*UPDATE-COMPLETE 5/3/12:Jayvee's deluxe ESB paint up (with an awesome BGHunter lid..)

PREP STAGES
I actually hate this part, but it has to be done. I have given some shots of the raw kit, then some where I added in the appropriate nicks and scratches, and a finally primed and basecoated lid ready for action. I am mainly using Humbrols with a couple Floquil colours here and there. The basecoat is Humbrol light grey (147). I’d like to take this time to send out big props to Terminal Fettler for his Humbrol colour lists, and also to Ponte for some variant ideas..

INTERIOR
Still some work to be done here, but have sprayed the interior blue/grey shade, making sure it is heavier at the top in colour. It is actually very close in person to the reference pics, but is a little hard to nail down in photos, as because it is dark in the dome, you either put the flash on which makes it seem bright blue, or have no flash where it looks a little too grey. I think the photo I have here gives a fair idea though. I always prefer to spray the interior first, to limit getting any interior paint on final outside paint job (Probably just me becoming a pedantic old fart..) This section will be updated, as I have an exact replica interior also from james to add in, as well as the hard hat liner and other nooks and crannies. Once complete, the interior should look very authentic (fingers crossed anyway..). This was also the time where I fitted my visor via Chicago screws, and will fit the metal holders for the bottom of the visor later down the track after all the paint..

LEFT EAR
A pretty straightforward job here, the main thing that took time here was the white decal (which I am painting on this time round and not using decals), just making sure it was nice and even. Real happy with the finish, and used TF’s colour list exact with lovely colour results. I did weather up the little ‘cloud like bubble’ shape on the bottom left with a rust type colour as per the ref pics. Its one area where many of the excellent stencils have red in them, which isn’t actually present on the real lid. With all my paint, I use the stencils as much as possible, but there are some inaccuracies, so I am constantly going to the reference pics (and getting square eyes in the process.. :/) the final upside down ‘E’ decals I have rub on letters for which I will add down the track..

Left Ear Colour List : Humbrol (147) base coat, Humbrol Red (60), Humbrol Grey (28)+(64) 1:1 ratio, Humbrol Green (159)+(78) 1:1 ratio, Humbrol white (33) for decal.

BACK PANELS
Wow, these were seriously time consuming. Some of the stencilling and liquid mask sessions were marathon sessions, and while I was rapt with the result, I won’t lie in telling you I loved every minute of it – far from it actually. But, the moment where you peel all that liquid mask off, and your paintjob stars to come to life, definitely is rewarding. It’s at this time i’d like to thank the excellent Humbrol Maskol – Such a great guy. Such an easy masking fluid to use, I’ve had very few if any bad experiences with it, and even while waiting for a colour to come in, and leaving it on for a week, it peeled off as easy as if it had only been on a day. Really happy with my back panels, I aimed to get them as close as possible.

BACK PANELS (cont...)
Still in the process of adding in all the fine scratches (you will see the start of these on the right panel upper angled ‘T’ shape scratch starting to get added, and you may sight some light water soluble white pencil reference lines), and a few fine details, but they are essentially 98% done. Used all of TF’s colours once again, except I used Floquil ‘Concrete’ for the beige, as I still think that is the closest. More to come over the weeks peeps..

Back Panel Colour List : Humbrol light grey (147) base coat, Humbrol Silver (11), Humbrol grey (106), Floquil Concrete, Humbrol Green (76) + Blue (96) mix ratio 1:1.

I will be watching this paint job as I am doing ESB as well. Love it mate...truly awesome stuff.
I haven't done much to my lid, its an early resin one from BGH. I am just about to prime it but I will be using spray paints and will have to double check the paint list.

I'll be watching this with great interest. I need all the advice and tutorials I can get before starting my own ESB lid, and yours look wicked sweet already. Can't wait to see more progress on this

Thanks for the kind words fellas, it will be a long process, so you may have to bear with me, as I am much into taking as long as I need, but will update over the months as I go. Thanks again peeps :-)

WOW! That is CRAZY GOOD!!!

Hell yeah this is gonna look frakin swank

Nice. I'm on-board; the timing is perfect! I'm about to start the same with one of Asok's cold cast buckets using TF's tutorial as a guide with appropriate changes for the CC.

I love what you did on the lower part of the left ear.

Thanks for the positive feedback chaps. For those of you who have mentioned you are also doing a similar paintup at the moment, any thoughts, advice or questions you have, just let me know. Sharing ideas and results is after all a big part of the process. Thanks again for looking gang :-)

Hi!

