Superjedi's MF ESB for TK71321

[superjedi]

I present to you... order 66!
Yes, this will actually be my 66th helmet commission. What a way to start 2023!
I just received the kit this afternoon and it's quite a collection of cool stuff. This is a Minutefett fiberglass helmet which is his cleaned up version of the "lineage" helmets. It arrived with a set of metal ears and stalk, an Elstree Precision aluminum Borden, a set of metal vintage style visor clips, a Terminalfettler RF topper, a smoked visor, and a light kit. Whew!
I'll begin the prep this weekend and we'll be off to the races. I'll be painting this one as a screen used ESB.

 

[superjedi]

I started this build by prepping the metal ears. I scuff sanded them, masked the parts to remain bare metal, then hit them with a coat of self-etching primer.

 

[superjedi]

The helmet is all prepped and ready for some paint.
I used various Dremel attachments, drill bits, sandpaper, a plasma torch, a trained badger with very sharp teeth, and a low yield tactical nuke to get the helmet ready. Simple really. A child could do it. Oh, I also used a child.
It looks so nice and clean like this!

 

[Eli Jinn]

Do you think my pet rabid racoon would be able to handle fiberglass? His teeth are pretty sharp...

 

[superjedi]

No! Badgers will follow instructions. Raccoons will try to put their own artistic spin on the helmet.

 

[superjedi]

I airbrushed the first color on this morning. This is Archive-X Dark Grime. Once it dries I'll use my stencils and prep for the dark green.

 

[superjedi]

I did the next stage on the back panels. Stenciled, masked, and airbrushed the dark green.
These are the basic shapes. I'll do some tweaking of the edges and add the finer details with a liner brush.

 

[BudaFett]

No rush, no rush!

 

[superjedi]

I refined the shapes of the main color breaks and added the smaller details. Next I'll start adding the gray and silver.

 

[superjedi]

I finished the left panel this evening. On to the right side!

 

[superjedi]

The big scrape is done. This is one of the most detail heavy areas to paint. Time to give my old eyes a break!

 

[superjedi]

I finished the whole right panel.
Next up will be shooting the base green on the dome and cheeks.

 

[superjedi]

Green! Let's goooo!

 

[superjedi]

While waiting for the dome and cheeks to dry, I hit the RF ear parts with Archive-X Light Earth.
I love the way the bare metal looks after unmasking.

 

[superjedi]

I've been working on the dome damage. Here's the rear area with the characteristic fine scratches.

 

[superjedi]

I finished the next area behind the RF ear.

 

[superjedi]

The cat scratch area rounds out a busy weekend of paint work!

 

[T32]

I have no idea how you can do such amazing work so fast!!

 

[superjedi]

Thanks! I have a pretty good system down.

Here's the turn signal area. Next will be the dent!

 

[superjedi]

How about some dent action! This is my favorite feature on the ESB bucket.