Superjedi's FPH2 for Postie
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GCNgamer128
Sr Hunter
Stunning as always! It's incredible to see the best painter paint the best helmet.
jbdubz
Active Hunter
stunningly beautiful work as usual Eric. @ Postie, just wait til you can gaze upon it...with your own eyes... trust me the magnificence comes to fruition once you are able to hold it in your hands and stare into the cold dark gaze of the visor. its nothing shy of surreal.
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superjedi
Sr Hunter
You're welcome, Col! Having a lot of fun with the paint up.
UPDATE: DAY 38
Lots of real life going on, but I'm making progress on the front parts of the band. I've gotten the left half complete.
Working on a screen-used paint job is a matter of subtraction. All the fairly hi-res reference shots show the helmet as
it looks today. It has all that additional SE damage. So I compare the exhibit shots with screen caps to see what should
be "left off."
On this part of the band, most of what is left off is small silver chips and scratches.
I'll work on the right half next.
UPDATE: DAY 38
Lots of real life going on, but I'm making progress on the front parts of the band. I've gotten the left half complete.
Working on a screen-used paint job is a matter of subtraction. All the fairly hi-res reference shots show the helmet as
it looks today. It has all that additional SE damage. So I compare the exhibit shots with screen caps to see what should
be "left off."
On this part of the band, most of what is left off is small silver chips and scratches.
I'll work on the right half next.
sepulturero52
New Hunter
The mandibles!! Wiiiii. It looks amazing!
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superjedi
Sr Hunter
Thanks, man!
UPDATE: DAY 41
Cruising along. . .
Got the left mandible done. This is another section where I have to subtract the "incidental" damage that appears in the exhibit
photos. It's mostly silver chips and scratches that are on many places on the SE helmet.
A couple of tiny details yet to be added, but I have to do some boring stuff like getting groceries. I mean, what's the point of that??
UPDATE: DAY 41
Cruising along. . .
Got the left mandible done. This is another section where I have to subtract the "incidental" damage that appears in the exhibit
photos. It's mostly silver chips and scratches that are on many places on the SE helmet.
A couple of tiny details yet to be added, but I have to do some boring stuff like getting groceries. I mean, what's the point of that??
superjedi
Sr Hunter
UPDATE: DAY 46
Man, the time slips by during the week. . .
Over the past few days I've completed the horizontal part of the right mandible. This a deliciously dense area, with so many
tiny chips and scratches. In the pics you can see that my stencils are already applied to the vertical part of the mandible.
It won't take nearly as long to complete that portion!
The final weathering passes, along with the "spatter" will slightly muddy up the appearance of the mandibles.
Getting there!
Man, the time slips by during the week. . .
Over the past few days I've completed the horizontal part of the right mandible. This a deliciously dense area, with so many
tiny chips and scratches. In the pics you can see that my stencils are already applied to the vertical part of the mandible.
It won't take nearly as long to complete that portion!
The final weathering passes, along with the "spatter" will slightly muddy up the appearance of the mandibles.
Getting there!
superjedi
Sr Hunter
UPDATE: DAY 47
Big milestone today! This marks the end of all the "basic" painting on the helmet itself. I finished off the lower portion
of the right mandible, and the next steps will involve what I call the effects painting.
The effects painting will consist of adding the pale contrasting gray that's scattered all over the helmet, doing the "fade" below the
killstripes, doing a tan/rust spatter, and adding those greasy looking stains on the back of the dome. Then of course there are the
ears to do. The ears have been base coated for weeks now, and I'll begin those during the week.
Big milestone today! This marks the end of all the "basic" painting on the helmet itself. I finished off the lower portion
of the right mandible, and the next steps will involve what I call the effects painting.
The effects painting will consist of adding the pale contrasting gray that's scattered all over the helmet, doing the "fade" below the
killstripes, doing a tan/rust spatter, and adding those greasy looking stains on the back of the dome. Then of course there are the
ears to do. The ears have been base coated for weeks now, and I'll begin those during the week.
GCNgamer128
Sr Hunter
I love the crack! How do you achieve that paint job??
superjedi
Sr Hunter
Thanks, Andy. The cheek crack is physically scratched into the surface. I made a template for it out of some
spare sheet styrene and use a scribing tool to make a thin simulated crack. Then I go back with some of the dark
color used on the cheek and touch it up.
UPDATE: DAY 48
Effects! I have a lot of fun doing the effects painting. It adds another level of character to the helmet. In this first pic,
I added the "smudge" that runs vertically above the RF ear. It's dry brushed on, with a couple of heavier patches.
In this next series, there are several pairs of photos showing the pale contrasting gray. It shifts from almost unnoticeable
to readily visible depending on how the light hits it. I use RLM 76 gray for this.
First, the back panels. Sorry for the slightly blurry shot here.
Next is the right mandible. There's a decent amount of the gray along the divide between the outer cheek
and the mandible, as well as on the part above the visor cutout.
Here's the dent.
Finally, I did the fade under the killstripes. I mix up some of the dome green with an acrylic silver to simulate the paint being
pulled up by masking tape, then touched up. In the first pic, it's almost invisible.
But when the bucket is rotated slightly, it pops into view. It's a very nice effect.
Whew! So it's really close to being done now. All that's left are the grease stains and the spatter. I'll do those immediately
before I clearcoat at the very end of the project.
The cheek crack is physically scratched into the surface. I made a template for it out of somespare sheet styrene and use a scribing tool to make a thin simulated crack. Then I go back with some of the dark
color used on the cheek and touch it up.
UPDATE: DAY 48
Effects! I have a lot of fun doing the effects painting. It adds another level of character to the helmet. In this first pic,
I added the "smudge" that runs vertically above the RF ear. It's dry brushed on, with a couple of heavier patches.
In this next series, there are several pairs of photos showing the pale contrasting gray. It shifts from almost unnoticeable
to readily visible depending on how the light hits it. I use RLM 76 gray for this.
First, the back panels. Sorry for the slightly blurry shot here.
Next is the right mandible. There's a decent amount of the gray along the divide between the outer cheek
and the mandible, as well as on the part above the visor cutout.
Here's the dent.
Finally, I did the fade under the killstripes. I mix up some of the dome green with an acrylic silver to simulate the paint being
pulled up by masking tape, then touched up. In the first pic, it's almost invisible.
But when the bucket is rotated slightly, it pops into view. It's a very nice effect.
Whew! So it's really close to being done now. All that's left are the grease stains and the spatter. I'll do those immediately
before I clearcoat at the very end of the project.