I've been lurking around for awhile, and have made couple of helmets myself from fiberglass. None them are painted yet and I am about to get one of them to to painting stage. I was wondering how many "cans" you need of humbrol for say the base coat? I mean the 14ml tiny pots. Is one enough of each color needed for the whole helmet or do i need multiple jars of the same colour? And they have to be thinned for the airbrush, of course?

Thanks

Hi there murolaattori, welcome to the boards buddy. Really good question, I wondered the same thing before I experimented with the airbrush. The 14ml tins actually go a lot further than you think, the general rule I used was to buy 2-3 tins for the colours that cover the most areas, such as the basecoat grey, silver and dome and cheeks green. You likely wont need 3 tins, 1 and a half to 2 should be fine, but I liked to have a little more there just incase.

You will indeed need to thin the aints before airbrushing, but dont go too overboard here. Humbrol recommend 2 parts paint to one part thinner, but I actually use a little less thinner than that even. A good rule is to have the paint about the consistency of milk. The other thing to note here is your air pressure - give it some more psi's if the paint is thicker, less if the paint is thinner. Imagine blowing some water out a straw as opposed to blowing some McDonalds thickshake out of a straw - it would take more effort and pressure to blow out the thickshake. Same principle with your air pressure on your compressor (that is providing you are using a compressor and not a can of propellant). Anyways, hope that makes sense, let me know how you get on! :-)

Thanks for the info! My dad has a compressor so I will be able to paint at my parents house. Do you have any experience on the cheap humbrol airbrush? Since I'm gonna use the stencil method I'm not looking for accuracy but rather a smooth surface and I will settle with the humbrol or any other cheap airbrush as long as they give me a smooth surface. Have any recommendations?

I still can't start the painting for awhile since I still have some finishing to do on the helmet and university takes up my time pretty well. But when I get to that phase I wanna have everything ready. I'm anxious to start painting!

Wow! You are freakishly good

Thanks for the info again!

Love your work on the helmet. Totally awesome.

Thanks lads, much appreciated. Love your avatar DanielS! :-)

Awesome! Keep up the good work!

Cheers Raf, your templates have been my saviour!

Man you are an artist...hope mine comes out looking half as good.

new user, been on for about a week straight eating this stuff up. I have no tools or armor, but I'm just reading before I start anything. I wanna know what I'm getting myself into before I knuckle down and buy all these tools, lol. Still, for a guy who's never done professional painting outside of scrawling on the walls with crayon when I was a child, I have to say I've learned a bunch. I'd never even heard of liquid masking fluid until this thread. It's hard to just imagine though, doing the base coat after primer and working up from that by covering it and doing more. LOL I'm dyslexic or something, I want to paint the green first, then do the detail work after, but that doesn't work haha, but from what I've seen in this thread the liquid mask works as a stencil that you can peel off after you do another coat, and then another and another, until you've painted a multi layer coat of godliness on your bucket. Thanks everybody who's posted here, you guys are amazing. I only hope when I get down to it my bucket will look as good as yours do, fellas. :

Welcome to the boards buddy! It can certainly be a daunting task to undertake one of these helmet paint ups, and bear in mind you can do it whatever way you prefer. The method I am doing on this helmet is whats called a layered method, which is exactly like you describe, working from the base colour up, but there are some gun painters on this board who prefer the 'topical' method, which is indeed putting down the main colours, then adding the damage over the top. both have advantages and disadvantages - for instance, many believe you can get finer detail with topical methods, whereas layered methods seem up close to appear more authentic. personally, I feel there are so many awesome examples of either method, and when done well, it really is hard to notice the difference, so you have to go with what you are more comfortable with. Any questions, feel free to ask, and good luck! Peace

top notch paint work, it pays to take your time.

Originally Posted by Jayvee

Welcome to the boards buddy! It can certainly be a daunting task to undertake one of these helmet paint ups, and bear in mind you can do it whatever way you prefer. The method I am doing on this helmet is whats called a layered method, which is exactly like you describe, working from the base colour up, but there are some gun painters on this board who prefer the 'topical' method, which is indeed putting down the main colours, then adding the damage over the top. both have advantages and disadvantages - for instance, many believe you can get finer detail with topical methods, whereas layered methods seem up close to appear more authentic. personally, I feel there are so many awesome examples of either method, and when done well, it really is hard to notice the difference, so you have to go with what you are more comfortable with. Any questions, feel free to ask, and good luck! Peace

Well since I got that, my last question, (<--- lie) do you coat it with a finish or, hm, what's the term, like a coat of clear enamel or something that evens everything out?

