D_N ESB Bucket Paint Job

Darth Nickel

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I’ve not shown a lot of my work here, so I thought I would post up my progress. It’s been slow – I’m in no hurry.

I first want to the Garrett for all his help. He’s been there for me time and time again. He’s truly an asset to this board, the community, and the hobby. Thank you Garrett for answering all my questions, continuing to provide me your advise and your honest opinions and feedback. I look forward to continuing to learn from you.

So here is my progress for now. It’s a Fang with Spidyfett Ears. 100% layers as taught by my master.

I’ve also come to realize that the ears are going to be a problem. Since it’s a Fang, I had modify the ear to fit the metal ears. Not knowing what I was doing at the time, I cut the ear off, and inserted the metal ear. I’m not 100% happy with that solution since I don’t have that bit of ear that’s attached to the dome. A minor problem. As I finish that ear, I’ll add some depth to the metal ear and paint to match the dome. It won’t be 100% since it will not be physically attached to the dome and will have a seam, but I hope to “close” the gap.

So here we go – please let me know what you think.
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Raw and clean
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Gray Base
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Black on the upper Cheeks
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Green on the Lower Cheeks
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I’m currently working on the back panels. So I’ll update that later on. It will be a while… since I’m slow..
 
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If you like the way it looks, then who cares what others think! 8) The purpose of WIP threads, IMO, is not to get "approval" from folks on this site. It is to show your original work to ensure that others know that YOU did it and aren't claiming someone else's work and to get constructive feedback from others. YOU are your toughest critic. Let's be honest, the kid out there that sees you in costume won't notice that scratch X is 2 microns to the left of where it is supposed to be!

Don't worry about the low post count...keep plugging away! It looks good. So, constructive feedback time: from the pics, it looks like the "purple" areas around the grey scratches is just a bit too purple. It could be a trick of the lighting, so I'm not sure. The only other thing is that the bucket seems to be lacking some of the finer detail found in the ESB paint job. This sort of detailing is hard to achieve when doing a layered paint job. BUT...that being said, you have chosen to do a layered paint job, so HATS OFF to you b/c I would be too chicken to try that!

Great work! Keep it up!!! :cheers
 
Thanks Mike. I was just looking for feedback. I appreciate you taking some time to let me know what you think. You are right, if I like it, it really doesn't matter right :)

I think some of the color is a bit off due to the ****** pictures I take and the flash, it looks a lot different (it's almost hard to see the purple) in person.

I need to do some of the finer scratching, grime, etc as well. These shots are pretty much directly after removing the masking. I was going to wait until I get more layers on before I really get the scratching.

I don't like how the damage appears to be "rounded" in areas. I think I can sharpen up some of those through the scratching process, but we shall see.

Its my first Boba paint job, so I'm learning a lot as I go through the process.
 
soz man - havent taken time to post cos I was thinking.... man I'd be too chicken to give this a go myself. this ur 1st bucket? looking good mate, and kudos on using layered.

hate to comment on colours, as photos never seem to give the real life item any justice, I usual presume we are all singing off the same hymn sheet with all the info on paint lists out there; and as long as it looks sort of there on the piccies I make no other comment.

agree with Mike - as long as u are happy. Although some approval from forum stalwarts is nice. just so you (i, we etc) know we arent goign wildly off course.

I was thinking of tackling this too myself once the weather gets better in UK. and I was thinking of goign for a half layered/ half topical approach. the big chunks I was gonna layer eg mostly the back - then cheat and go topical from then on

as already mentioned - lots of fine detail on teh ESB which would make pure layered just that bit TOO fiddly for my sausage fingers.

looking good. feelin envious.

Nate
 
Thanks Marky. I'm starting to think it's not that good... since no one really is commenting on it... :(

I think it looks great.. As Shocknurse has stated, it is all on how You feel the work is coming out. There are some that would not have even attempted painting a helmet on their own, and you could have easily went out and purchased a MR helmet or something..........in the end you will feel better by doing the work yourself IMO.... and I must say layered is a VERY VERY difficult task...getting the scratches to match is extremely hard on a layered style paint job.

I will say in some spots it does look rushed...sometimes that's a good thing, but for layered it can start to make it look choppy and segmented.
So slow down.(y)

Try some extra fine steel wool to help blend the colors, but not too much. don't want to get rid of the work you just did. But this will help blend and Flatten the color a bit more.

hope that helps.(y)

Alex :)
 
I think you've done a great job Brad...(y) Considering this is your first layered paint job and you've had me ranting on endlessly about the best way to do things...;) It does take practice to hone the techniques we've been chatting about through PMs and the only way to get that experience is to crack on and paint a helmet, so fair play for taking the bull by the horns! I think as you start to complete the lid you'll begin to see where you need to improve things and then start planning your next paint job...:)
 
amen Garrett. Just remember those god aweful pics I sent you at the start :)

You have already taught me so much, and I thank you for taking the time to teach me man.
 
Thanks Bill!!! It's too darn cold to do much of anything right now, but it's suppose to warm up later in the week (just above redonkulously cold).

You know you are always welcome to come over.
 
We got a little break in the cold, so I was able to get some more paint work done. Here is the cream/concreat layer on the back panels. I've removed the masking, and will get a snap a picture before I start masking for the green.

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Here is the new cream with pretty much all the masking freshly removed. I will add some more details to the damage (trying to remove those rounded edges). I left some of the masking on so I didn't have to re-mask.

Let me know what you guys think.

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Thats come out really nice on the back, to sharpen edges you can pick the paint back to the silver with the propelling pencil, this can give some real authentic detail...(y)
 
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