My Boba Fett helmet using AntMan's building tips.

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 17, 2010

• #21

TreppFett said:

Thanks for hookin me up,I plan on making the ear-caps using Pepakura and then casting then in resin.

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That's great! I hope that soon you will show us your construction steps. But be aware that Skip's papekura design is slightly different in dimensions from that of WOF's templates and you may need to resize the ear pieces.

Respect!

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 20, 2010

• #22

Hi!

In the last days I was applying a wood and wall repair putty on some parts of the helmet. It has a two hour dry time for sanding and it has elastic properties. I already applied two layers of putty on the dome and the left cheekbone, then made a first time sanding. Then I covered the front part of the helmet and the right cheekbone with the first layer of putty. Then I filled the dent, and after drying, it was modelled with a cutter. Tomorrow I will made more sanding and more layering.



See you sooner than you think.

Respect!

 

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TreppFett

Jr Hunter

• Oct 20, 2010

• #23

Sweet!
nice work

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 20, 2010

• #24

TreppFett said:

Sweet!
nice work

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Thanks! You started your helmet building?

It's hard to do the covering and the sanding when you have free time around 3-4 hours per day. But the beauty of this is when you look at your helmet done. Lots of patience and even more passion...

Respect!

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 22, 2010

• #25

Hi!

Today I made more sanding and more putty applying. Not too much, but enough for a 2-3 hour of hard work.
Here are some images.



See you next time.

Respect!

 

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RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 24, 2010

• #26

Hi!

Today I made the final applying and sanding of the helmet. It isn't a perfect one, but I'm satisfied with it. I was surprised that the putty isn't cracked and it can be sanded easily.

The oil based paint will be painted with brush. But that's put away for the next week...



See you next time.

Respect!

 

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72555

Jr Hunter

• Oct 24, 2010

• #27

graet work keep it up

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 25, 2010

• #28

72555 said:

graet work keep it up

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Thanks!


I hope this week I will do some painting. I don't know yet the final result, but as always I let things to go with the flow... That's the beauty of it.

Respect!

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 26, 2010

• #29

Hi there!

Today I made a first try with the paint on the rear keyhole. It's not perfect, but after drying I will make the details of the weathering. Here are some shots of the paint.



And this is the oil based paint I use.



And here I post some images made from Count Dookie's ESB Paints and Scratches. I hope he won't be too mad for posting this... I did this to see the whole picture of it.



Respect!

 

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jinstarkiller

New Hunter

• Oct 26, 2010

• #30

lookin good can't wait to see it done

 

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72555

Jr Hunter

• Oct 26, 2010

• #31

im actually gonna be attempting something very similar to this as soon as i can get mz hands on some material

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 26, 2010

• #32

jinstarkiller said:

lookin good can't wait to see it done

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Thanks! This gonna take a while until the paint will be finished.

72555 said:

im actually gonna be attempting something very similar to this as soon as i can get mz hands on some material

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My luck was that I have bought those oil-paint tubes a long time ago (not in a galaxy far, far away...). I used to paint T-shirts with them.

Respect!

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 28, 2010

• #33

Hi!

Yesterday I painted the helmet's front and back red areas, then I did the lower and upper cheeks. This is not a perfect paint job (I guess I said this in a post above) and more details will be added as soon as the paint will dry (somewhere between 3-4 days). I know that you will say "but the lower cheek green is not the right one"! I know this, and I will try to find the right mixture of paint to get it as close as I can. But the overall look so far is good.



You can see that the rear keyhole paint is already corrected.



See you next time.

Respect!

 

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TreppFett

Jr Hunter

• Oct 30, 2010

• #34

RafalFett said:

Thanks! You started your helmet building?

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yup i sure did
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/scratch-build-using-wof-temps-39255/#post519977

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 31, 2010

• #35

Well, hello there!

I have no rest until my helmet paint is done. So every little pause I take is like a torture... But because of the long time drying of the paint, this is inevitable. I made a correction on the lower cheek green colour. It is not perfect, but is a closer match to the original colour as the old was.

So there are some images of my latest paint-stages.



If you look closer, you can see the brush strokes on the dome. I guess I can even these marks after the paint dries. But until then... more torture!

Respect!

 

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RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Nov 2, 2010

• #36

Hi!

I ain't gonna let you stay too much without stressing you with new paint stages. I say it again, this is not the final stage of the paint. There's gonna be painting, repainting and paint repair as needed.

Here are the actual paint stage images.



See you next time.

Respect!

 

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Snake Plissken

New Hunter

• Nov 2, 2010

• #37

respect, looks insane

 

ChubbyFett

New Hunter

• Nov 2, 2010

• #38

Good job little bro... keep it up on the good work

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Nov 2, 2010

• #39

Snake Plissken said:

respect, looks insane

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Thanks! I hope the helmet will be insane when I finish it.

ChubbyFett said:

Good job little bro... keep it up on the good work

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Thanks, big bro! I'm waiting to see your Darth Vader helmet done. This year? Or next year?

Respect!

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Nov 4, 2010

• #40

Hi!

Well, I'm almost done with the painting. Today I made the left ear decals by hand without any template (just a screen image reference).



I've done some retouch of the weathering on the dome.



Then I moved to the painting of the right ear. After I left it to dry a little, I added the right ear decals (also made by hand), then made the weathering on the right ear.



Then I painted the rangefinder.



After that, I moved to the rear of the helmet and made the base paint and the weathering.



So, here it is, my own Boba Fett helmet.



I know, this is not a movie accurate helmet, but I loved to make this helmet from scratch. It was my first try with this kind of craftmanship, and I guess it turned out really well.

I got to thank to Art Andrews for this brilliant forum where you get inspired by some great builders and painters. And I must to thank to Alan for his great templates and Skip for making the alternate Papekura helmet templates, many thanks to Rich D. for those great paints and decals, and last but not least, a big thanks to AntMan, who inspired me to start building my own Boba Fett helmet.

Until next time...

Respect!

 

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