Gifted Boba Maker Helmet Repair/Paint-Up

[BudaFett]

Looks beautiful! The back panels on ROTJ look like a nightmare!

 

[Irongladiator]

Hey ya Justin,
Those color variations looks really really good! Keep it up!

 

[ShortFuse]

Looking awesome!

Thanks.

Looks beautiful! The back panels on ROTJ look like a nightmare!

Thank you.
It is. I hate it.

Hey ya Justin,
Those color variations looks really really good! Keep it up!

Thank you kind sir.

 

[ShortFuse]

Since I finished my EE-3 last week, I can now turn my attention back to the helmet.

First I enlarged the hole for the borden because it was much too small for the aluminum one I have. The kit came with a small resin one.

Masked up and green shot on.

Silver damage completed.

 

[Irongladiator]

This is shaping up great! Keep it up!

 

[BudaFett]

Sharp looking!

 

[AlphaCloneFett]

looking good! should there be a lighter shade of green in the cheek area?

 

[ShortFuse]

looking good! should there be a lighter shade of green in the cheek area?

This is only just the silver so far. The other color layers, which will be done topically, including the fern green are still yet to come.

 

[AlphaCloneFett]

This is only just the silver so far. The other color layers, which will be done topically, including the fern green are still yet to come.

ah ok, cool!

 

[ShortFuse]

Lower cheeks done.

 

[RafalFett]

That green is too 'minty'. You should dull it down to be closer to the main green.

 

[AlphaCloneFett]

That green is too 'minty'. You should dull it down to be closer to the main green.

agree, should be more subtle

 

[ShortFuse]

That green is too 'minty'. You should dull it down to be closer to the main green.

Thanks.

 

[ShortFuse]

Upper cheeks done.
Green on lower cheeks changed to darker shade even though it doesn’t look much different in the photo.

 

[PinkFlamingos6]

Looking good! I like that blue!

 

[ShortFuse]

Looking good! I like that blue!

Thanks. It’s flat black misted with Testors sea blue.

 

[Irongladiator]

Nice! ShortFuse
I was gonna ask.

 

[ShortFuse]

Nice! ShortFuse
I was gonna ask.

Thanks. I’m happy with it. It’s the method I’ve used on my last two ROTJ helmets. You can really see the blue/green hues depending on how the light hits it.

 

[ShortFuse]

Made up a stencil for the killstripes so I could lightly trace the shape in order to line up the surrounding damage properly. This is the first time I have used this method and had been a difficult step for me on my previous helmet getting everything lined up correctly. In theory it should help.

 

[ShortFuse]

Masked off the silver damage and shot with grey.