Here are some updated pics as promiced.... (Sorry Ripcode, I know I told you I would call when I posted these, but its an hour later where you are!) 
Sadly with the primer, you cant really see the scratches and gouges that well. But when I put the silver down it will be easy to see. 
I made them as deep as I felt the real ones were. I have to admit, they add alot! Sadly few do this to there bucket... it can cause a paiting nightmare as far as making sure you put them in the right places. Plus who wants to cut up the surface of your new helmet!
I showed the finished keyhole, before it was in but required a tad bit of bondo.
I also have a pic showing hte raised right ear section. This was added to the MS2 sculpt but not on the MS1. I simply trimed out a for sale sign I bought at walmart and glued it on. I will need to do a tad bit of bondo to it before the chroming but I think it looks good.
I also fixed the forhead triangles. These were a bit catty-whompus so Rip had me redo them. I dont recomend ANYONE do this mod... its a pain!
I used a scaled pic of the forhead from the screen used to do these. I simply filled, drew, carved, bondoed. Takes a while to do and if you dont get it right the first time... well... you know what happens.
Well, that just about concludes the prep work. Once Rip gives the go ahead I will begin laying down my chrome and clear coat sealent before applying my masks.
I will also be posting my color test. I found the dome/cheek color. Soviet Green (F505358) Polly Scale.
This is so dead on in my opinion that there is no need to lighten or darken. Once you apply your washes its there!!!!
For the mandalbles I am using a mix of Insignia Red (Model Master Acryl) with Boxcar and then applying some airbrused highlights.
The back I have tryed a few things and have yet to be happy witha anything. I will be making another run to the artstore this week. I will post my paint tests next week.
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