ROTJ:SE Paint Up

[Boba Fret]

I recently bought a raw cast Minutefett bucket and I commissioned a friend (@fettfromhell on IG) to paint it up as an SE lid. We’ve been experimenting with the light green color and we think we got a good tone. Laid it down tonight and I think it looks fantastic.

While the green is Archive X, we will be using Floquil for the kill stripes. We tested to make sure we liked the back kill stripe color over the green we mixed. Here’s a sample:

I can’t wait to see the final product. It’s going to be amazing. My buddy Dean does some great work!

I’ll keep this thread updated for anyone who wants to follow along the process!

 

[BudaFett]

Green looks nice!

 

[Boba Fret]

A lot of progress today.

 

[Boba Fret]

Kill stripe time. Dean’s using the impressions on the MF raw cast to guide where to mask. Next up is masking fluid and then laying on some Floquil!

 

[Boba Fret]

Color is on!

 

[BudaFett]

Love the stripes

 

[Boba Fret]

Cat scratch time!

 

[Boba Fret]

More silver down, and the dent!

 

[Boba Fret]

Shiny beskar peeking through!

 

[Lemorseaplumes]

Nice work ! Keep it up !

 

[Boba Fret]

More silver

 

[BudaFett]

That cat scratch looks wonderful!

 

[Boba Fret]

It’s been a while, but progress has resumed on the SE bucket. The dark gray is going on now, starting with the cat scratch!

 

[Boba Fret]

Some more progress on the SE helmet. Dean used a process he learned from Ord Mantell on sculpting the visor

He used this clay mold to get the proper curve and ensure a tight fit

Look at that arch!

Compared to the original

Beautifully done!

 

[BudaFett]

I picked up 2 of those visors from him...they're perfect.

 

[Boba Fret]

Getting cheeky.

 

[Boba Fret]

Dean got a cool find on eBay today. Looking at the floquil colors and thinking we got really close to these original colors.

The red looks pretty spot on

And we’re really happy with the killstrip yellow too!

 

[Boba Fret]

Also made some more progress on the right lower mandible

 

[BudaFett]

Slow and steady wins the race! I love that floquil guide too!

 

[Boba Fret]

More mandible work