I could.
The dome/cheeks then got a couple coats of their new base color.

When I unmasked everything and rubbed off the masking fluid, the contrast between the now-green dome and the gray damage was very low. The gray pretty much disappeared at certain angles. Since all the shapes were still in place (thanks to Winsor & Newton!) I mixed up a custom darker gray shade with Reefer Gray and a few drops of PRR Green. I used this to repaint all the gray areas.

I dirtied down the helmet a bit with some brown and gray weathering powders, and a light spattering of a slightly lightened version of the base color. A very light dusting of Testors Dullcoat and here she is!



As you can see, I identified each maker along with the paint version. Here's another angle:



So, it looks a little odd (for now) because of the way I was used to seeing the helmet. . . in that lighter shade from the reference photos. But I'm really happy with the way this turned out. I think it fits in well with the rest of the Fett family.

Next project (hopefully soon): the PP2.
Thanks for looking,
Eric

Very nice job indeed. Good luck on your PP2, that has always been my favorite.

Fantastic as usual Eric. Looks like you're only missing a ROTJ bucket....hint hint....

That's quite the display. Looks great! Will you be painting a GMH for your PP2?

That is AWESOME!

Your helmet collection is awesome, as are your painting skills on them.

Thanks, guys. I'm really diggin' the way this looks now.

Originally Posted by Tsophika

That's quite the display. Looks great! Will you be painting a GMH for your PP2?

Aye-firmative!