The primer on the helmet had gotten so beat up with all the handling that I stripped it off. Better than putting on a second coat. I want to preserve as much relief detail as possible. I cut out the keyslots, re-patched the cracked eye corner and cleaned up some other spots.
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went ahead and installed the MQ-1 board. First, that sticker has to go:
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Now working more on the interior before re-primering. Made a mock-up of the suspension with the JB helmet cradle, which by the way came with a black headband, not the correct color. I painted it acrylic flesh color and weathered with just a bit of rust color. For the suspension, there still seems to be some mystery to me about certain lengths and how exactly all the loops are threaded with the tape. I think the mock-up has helped. The herringbone tape here was too thin and 1mm shy of the width it claimed to be online, so I ordered more, this time from [intwenothor's source. Will be able to finish this up once that arrives.
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Ordered the nylon hair for the scalps
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And finally taught myself how to braid thanks to youtube. Never done this before, so I had a learning curve.
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Blonde braids complete. Two more to go. I found this nylon stuff to be extremely hard to work with. It seemed like if I breathed on it, it would get kinked and tangled. Ultimately though, this is a pretty easy part of the costume to do yourself. Using [USER=4963]RafalFett[/USER] 's instructions here for lengths and widths.
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