Boba Fett ESB Helmet Ultra Stencils

[RafalFett]

Five months in the making and now I can call these done. Let me know if you see some errors or misplaced scratches.

There are color variations on most areas, mostly because one of the main colors was painted over an existing color (some of these are touch-ups to hide or tone down the silver weathering), thus a new shade had enrichened an already perfect paint job:


Red Face and Rear Keyhole:


Back Panels:


Upper and Lower Cheeks:


Dome:


Killstripes:


Ears and Rangefinder Stalk:


The separation files are located at the bottom of this post.

Helmet general and top view:


Have fun!

 

[dented dent]

i dont want this to sound a daft question but, how do you use the stencils im new to the site. is there a thread out with instructions. i just cant find it thanks

 

[RafalFett]

Read through the ESB section of this thread for more info ==> Boba Fett Helmet Consolidated Paint Up Threads.

 

[Eythor20]

This is a master piece! THANK you Rafal!

 

[RafalFett]

Thanks and you are welcome!

 

[superjedi]

You madman! No human could create stencils like these!
Brilliant work, Levi.

 

[BudaFett]

Jeez these are absolutely incredible!

 

[RafalFett]

You madman! No human could create stencils like these!
Brilliant work, Levi.

(Computing... com-puting... searching for correct aaaaa-answer...)

Thanks, Eric! I'm curious if there's at least one madman who will replicate the stencils to the bone.

Jeez these are absolutely incredible!

Thanks, Robert!

 

[Lemorseaplumes]

Thank you so much RafalFett.
I have printed those babies and I am currently using them trying to put every missing details on my EFX helmet.
Wouldn't be possible without all your precious work !

WIP :

 

[RafalFett]

You're welcome! There are lots of areas with lots of hidden gems; I see your helmet lacks the white thumbprint, which is one of the unique characteristics of the ESB helmet.

 

[Lemorseaplumes]

You're welcome! There are lots of areas with lots of hidden gems; I see your helmet lacks the white thumbprint, which is one of the unique characteristics of the ESB helmet.

No worries, it is planned. I didn't put the white adds yet. Just the dark grey and silver because I started the work by filling the seam between the two pieces and I wanted all trace to disapear.
Speaking of, I never realised it was a thumbprint (from Joe Johnston ?). Would you recommand to brushpaint it or to "thumb" it ? :/

 

[RafalFett]

It's not an actual thumbprint, it's more like a drop of paint on the red band, which after dried a bit was smudged to the right. The drop on the killstripe was a smaller one and was smudged before it dried.

 

[RafalFett]

I printed the stencils on a glossy vinyl, and while ideally you should wait at least 24/48 hours until the ink fully cures, I was eager to see how these will look on my RS helmet. A better variant would be to print on a matte vinyl instead of glossy, but also to pre-convert the files from RGB to CMYK, because most printer don't handle well the conversion:

Left printed on matte vinyl pre-converted to CMYK and on the right printed on glossy vinyl with the conversion made by the printer's program.

And here are the photos of the helmet and its parts:


After I took these photos I stripped down the helmet and cleaned it from the glue residues.

You can see some artefacts around the misted areas, but these were due to how sometimes files converted to PDFs then reconverted to be printed work:

But on the pre-converted files those artefacts are gone:

 

[Fett 4 Real]

I printed the stencils on a glossy vinyl, and while ideally you should wait at least 24/48 hours until the ink fully cures, I was eager to see how these will look on my RS helmet. A better variant would be to print on a matte vinyl instead of glossy, but also to pre-convert the files from RGB to CMYK, because most printer don't handle well the conversion:
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Left printed on matte vinyl pre-converted to CMYK and on the right printed on glossy vinyl with the conversion made by the printer's program.

And here are the photos of the helmet and its parts:
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After I took these photos I stripped down the helmet and cleaned it from the glue residues.

You can see some artefacts around the misted areas, but these were due to how sometimes files converted to PDFs then reconverted to be printed work:
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But on the pre-converted files those artefacts are gone:
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Youre insane!

 

[RafalFett]

Youre insane!

I take this as a compliment.

 

[Fett 4 Real]

I take this as a compliment.

It was meant to be! LOL

 

[RafalFett]

It was meant to be! LOL

I know!

 

[BudaFett]

Doing God’s work here.

 

[DennisFett1142]

Doing God’s work here.

Except Raf doesn't take Sundays off! Incredible work, as always!

 

[RafalFett]

Doing God’s work here.

It was definitely some kind of God's Hand involved which allowed me to create these files.

Except Raf doesn't take Sundays off!

Incredible work, as always!

Thanks, Dennis!