superjedi
Sr Hunter
Wow, that was a long detour! I don't mind, I love seeing everyone's theories about
the different paint jobs.
I agree that certainly some portions of the PP3 and ESB helmets had to have been done
with a layered technique.
The thing that gets me is that those two helmets have very similar damage patterns, and
I've always thought that one was done to mimic the other. Which was done first? I'm not
sure if that's been nailed down yet or not.
With a topical or layered technique, we know that one helmet can be made to look nearly
identical to another. Hence all the awesome replicas of the helmets that members here on
TDH have completed over the years. Maybe the PP3/ESB helmets were painted to be
hero and stunt versions of each other? It's sometimes hard to tell in pictures, but I've
done both of these helmets for my own collection and when you see them right next
to each other, their details are so similar it's hard to imagine that they were painted
by different people using different techniques. *Shrug*
But in short, no, I won't be darkening that scorch mark any further.
the different paint jobs.
I agree that certainly some portions of the PP3 and ESB helmets had to have been done
with a layered technique.
The thing that gets me is that those two helmets have very similar damage patterns, and
I've always thought that one was done to mimic the other. Which was done first? I'm not
sure if that's been nailed down yet or not.
With a topical or layered technique, we know that one helmet can be made to look nearly
identical to another. Hence all the awesome replicas of the helmets that members here on
TDH have completed over the years. Maybe the PP3/ESB helmets were painted to be
hero and stunt versions of each other? It's sometimes hard to tell in pictures, but I've
done both of these helmets for my own collection and when you see them right next
to each other, their details are so similar it's hard to imagine that they were painted
by different people using different techniques. *Shrug*
But in short, no, I won't be darkening that scorch mark any further.