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Pictures?  Eek!  Might be able to post some tomorrow.  If you all promise not to laugh. :o 


'Til then, here's what I did:


I used a few light coats of light grey primer.  I sanded it lightly and then sprayed on a light coat of metallic spray paint.


I traced and cut out various weathering shapes in masking tape; I did the back last, and since this is my "training helmet" and I'd spent four hours cutting masking tape, it's not as detailed as the front and sides.


I then painted gold spray paint which I toned down with a mist of the grey primer.


There is gold on the back...isn't there?  Or, if not gold, a kind of light mustardy yellow?  I haven't seen the backs of enough people's helmets to say for sure, but it seems like a lot of people don't used any gold, but it looks like there is to me:



Anyway, when that dried I masked off some gold areas.


I then painted my greenish blue color on.  What I most notably did wrong came down to what I have always done wrong any time I have painted: Impatience. 


I started off with light coats, but after three I got bored and went too heavy.  So it's too thick in some areas and on certain angles under the light you can clearly see streaks.


After my last coat I misted on some flat black spray paint.


When I removed the tape, I discovered that a lot of the greenish blue color bled under the tape. 


I then tried to topically apply the greyish color, but it looks exactly like what it is:  Someone painted blobs of grey on it; looks about as convincing as a CGI Hulk.


I'm considering buying this:


http://www.internethobbies.com/internethobbies/tesmodcarspr.html


It's cheap and might help with the streaking problem as well as bleeding under the tape; does anyone know if it works?


So, yeah.  I totally suck at this.  But I'm so determined to do a Fett that I refuse to be discouraged, not when I've got a support system like TDH. :D


Cheers!

TJ


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