So the age old problem , everyone is wrong, he's wrong , their wrong , RS are wrong, everyone is wrong , its totally wrong, looks wrong , doesn't look right , not the right colour. etc etc etc
First of all Id like to add some interesting facts, No one has ever claimed we make the correct Fett dome colour, we make a tool set based on the tools that the ILM team used. This is an intricate and almost infinite adjusting curve when trying to replicate. If you gave the same paint that was used back then to the same people that painted them back then they would look different.
Our aim is to get the artist to interpret these colours in their won way to try to achieve what the masters did, it takes experience time and skills to replicate such amazing and unique work. There is an infinite set of variations you can create using 3 colours that we know make a good representation of the Original Fett Green, This is using a theory that it was not a mixed colour. No single Vintage Floquil colour matches the Fett Green on the ESB helmet, so.... And taking it to be fact and that Joe Johnson remembers what brand he used as he has quoted many times..so a few things are an option You layer or you mix or you do both, all are feasible are are likely..
It seems to us that for as long as people have been trying to paint a Fett that the goal is to have a unified set can't change it basic Dome colour. It also seems that most people have they're own beliefs and have their own standards. It is interesting to read all these comments about what is Wrong but never an actual post about what is right ?? So let me ask what is right? What is the common belief defines the actual colour in product form?
One thing I can say that goes against us as supporter of historical and evidential knowledge is that modern iPhones can not photograph colour especially Reds and Greens and nearly all photographs on line are from iPhones, that said I have just been with one of the New helmets at RS and it looks nothing like any of the pics in this thread, not one photograph. That doesn't mean it is correct but it does tell any discussion about the Helmet from an artistry paint of view being wrong is also quite Moot. Any Fett helmet topically painted detracts from its vintage lineage to quite a degree. The Art of an accurate Fett paint up is way more than just colour its the technique and application and density and ability to not make it look printed and news, Ageing it in the way it was aged from new is a serious art in itself. We just try to get artists to develop and engage in all of this combined. No 2 artists paint the same, no 2 artists would get the same results with the same paint.
It bothers me that people seem to think we are claiming to be the definitive Fett colour palette, we are not. We are claiming that of the colours available back then that they colours being used are the Most likely candidates, in the right hands with the right techniques produce amazing results.
If there is a definitive off the shelf Fett Green then you cant paint a Fett helmet correctly when using it as what the eye sees is a blend of weathering and layers, a good example of this is the varied hues that the helmet has from pic to pic, if it was a uniform colour like most want it to you have to under weather it ....then by the nature of doing so, not adding a lot of the charm that makes it so unique on the first place. There will always be compromise and always be a weakness in the link when painting a Fett Helmet but starting with the correct hues historically has to be a good thing......... Add the right talent and passion and keen eye and you can get anything you want
Out of the bottle Fett Helmet Green would be great for lesser skilled painters, only a small handful of people would be able to achieve this as only a hand full off people have ever had the access to do so.
Regarding the sheen its buffed Matt flat paint, takes seconds and is unnatural and uneven as it should be
Think of it as a cake ,,,,,,, A pre mixed Green not utilising the layers to me personally is like adding canned squirt cream to a delicate beautifully made cake instead of a rich icing. Getting the colour right is as important as painting correctly in technique, once one isn't there the helmet will never be what it could be
Our Fett range will evolve as the artistry does....its just a tool set
Then again they may well have made a custom mix , but if they did you get bet your life on it it was Floquil RR range ...then we start all over again...either way its all about the chase and fun of it