Thanks for the compliments and I hope the helmet owners as happy with them when they arrive. I suffer from the same excitement and thrill of getting stuff back in a timely manor so I try to treat everyone with the same respect. remeber when it took a year for someone to get one helmet back? Yeesh just noticed my avatar died oh well time for a new one.
Some colors are going to look bright don't worry about it at all. This is just how they look before I ruin them LOL. The back of the helmet is where I am at right now I tend to only mess with the mands when I'm in the mood since the detail is mind numbing to be honest if you see missing scratches or details don't sweat it folks I gotcha covered .
They are either MSH2 or MSH1 easiest way to tell is by the dents. I'm also so grateful for the patience all of these folks have displayed it has been very hard to find time to work on these I usually only get about 5 hours a week to work on them since I have two little ones and they can keep one very very busy the rest of the time. It has taken longer than expected to complete them but they are coming along well so far no SNAFU's. I had a friend come over and observe me working on these and he said he could never find the patience I told him you have to enjoy it first the patience is second.
Hey, I spent my half day on the helmets today. most of the gray scratches for he domes are done I have to trim around the cat scratch above the rangefinder side eye slit. The back of the helmets is almost all done and I'm doing the mandible details for last. My buddy Mike(Photon Magic) made a stop by today to check on me I think he thinks I'm nuts for doing so many of these I'm starting to believe him. I have set a personal goal of having these all completed this month and if I don't please don't shoot me although I realize most of you must be drained of patience I still appreciate it. It all pays off in the end for your helmet.
If you have any questions please post or PM me..take care.
After stopping by Lee's house several times now and seeing just how much work is involved in these helmets, I am now certain - he is nuts for doing so many helmets at once. There is an unbelievable amount of work involved in this painting process.
I understand now why he is going to "retire" after painting these last few helmets. I can't imagine a price to make all this work worth it.
Thanks! I am really trying to make them all look great and putting individual attention to each one has taken it's toll on getting them done in what I consider a timely manor which has been months not weeks as expected.
Look how weird this color can be, see all the diff hues as you get away from the flash. All of these were painted at the same time from the same paint.
I just want to say...especially in light of recent threads over at the RPF, THIS is how a project manager, if you will, stays in contact when time frames are over run!!!
Bravo on that account and on the buckets themselves. With every update, I get more and more excited!
Shawn, thanks for understanding I sincerely appreciate that. I could easily slap them together and push them off but I don't work that way and I want everyone to know I work on them every available moment. I don't expect anyone that has sent me a helmet to get something back I wouldn't own myself and that is the main reason it has taken so long.