MASTER REPLICAS HELMET RE-PAINTING

slave1pilot

Well-Known Hunter
I have been commissioned my a member here to re-do some painting on an MR Boba Fett Helmet.
this is the Signature Version.
He does not want it to look as if it is mass produced and would like it to better match the weathering on his armor & jetpack etc.
I am not completely redoing this helmet nor am I fixing the pinch, only adding to what is there and most importantly....
Fixing how the dent was painted!
MR didn't even get close when aligning the stencil over the dent.
See?
justin079.jpg


Look how "off" that dent is. Anyone else have this same problem?
so...
I masked off a small area and airbrushed the area I was gonna work with.
Then I masked where the dent is and sprayed that silver
Here is where it is now.
justin097.jpg


I still have a lot to do around the dent, but wanted to show the beginning.
 
Geez, that was way off! You'd think QC would have caught that.
I have a question, though. With those two smaller silver/gray shapes to the left of the dent, would it have been better to cover those as well? I look at them as part of the overall "dent geography."
Maybe it's the angle of the photo, but it appears that they may wind up too far from the dent itself once you repaint it.

Your airbrushed blending looks superb! Did you use an out-of-the-bottle color for that?
 
I saw that too -after I posted the pics :(
They are so small, I'll just paint them green & redo that too

and yes, it's straight outta the bottle
Panzer Olive Green
feathered the edges of it to make it blend
also did a test too make sure it matched before diving in.
It is off just a tad, but it's gonna get extra weathering as per the customer's request.
 
Lee says that they stayed really close to his color list.

Did some more work on it
Getting better
Before;
justin079.jpg


and currently (not "after" yet);
justin102.jpg


and the real one (thanx Jose);
C4_2007-05-27_109.JPG
 
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The weathering on my dent is off quite a bit too...not that bad though!!! Yeah, it bugs the **** outta me!!!! I might have to do something similar. Your "fix" is looking much better!!!!
D
 
Here's some comapre pics before & after;
justin074.jpg

justin075.jpg

justin077.jpg

justin078.jpg

justincompare.jpg


Not drastic, but slightly better than before
I added lots of extra scratches as requested by the owner.
Also, some extra weathering, but not a great deal
Looks very different in person of course
 
Excellent job, especially around the dent. Looks like a completely different helmet now. Weren't you tempted to remove the extra kill stripe?

DAZ
 
Excellent job, especially around the dent. Looks like a completely different helmet now. Weren't you tempted to remove the extra kill stripe?

DAZ

Daz,
I didn't even notice the stripes to be honest,
I wish i had though.
IF I do any more I'll paint that out of course.
Thanks for the tip.
 
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