Superjedi's MCR-ESB for Adam

[cdyoung]

Love those found parts! I've scarified two cameras and one casio. Very sad indeed.

Unfortunately (or not), this is the way.

 

[superjedi]

Ah... fresh clean primer! Take a good look. This is the cleanest the helmet will be from now on.

 

[superjedi]

Shot the first color on the rear panels this afternoon. Not terribly exciting, but things will pick up pretty quick.



On these lineage castings, I like to mask things off to keep things as clean as I can.

 

[BudaFett]

More cracks! More cracks!

 

[superjedi]

I masked the rear panels and shot the dark green. These are the basic shapes. I'll go back in with a fine brush and adjust the shapes and add the smaller details.

 

[superjedi]

Here's the left panel after tweaking and some mechanical weathering.

 

[superjedi]

I took a brief interlude before starting the right panel to lay down the base colors on the ears.

 

[RafalFett]

Found this image in the Gallery under the AoSW exhibit from 2002 which shows the screw in place:

The same exhibit from 2000 doesn't have the screw. Weird... From the C-IV exhibit images it's hard to tell if the screw is missing or not.

(This post was just an excuse to admire Eric's awesome paint jobs).

 

[Wolfsburg]

I've been away for years and have just recently returned to the fold. I've always enjoyed watching these paint threads by Superjedi and glad to see they're still going strong! I've still got my GMH I bought from Fettpride back in the day that still needs to be painted, though I see things have changed over the years!

 

[superjedi]

Wolfsburg, I remember that name. Glad you found your way back.

Finished up the left panel. Lots of nice SE detail in this area.



The right panel is up next!

 

[superjedi]

The biggest portion of the right panel is the big scrape. So many tiny chips and scratches...



You can see how the pale gray almost disappears when the light hits it a certain way.

 

[Wolfsburg]

Wolfsburg, I remember that name. Glad you found your way back.

Thank you kindly!

 

[superjedi]

The right panel is finished now.



I'll airbrush the green on the dome and cheeks next.

 

[superjedi]

Stage 2 of hide the primer.

 

[superjedi]

Starting to work on the damage on the rear of the dome. The MCR-ESB helmet has all those fine scratches preserved in the surface, so it makes it really fun to see them come to life.

 

[superjedi]

Continuing to work around the dome today.

 

[BudaFett]

Like a machine!

 

[sutt_hero_rotj]

Beautiful as usual

 

[superjedi]

Thanks guys.
Wrapping up the weekend with the cat scratch region.

 

[superjedi]

The turn signal area is finished, including only the smallest fraction of the SE damage that is yet to come.