Originally Posted by MirtaGev

Well since I got that, my last question, (<--- lie) do you coat it with a finish or, hm, what's the term, like a coat of clear enamel or something that evens everything out?


ARGH How do I delete multiple posts!? >.<

Well, just delete the content of the second post and simply type in: double post. It won't delete the actual post, but at least the content will not be duplicated.

haha, darn double posts! Yea, you can definately put a clear coat on after completion, but again, that can come down to preference, what type of paint used etc. On my first helmet paint up, I used Testors Dullcote - very nice for blending it all together, but it also will dull metallics such as your silver. The finish generally comes down to the weathering, and if I feel the need to spray it clear at the end, I may take Terminal Fettlers example, and go with a very light satin finish - not to shiny, not too flat. I'm gonna see tho how it goes once completed - this will be more a display for me, and I wont be trooping in it, so it may not need the extra sealing. But by all means, it can definately be a good idea, more just dependant on what you are going to use the helmet for. Peace

Your dome paint is awesome, especially that you used the new stencils for the dent and the killstripe area. It looks killer and I love it!

Looking good man!

Looking good jayvee...awesome job on the helm!

Great work Jayvee keep up the great work. The best part about working on these is when you start seeing Fett shine through and knowing you are almost there!!!

Definately Deadland, it certainly helps to see some light at the end of the tunnel. Of course, the mandibles are still a very big part, and will be super time consuming, but one thing I have learnt well after a couple helmet paint ups, is that even if it takes longer, the more pedantic you are, the better the end result. Thanks again! :-)

Morning Kiddies! Smallish update here, but have completed the other lower cheek, and both upper cheeks, ready to tackle the mandibles..

UPPER CHEEKS (and finishing of other Lower Cheek)
This was a nice little section to do, and went fairly smoothly. The biggest thing for me from an accuracy point of view, was the damage on the lower cheek (on the non-rangefinder side). I have put a close up pic of this cheek in picture 3. There is actually a differrent colour of damage that interacts with the normal grey damage on the far side. Many people leave out this minor detail, but it definately is present in inspection of the reference pictures. My main question was what colour to go for. I know Terminal Fettler always adds in this detail, and recommends in his brilliant tutorial, to go the same colour as the back panels, but to my eyes, the colour should be darker than the grey. Now, don't take this as gospel, as I have ageing eyes, but i went for the back panel blue/green like Garrett reccommends, but added in drops of black until I was content, creating an almost deep olive colour. In the end, it came out just as I wanted, or at least close enough to tell from my eyes. There was also some grey misting at the bottom of each lower cheek (heavier on the non rangefinder ear side as per the ref pics). Lastly, the upper cheeks were pretty straightforward, but there is also a fair bit less damage wise in my ESB movie version in comparison to the more recent AOSW version. Enjoy gang, as always, feedback or questions most welcome. Peace

Colour list : Humbrol Light Grey 147 (basecoat), silver 11, grey 79. Upper cheeks then layered with black 33. Lower Cheek has green 76+96 (1:1 ratio) with added black drops to darken until satisfied. Cheek then has green 78, with a light misting on bottom of cheeks with grey 27.

You have an amazing eye (well two) for details! Just one thing you forget to add to the right lower cheek --> a dirt-like stain that is present on the dome too, above the rangefinder ear:



Another missed detail is the small crack between the upper and lower right cheek:



I did the ESB Hero helmet stencils using lots of stills and screencaps from the Gallery and my own and helped a lot to compare those with the exibit images (mostly the Britt Dietz high rezolution/quality images).

Ahh, never fear Raf, I'm on top of those little details. The stain above the rangefinder ear will be done after the bulk of the paintwork has been completed. That also goes for the two white paint splotches on the killstripes and trim, as well as some brown dirt around the trim and arrows, as well as paint splatters. The borden will be wethered and brassed up, and will have some wearing around the borden also.The small stain on the right cheek you mention, I actually have put in - it is with the same grey I used for the bottom of the cheeks, but at the angle I took the pic at, its not as visible as it is in person. I will still darken it a fraction with another shade of grey, but most of this weathering I mention will be done at the end for better continuity through out. As for the little scratch, great call - a pretty easy addittion. Really appreciate your feedback, and teriffic pics. Along with your god-like templates, you are truly a legend of these boards. Thanks again my friend, Peace

Thanks for the compliments, you are too kind!
I'm glad you have already thought to add all the 'extra' details which will make your paintjob a masterpiece along James' (BGHunter) excellent helmet. I will resume my state as an observer and will eagerly await your 'hot' updates.

