There were a couple different ways I could have gone about doing the killstripes. So I decided I would stencil them out and use masking fluid to see how that turned out. I I decided that if after stenciling them, the stripes looked bad, I would wash the stencil off and try a new approach.
First I put the template on to see if the stripes would line up with the damage
I realized the damage was slightly too high to line up with the stripes, so I had to choose if I wanted to stripes slightly too high to line up with the damage, or in the right spot and have the damage not correlate correctly.
I opted for the former
I took a step back and decided they looked good enough to proceed
Upon close inspection the stripes are not PERFECTLY in a nice curved line around the dome, but that's mostly due to the fact that the shape of the dome kinda sucks. The main reference points I used were keeping the stripes all the same distance off of the red band, and lining them up best as possible with the damage on the dome.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand.... The reveal
Not amazing, but given my limited skill set I'm extremely happy with how they turned out
The farther I back away from the helmet, the better they look! Haha from across the length of the room they look downright sexy lol
Oops, can't forget the turn signals!
Only have rattle cans so the turn signals are the same mask and spray technique. I forget to photograph the black one so you'll have to use your imagination
And finally, this is my end product (minus the visor, which is on its way still)
I'm not well-versed with the intricacies of painting... Am I supposed to give it a coat of minwax polycrylic sealer? If someone could let me know if appreciate it
Well that's it for this build. It's not perfect but it's mine and I love it. I'll be sure to post some pics of it with the visor installed of course! But otherwise I won't be putting any more work into it
Thank you to everyone who gave me all that amazing advice. I'll be sure to start scratch build v2 soon and put it all to good use!
