A Boba Fresh newbie

[CarboardCreat]

I have started my decent into madness.
The draw to Boba Fett has always been there, but I knew my painting skills could never do justice to a ESB or ROTJ Boba Fett. I thought all was lost until Season 2 of the Mandalorian. When I saw the repainted Boba Fresh, I knew I might have a chance. I had previously 3D printed a Mando helmet and now it was time to make Boba Fresh.
I chose the 3D Print Armory files for the helmet and started printing. Rodrigo was nice enough to slice them up so that they would fit on my print bed.

 

[CarboardCreat]

With the printing done, now it was time to sand, sand some more, fill and sand again. I find with 3D printed items the Rust-Oleum auto sandable prime works well. After a lot of work. I gave the helmet a base coat of Silver.

 

[CarboardCreat]

Using toothpaste I masked off area of the helmet that I wanted to stay smooth. Using truck bed coating, I applied texture to the helmet and then washed off the toothpaste. A big thanks to Tfett40 for his leg work on finding a good texture in this thread.

 

[CarboardCreat]

My texturing post is awaiting approval so things may appear out of order here, but it is time for painting of the bucket.
For the paint I decided to go with AFFO$ guide for rattle can painting. I had seen on other forums that people were using Montana Gold for paining, but I went with the good old Rust-Oleum for the painting.

The decals on the ears came from ShortFuse.

 

[RamSkirata]

Its great to see all those new Boba fresh WIP starting to pop up! Good luck with your build!

 

[rcreames71]

Nice! I'm building a refresh as well, and looks the same print file. What colors did you use? My local place only had a couple differnt kinds of Rustoleum red and I'm not particularly happy with it. I'll probably end up redoing mine if I can find a better color.

 

[CarboardCreat]

Nice! I'm building a refresh as well, and looks the same print file. What colors did you use? My local place only had a couple differnt kinds of Rustoleum red and I'm not particularly happy with it. I'll probably end up redoing mine if I can find a better color.

Thanks,
I used Rust Oleum Satin Cabernet. They don't seem to carry it at my local Lowes, but Home Depot had it.