first armor painting attempt

[Son of the Baptist]

my first attempts at painting ROTJ armor please tell me what you think

not yet weathered...... more to come

 

[Bobby Fett UK]

Looking good! The weathering will change it again. You 'may' want to consider a matt coat on to seal it all, but like I said, looking good.

 

[Jangos kid]

Looks like you are maybe a tad heavy on the Yellow, but dang, looks pretty good for your first attempt.
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[Mojo Fett]

I'd have to agree with D, for your first attempt bruv it does look pretty good... but maybe over done it on the yellow.

 

[Son of the Baptist]

i thought so to about the yellow......gonna touch it up a tad so rid of some of it more pics to to come thanks for the advice

 

[vadr h8r]

meybe if you misted a little flat black on it the yellow might not "pop" out as bad. very good though. I wish mine looked that good on my 1st attempt!

 

[Son of the Baptist]

less yellow

sorry it so dark flash died on my cam

 

[slave1pilot]

Much much better

 

[Son of the Baptist]

well not the most screen accurate out there but i am liking it

 

[Madmartigan]

Definitely better! Even without the flash you can see that it's an improvement!

-C

 

[Son of the Baptist]

question whats the best was to attach a shackman chest light?

 

[Jangos kid]

Good question!!! I've still not figured out the best way to do it, but I've been using duc-tape to do that for years. Works just fine!!! Its really easy to memove if you need to, and it only takes a few minutes to do it. Only downside, is that after while, your lights will slide down some & you will have to readjust, but usually you can make it through 2 or 3 outings before you have to readjust.

 

[Son of the Baptist]

i was thinking that or maybe useing screws on the outer sides of the board with nuts and over sized washers to hold it

 

[suspect86]

velcro!!

double sided sticky industrial velcro.


and the paint job is coming along nicely!

 

[Jangos kid]

i was thinking that or maybe useing screws on the outer sides of the board with nuts and over sized washers to hold it

That would probably work just fine!!! Velcro would probably work good as well; as Suspect suggested!!

 

[Son of the Baptist]

maybe ill test some of that out tommorw see how it works tommrow i will finish the neck plate pics soon to come also imma try and get pics of a fan system i got in my mystery

 

[Son of the Baptist]

neck armor

Helmet interior fan set up
(once again sorry for the darkness i think the flash completely blew out)

3 fans 2 medium sized on the sides 1 just a lil bigger then a quarter in the center top of visor
4 9v battery connection on top of visor
1 switch back of helmet near vents

 

[Son of the Baptist]

ab plate done please comment

 

[suspect86]

The fan setup looks pretty good. That'll probably be the next thing I tackle after everything else is set to go. I have not yet trooped in my suit so I'm not sure how hot it's going to get under my lid. I can only imagine.

Are you painting topical or layered?
Looks good either way.

 

[987654321a]

Looks great so far. Better, than my first attempt.