Minutefett ESB Restored paint up

[Short4ATrooper]

Wow great work . The rear panels always make my eyes hurt ,watching all the fine details being applied. Can‘t wait to see the weathering knock back the brightness of the green!

Thank you! I remember on my first one, I was sceptical of how much of a difference a dark wash would make but it really does bring everything together and alter the colours. You can see a comparison here:

 

[BudaFett]

Crazy isn't it?!

 

[Got2bfett]

Yeah the difference is quite apparent , striking actually. Great comparison shot by the way..

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Lower cheeks done (mostly)

Few bits of grey detail to do. Parts that were too small to mask out.

How do you do this part on the right cheek?

I was thinking about putting straight paint in the airbrush without thinner and just kind of splattering it on there?

 

[Jango Fett Jr]

You should always compare the stencils to the reference photos. Looks like it was kissed by the airbrush, not quite as spotty as it appears in that stencil.

 

[RafalFett]

It's misted. Always use images from the Media section when painting.

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JFJ beat me with a few seconds.

 

[RafalFett]

You should always compare the stencils to the reference photos. Looks like it was kissed by the airbrush, not quite as spotty as it appears in that stencil.

It's just the way I represented the mist in my stencils. I used the same for the Pre-Pro #2 and ROTJ helmets too:

 

[RafalFett]

The ESB ultra stencils for the lower cheeks will look like this:

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Excellent, you're all quite correct - I need to remember to check the reference images too! Thanks Raf, wasn't a criticism of your amazing templates by the way!

 

[RafalFett]

I was pointing out for JFJ what I had in my mind at that time to better represent the misted areas.

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Anyone have any tips for tracing the upper cheeks? It's such a difficult area to trace accurately, I can't get the tracing paper in at all without it creasing severely and throwing off the tracing.

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Anyone have any tips for tracing the upper cheeks? It's such a difficult area to trace accurately, I can't get the tracing paper in at all without it creasing severely and throwing off the tracing.

I managed to get around it by covering the area with masking tape, tracing the shape over that and then carefully peeling it off in one piece. Then I traced the shape with tracing paper to use as my template for re-sizing Raf's stencil.

This worked a dream but something is still off because the stencil is nowhere near a match. It's odd because the back panels and lower cheeks were a dream, hardly needed any adjustment but with the upper cheek, the angles and sizes are wrong everywhere no matter how much I re-size.

 

[Jango Fett Jr]

I was pointing out for JFJ what I had in my mind at that time to better represent the misted areas.

Oh I totally get what you were doing there! I think it is/was a smart way to distinguish areas that are misted vs brushed.

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Upper cheeks are done:

 

[BudaFett]

Very crisp!

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Very crisp!

Thanks man! Need to go back in and do some finer detail before moving on to the dome but pleased so far.

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Been a while since my last update but I have the grey on the dome:

 

[BudaFett]

Nice! Was wondering where the updates were!

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Yea, normal life got in the way a bit. I'm getting married on the 28th of this month so planning for that has taken priority but I'm still finding 5 minutes hear and there to crack on.

 

[BudaFett]

You didn't tell your partner that Celebration is the week before?