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Also another tip would be to mask off your silver before adding a clear coat to anything you paint because it’s always going to dull out that silver and if you look at the reference pics the Floquil bright silver they used is definitely shiny

Weathering is the key. The helmet looks great though especially for being spray painted and I’m surprised you didn’t get a reaction with the paints especially doing a layered paint job lol believe it or not weathering is the one thing that separates the good painters from the excellent painters...

Try some oven cleaner. That’s what I use to strip most of the paint and sealer of things I’m working on it works surprisingly well.

That’s how we build and grow here! If it wasn’t people Irongladiator and various other members I would have ever have gotten as far with my build. I’m even to the point where I don’t care about being in the 501st I just want my suit to be the best I can possibly make it… I also can’t imagine...

Ya you can always shoot me a message as well and I can show you the parts that can be tricky.

Honestly I would say you could have a whole suit done within a year even if you were painting everything yourself but I’m on my 3rd revision of my suit and at this point I’ve been going all out to the point that I’m using nothing but vintage floquil paints found parts and all that and I’ve been...

Not first hand experience but I have seen his tutorial on YouTube and it seems pretty good for being 3D printed

No problem! This is what makes the community great!

I honestly don’t know if I would even mess with it. People get so hung up on the 501st requirements like that’s supposed to be the Bible for building an accurate Fett and it’s not. If you look at photos of the actual suit and there are some great photos of the return edge if you look at the...

I would say the whole idea of making the cardboard helmet is to make that the template for the mold which then you can cast and fiberglass.

Have you thought about making the switch to airbrushing?? I’m only asking because from what I can see especially just starting out you got some skill and I really think if you got even a cheap airbrush I personally like single action but that’s another thing lol I just think it would help you...

Who is the make of your helmet?? I only ask because that’s why you might have been having so many problems with scaling for the stencils. If you don’t have a lineage helmet for ESB than the stencils won’t work quite well and things will look off if you aren’t careful.

Whose flight suit and flak vest are you using??

So I have to say I’ve been in this hobby for a while now and this is one of the better “newbie” builds I’ve seen! I’m not an expert in ROTJ as ESB is in my wheelhouse but this looks good!! Not 100% accurate but you got the right look so keep up the good work!!

It might be similar to what you got but not exact but this is how great things are made keep up the good work!