I'm your humble No. 1 fan!

Ahh, you are far too kind Raf, but many thanks my friend. One thing I must say, is that as much as I am painting up this helmet, and will do my best to continue the highest standard I possibly can, these helmets, once finished, will have a little bit of many peoples hard work go into them. Wether it be to James' beautiful cast, your second-to-none templates, garretts huge paint list and inspiration, and general members support and feedback, it really makes you feel great to be part of such a fantastic community..

Yeah, but who command the hand? All the help in the world is useless if you don't know what/how to do. Our contribution is minimal next to your talent, so don't be shy!

That helmet is looking good man, keep it up. I can't wait till I can start painting mine once it warms up.

Thanks heaps crow86, appreciate it. Look forward to seeing your progress when you start on your lid brother! :-)

I love seeing these painted with such care for details. Very nice.

Well hello my fine, Fett loving friends! A decent update here, this lid is starting to see light at the end of the tunnel! Mandibles and some major weathering are order of the day on this update , so away we go! Hope you enjoy peeps!

Mandibles and phase (1) of weathering
Ahh, the mandibles. Finishes the main paint off and brings everything together beautifully, but how I loathe the masking and stencilling of thee... now, do keep in mind these are about 95% done, but there is still a little bit to go on them. Some fine detail work and a few silver and light grey accents still remain but you get the general idea. Very happy with how these came out, they are very authentic by my calculations to the original helmet.

Colours used : Humbrol light grey 147 (basecoat), silver 11, grey 106, purple – 73 and 104 mixed (1:1 ratio), wine 73

As for the weathering, I have completed, what I call - phase 1. This includes – light brown around arrows and trim, heavier grey smudge on left cheek (left as in looking at the helmet), heavy smudge above rangefinder, and of course the wonderful splatters. These are heavier on the rangefinder side, but there is a bit on the other ear, particularly more on one side of this ear. I added a pic of this to show. I achieved the splatter effect using thicker paint in my airbrush, having the needle tip exposed so the paint creates a droplet then splatters, and got different splatters by adjusting my air pressure and pulsing the trigger. Phase 2 of weathering will see me weather up the borden connector, add the two white paint splotches on the killstripes and trim, putting on the rub on letter decals and some fine detail work throughout. Then it will be on to the interior, rangefinder and visor. Not too long to go, she’s a getting there! As always, all feedback welcome my friends, Peace

This paint job is AMAZING!

I.. AM.. SPEECHLESS!







Your paint job is almost perfect (it will be perfect when you'll finish it)! The best ESB Hero helmet seen so far! You are a true paint master! I bow before you!

Wow, thanks fellas, you are supremely kind. Iv'e definately tried to nail down lots of the fine details, but your responses have me truly humbled. Again Raf, your templates are god worthy and worth thier weight in gold.. Hopefully can finish this one up over the next couple of weeks! Once again, really appreciate the super kind feedback. Peace :-)

Jayvee, Magnificent job you have done there brother you should be very proud of the work you have done.!!!

Excellent job you've done there Sir!

Thanks a bunch G, your paint list and general steps in your sticky thread have been a monster help!

I already made the adjustments to my ESB helmet stencils and I will upload it shortly. In the second image that might be the same red as on the left mandible, but is kind of hard to tell because of the excesive weathering on that side. You won't go wrong eather way you choose to do it, my friend.

Well Fett-aholics, a busy weekend with writing out wedding invites and back into a bit more serious beach volley training, but always a couple of sneaky hours for Mr. Fett.. A very minor update, I was able to do some fine detail work on the mandibles and trim (not pictured), the little brighter red areas on the mandible discussed with the excellent eyes of Raf (Picture 1 but will take some better quality ones in the sunlight), and some other very minor touch ups. Have started weathering up the borden also. To come, is what will now be deemed as weathering phase 3, which will include the decal application, the two white paint splotches, some silver and light grey accents, and the three little stains on the mandible...

Also pictured, are the beginnings of my interior work – sorted out the 6 point suspension (pic 2), and have taken a pic of the wonderful little set of electronics provided with the lid by BGHunter (pic 3). Have some other odds and bobs to add in too which should make for a fairly faithful interior copy. Edging that little bit closer every day now, so almost there. Peace my friends

Simply: AMAZING!

Congratulation on your not so far wedding. I wish you both all the best in the world!

