Bobby Fett UK
Well-Known Hunter
Hey Lewis, Looking great. I use an aluminium car paint rattle can. It goes on great and I am sure it would be cheaper too. The type I get is hycote.
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welshwarrior123
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Cheers for the compliments guy.
Stormrider,Thank you so much for the offer, and thank you for the compliment. I know what you mean on the prices Rob, Luckily I picked up 2 cans of the plastikote silver and primer at half price at hobbycraft of all places, they must have been clearing stock. Thanks Goodus, I was lucky with the back panels as I got them done in the 2 sunny days we had, but its back to usual welsh weather of constant rain lol.
Welsh
Stormrider,Thank you so much for the offer, and thank you for the compliment. I know what you mean on the prices Rob, Luckily I picked up 2 cans of the plastikote silver and primer at half price at hobbycraft of all places, they must have been clearing stock. Thanks Goodus, I was lucky with the back panels as I got them done in the 2 sunny days we had, but its back to usual welsh weather of constant rain lol.
Welsh
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
No problem mate, although all the credit goes to terminalfettler for the helmet list. I followed his tutorial to a "T"
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welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Got some more work done today and last night, really happy with the out come.
Same process as the rest of the lid, this time using grey 79 and green 78. Some of the main scratches were then applied while more finer details will then be added on later topically. The green on the back panels looks a little bright but it looks darker in person. What do you think?
Welsh
Same process as the rest of the lid, this time using grey 79 and green 78. Some of the main scratches were then applied while more finer details will then be added on later topically. The green on the back panels looks a little bright but it looks darker in person. What do you think?
Welsh
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Cheers mate. Hows your fett coming along then?
As for the green, I would say about 2 light coats followed by another 2 heavy-ish coats to get a nice coverage, but most of the time I just keep painting until I like the finish lol.
As for the green, I would say about 2 light coats followed by another 2 heavy-ish coats to get a nice coverage, but most of the time I just keep painting until I like the finish lol.
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Another update to show you guys,
Managed to get this done pretty quickly, masking it was the biggest pain but I think it came out well.
Masked the cheeks up applied grey 79, then once dried removed old silver masking, re masked the areas as well as the grey sections then sprayed black 33. Piece still needs to be buffed with some wire wool so forgive the little bits of masking fluid. I also played around with a pastel on the left cheek.
What do you guys think?
And then I stuck the ears and visor in as I wanted to see what it looked like
Welsh
Managed to get this done pretty quickly, masking it was the biggest pain but I think it came out well.
Masked the cheeks up applied grey 79, then once dried removed old silver masking, re masked the areas as well as the grey sections then sprayed black 33. Piece still needs to be buffed with some wire wool so forgive the little bits of masking fluid. I also played around with a pastel on the left cheek.
What do you guys think?
And then I stuck the ears and visor in as I wanted to see what it looked like
Welsh
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Thanks Guys, Coincidently Rafalfett I actually used some of your stencils for the dome, mainly on the cat scratch, top section and the trail after the dent. So thank you very much for creating them. Got a little something to sort out regarding my fett then I will be masking up the mandibles, should have another update soon.
Cheers,
Welsh
Cheers,
Welsh
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Another update to post.
Managed to get the mandibles painted yesterday. All of the colours apart from the red a custom mixes, although I feel the grey may be a little bit to light, to late now though. They still need to be buffed down, the "super detail" painted on as well as the scratches need to be applied. Next up will be the kill stripes, followed by the ears.
What do you guys think?
Thanks,
Welsh
Managed to get the mandibles painted yesterday. All of the colours apart from the red a custom mixes, although I feel the grey may be a little bit to light, to late now though
. They still need to be buffed down, the "super detail" painted on as well as the scratches need to be applied. Next up will be the kill stripes, followed by the ears.What do you guys think?
Thanks,
Welsh
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Well like I said previously I felt that the grey was a tad, if not really, to light. To me it seams it was hard to break up the grey and silver, and having the helmet on a stand for a few days made me want to fix it.
So I went and mixed up a darker grey, and topically applied it over the lighter grey. While I was at it I also added some of the finer details in the silver areas. Indoor shots so sorry for the quality.
Really happy with the repaint, I mixed the grey with some thinner and you cant tell that its painted on top even up close. Masking up the kill stripes now so as to start on them next week.
Thanks,
Welsh
So I went and mixed up a darker grey, and topically applied it over the lighter grey. While I was at it I also added some of the finer details in the silver areas. Indoor shots so sorry for the quality.
Really happy with the repaint, I mixed the grey with some thinner and you cant tell that its painted on top even up close. Masking up the kill stripes now so as to start on them next week.
Thanks,
Welsh
Stinkape fett
Active Hunter
Very very nice work. I am following your thread on the edge of my seat. I am making a ROTJ fett, just waiting on parts. You area an Inspiration... thank you for all your hard work. It pays off.. really...
keep it going!!
keep it going!!
IrishKrush
New Hunter
This is truely an amazing build. Thanks for the great detail, it is helpful to those of us just getting started.
welshwarrior123
Active Hunter
Hey guys, another update to show.
Been working on the helmet, mainly adding the kill stripes as well as some weathering and the "super" detailing. Kill stripes were done by painting them yellow, and gently misting orange from the back.
Also.....not sure if I mentioned it but I also did another helmet
Pretty much an exact copy of the first, which I did along side the one documented, simply after stenciling the 1st I just re-did it on the 2nd. Very easy and it helps save on clean up, although it does take twice as long to get a colour down lol. The only difference is that the front helmet is a little behind, I need to add the kill stripes as well as the weathering on the lower cheeks. But other than that they are pretty much the same.
Thought I may as well post this as these lids will be finished before the week is out, really pleased with the out come of them. Next thing to be painted will be the gauntlets, then the armour which im really looking forward to
Cheers,
Welsh
Been working on the helmet, mainly adding the kill stripes as well as some weathering and the "super" detailing. Kill stripes were done by painting them yellow, and gently misting orange from the back.
Also.....not sure if I mentioned it but I also did another helmet
Pretty much an exact copy of the first, which I did along side the one documented, simply after stenciling the 1st I just re-did it on the 2nd. Very easy and it helps save on clean up, although it does take twice as long to get a colour down lol. The only difference is that the front helmet is a little behind, I need to add the kill stripes as well as the weathering on the lower cheeks. But other than that they are pretty much the same.
Thought I may as well post this as these lids will be finished before the week is out, really pleased with the out come of them. Next thing to be painted will be the gauntlets, then the armour which im really looking forward to
Cheers,
Welsh
