Jayvee
Active Hunter
Thanks mate. So good. I think I may take back my Rustoleum Khaki paint, as I just realised it's a gloss. I may just get an Ironlak one. But which shade!? ahhh
for those reading this, here is the link to his AMAZING helmet paint up.
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/jayvees-empire-wip-jinto-lid-paint-up-41419/
Thanks for the kind words mate. While I was happy with it being my first paintup, its still far from perfect, with ALOT of room for improvement, but I learnt much along the way, so I am hoping my new lid will be as accurate as possible, and be even more spot on. But again I do appreciate the kind words.
I would still go for the neverland for the back panels, but for the ear, its a tough one - you may need to mist a couple together, but the charts are often not that accurate in comparison to the colour in person. check out the actual cans in the store - it will give you a much better representation.
One other thing, as Ironlak are grafitti based paints, you often get a few differrent nozzles with them. Use these to your advantage. I usually found two types of fatter nozzles worked best. one was pink with a black dot on the nozzle, and one was black. the pink one was a mister, and the black one gave really good coverage. I would lightly 'dust coat' my colour on with the pink mister nozzle, then change to the coverage nozzle, and standing back, give it multiple lighter coats. once happy, I would lightly coat again, using the mister nozzle. seemed to come out nice every time - just make sure you dont go too thick and stand too close - always better to do more light coats than have it drip. With the ironlak cans though, you should only need one can of each. cheers bud