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Thanks all! It's certainly been a busy few weeks painting this helmet up. Still more work to do, but the brunt of it is behind me.

mrgr8ness,
When I do the fine scratches, I go down to the gelcoat layer and just leave 'em like that. No silver added.
And yes, the gray on the dome/lower cheeks is a slightly darker shade than on the mandible areas. You're exactly right that I darken my SP Lark Dk Gray with a few drops of PRR Brunswick Green until the contrast against the PO Green is more evident.
I have had good results with both enamels (Floquil) and acrylics (Polly Scale) on my helmets. With the exception of the Boxcar Red. . . the enamel just looks so much better (to me.)
The Floquil paints are very 'pigment heavy.' So if they sit on your bench for a while, they can settle quite a bit. I always give my paints a good stir before using them. Not just shaking them, stirring them.

<blockquote data-quote="superjedi" data-source="post: 141409" data-attributes="member: 303">Thanks all! It&#039;s certainly been a busy few weeks painting this helmet up. Still more work to do, but the brunt of it is behind me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp;mrgr8ness,When I do the fine scratches, I go down to the gelcoat layer and just leave &#039;em like that. No silver added.And yes, the gray on the dome/lower cheeks is a slightly darker shade than on the mandible areas. You&#039;re exactly right that I darken my SP Lark Dk Gray with a few drops of PRR Brunswick Green until the contrast against the PO Green is more evident.I have had good results with both enamels (Floquil) and acrylics (Polly Scale) on my helmets. With the exception of the Boxcar Red. . . the enamel just looks so much better (to me.) The Floquil paints are very &#039;pigment heavy.&#039; So if they sit on your bench for a while, they can settle quite a bit. I always give my paints a good stir before using them. Not just shaking them, stirring them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="superjedi, post: 141409, member: 303"] Thanks all! It's certainly been a busy few weeks painting this helmet up. Still more work to do, but the brunt of it is behind me. :) mrgr8ness, When I do the fine scratches, I go down to the gelcoat layer and just leave 'em like that. No silver added. And yes, the gray on the dome/lower cheeks is a slightly darker shade than on the mandible areas. You're exactly right that I darken my SP Lark Dk Gray with a few drops of PRR Brunswick Green until the contrast against the PO Green is more evident. I have had good results with both enamels (Floquil) and acrylics (Polly Scale) on my helmets. With the exception of the Boxcar Red. . . the enamel just looks so much better (to me.) The Floquil paints are very 'pigment heavy.' So if they sit on your bench for a while, they can settle quite a bit. I always give my paints a good stir before using them. Not just shaking them, stirring them. [/QUOTE]

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