Cheers for the kind words on both accounts raf.. The helmets getting there, and the other half is a better woman than most for putting up with me ;-) thaks again brother!

Amazing work!!!

PERFECT!

Wow! It's hard to put words on how awesome this paint job is!

If you ever consider doing commissions, consider me a potential client.

That is one mighty fine lid you got yourself there sir.

I am proud of your work and you should too. You are now in the top 10 of the best painters on TDH. Can't wait to see your next challange ==> ROTJ Hero(?) helmet paint job.

Well, if you ever change your mind....

I would not mind shipping across the globe. It would be worth it!

Of course I don't blame you not ever actually want to do commissions either. It's a huge amount of work and many many hours that not everyone can afford to put down.

That helmet is amazing. i wish I had that talent

Rich

WOW! This is the most accurate (fan made) ESB Hero helmet I saw in my short life (so far) on this forum! I'm glad that you included those light green scratches on the left back panel, but maybe you will hate me, because I found other additional details on the ESB Hero helmet!

These looks like some rust patches on the killstripe side of the dome, but my intuition says that these might be traces of the killstripe painting process:

Haha, i'd never hate you raf, its all in the name of accuracy, and I actually think its great. Im glad you bought up those yellow subtle rust stains - not only should they be a fairly simple addittion with the airbrush, I had sighted them myself, but wondered if it was my eyes playing tricks on me. Great call, ill add them in for the next update. I do agree tho on the othet major rust stains - I have always believed they were another aosw addition. As always, thanks for your keen eye and kind words bud :-)

You convinced me with that red spot on the right mandible and after I looked at the AoSW/C-IV exibit images, I found several areas painted with that red color (the same color is on the left ear):



On the left side, next to the big crack repair (exibits images) is a bit tricky to see the difference, but is best viewed with indirect light on that area:

yea, really good call on that mate - I actually thought some of that red within the silver damage near the crack looked a bit lighter too, but wasn't sure if it just looked differrent against the silver. The other areas you point out I will add in too - fortunately the one I pointed out on the right Mandible I added in when I did the other red areas, but I didn't spot he other bits, so nice work, and should be fairly simple. the two bigger bright red splotches we added in first, are a little more defined, as they actually have a very fine light grey rim around them. some of the other bits are tougher to pick, as its two shades of red next to each other which arent as defined. So really good eyes bud.

If anyone were to do this and add these brighter red areas, use red 60 in the humbrol range - its the same colour as the red on the ear, and is spot on against the mandible main colour of wine 73. Other brands unfortunately, I cant speak for, but every bit helps. Peace

- double post -

Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad we are on the same (and good) track. Finally I can add the finishing touches to the stencils and I will repost soon all the files.

I've got to say that after being glued to every update and poring over every color flake on your helmet, and watching the collaboration between Rafal and Jayvee, I'm going to have to insist you two be married. With your powers combined.... CAPTAIN PLAAAAANET and such. Also, I'm stealing this color list, I've been reading about the color shift of the Pre Pro 1 helmet and how it's most similar to the PP3 and ESB hero helmet, cheers my friends.

Haha, you're more than welcome to steal any info or color lists you like bud, thats what the posts are for brother. As for marrying raf, I think mrs. Jayvee would be a little upset with our wedding less than two months away. The idea of a fett superhero like team is novel tho - I like it! Haha, I actually just think its one of those well timed things with one guy perfecting stencils, and one guy trying to perfect a paint up at the same time outta sheer coincidence - its really been a great thing to be able to bounce accuracy ideas off someone to get as close as you can. Appreciate the kind and humerous words bud, any questions, feel free anytime :-)

Originally Posted by MirtaGev

I've got to say that after being glued to every update and poring over every color flake on your helmet, and watching the collaboration between Rafal and Jayvee, I'm going to have to insist you two be married. With your powers combined.... CAPTAIN PLAAAAANET and such. Also, I'm stealing this color list, I've been reading about the color shift of the Pre Pro 1 helmet and how it's most similar to the PP3 and ESB hero helmet, cheers my friends.

I'm already taken and Jayvee will follow shortly, so marriage is out of question! I really like to do constructive collaborations of this kind with TDH members, this way I can give a little but I'm also ready to take lessons from others.

Ahh, this is all quite amusing.. A real mini-update here, had a little time spare today, so added the very subtle yellow streaks and all the extra bright red splotches. Group pic (1)shows the yellow streaks, and these had to be really subtle, as they are very light- real 'blink and you could miss it' kinda stuff. I found that even with doing the highlights super light with the airbrush, I still had to steel wool them back a fraction for blending. Group pic (2) shows a couple of the added bright red areas - I have put them all in there, but many of them are so tiny, I just showed a couple of them to give you the right idea. Im sure my psuedo-husband Raf will find some more little nik-naks to add in , but for now, here are some stills. I just added a few arrows to point out the areas, as they can be either so minute or subtle, it would be easy to miss what i'm yapping about... peace my fine people

It's spot on! You did an excellent job with this helmet! I think we can call the ESB marathon closed as I'm not able to find other extra scratches and spots. I will repost the ESB stencils soon.

I love your paint job! As I said before, this helmet is now PERFECT! You realy deserve the relax from the last image.

Cheers!

Haha, Thanks a bunch Raf, its been a pleasure collaborating with you. Maybe after the wedding a little down the track, we can tackle ROTJ Hero As for the last pic, that was probably more just a good excuse for Tequilas after a long morning of Beach Volley Thanks again brother!

Originally Posted by Jayvee

Group 3 (Various, with added Hooligan.. )

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Soooo... you won't be trooping in it, right? Hahaha. This paint up is simply inspirational. Bow down everybody, this is impressive work.

Did you say Trooping or Drinking?.. I'm sure you said drinking, in which case i'd be happy to oblige Thanks a heap for your super kind comments bud!

Well done Jayvee! What an amazing job you did and an awesome collaboration with Rafa. This is the result of super talented, gifted individuals with the same passion and dedication to a hobby and interest, maybe even a love... We all share! I really can't believe how good your helmet is.... It is the closest thing to the lid we all know and love, that I have seen. Has anyone seen better? I doubt it! All I can say is... I hope some of this talent rubs off on me before my bobamaker helmet arrives! . Thanks from one of you're fans.

Gosh, thanks brother, some really nice comments there, and I thouroughly appreciate it. Im pretty sure there may be some better lids out there, I'm not sure I can join that elite just yet with some great painters like Terminal Fettler, Spideyfett, Fettpride and Bobamaker, but to have you mention me anywhere near those sorts of guys is a huge compliment. Of course, having said that, I'm rapt with how this lid turned out, and I will say that I am a stickler for details, so I like to get even the minute things right, and am really happy with all the addittions and final result. But thankyou for the kind words, always nice to hear from a fellow Aussie Anything you need, feel free to drop me a line anytime bud

The list with the elite painters is a bit longer starting with the legendary Steve The Swede, and you can add Rogue Studios, AFettFullOfDollars and Superjedi too. I think that with the painting of a Sandy type helmet will prove that you are on the right track to become a top painter.

For sure mate, some great painters indeed - bottom line, I simply like to take it one project at a time, and for my second ever paintup, I am rapt with the result for this ESB lid. It's as accurate as I could possibly get it, but really, for me its not so much about reaching the so called 'upper echelon' (no disrespect intended). I'm a cruisy kinda guy, so for me, its simply about having a nice finished product, while aiming to always learn and improve techniques, by taking in everything I can from these sensational painters. To have people give awesome comments about my own work, and to inspire others is a wonderful thing to hear, and I really am pleased to be part of such a fantastic community. You are all superstars! Peace

Man that is just beautiful...you are an artist...well done

Just you chuckleheads wait, I'm going to get a Pre Pro 1 helmet looking amazing, and you guys will be like dayyuuuum. Still, if it gets half of the love this helmet was shown by it's painter I'm sure my helmet will be amazing. Once again, good work jayvee, at first I only used this thread for the color list, but your work just kept bringing me back. You did an awesome job.

Hahaha, chuckleheads- reminds me of jay and silent bob.. :-) thanks again mate, and im sure you will do a sweet job on the pre pro 1 - keep the updates coming as they happen bro!

Phantom/Steve- thanks for the big props bud, much appreciated, and with your own build coming along very nicely indeed, im sure we will speak very soon. Thanks again for those kind words amigos!

Just a very minor addittion to the interior pics - realised I had forgot to put in the pic I took with the chinstrap attached - so just added that in to pic 2, as well as a little close up of the electronics for those who are a stickler for details in pic 3. Not a big concern, but went out of my way to make it, so thought I may as well add in the pic.. so heres group 4 - updated interior pics -

P.S. - Just ignore the little dob of blu tac in pic 2 - it was only to stop the strap flipping up, but didnt work, so doesn't really live in there

Group 4 - Interior pics: