Superjedi's RS Props SE for TI Wingman

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Grimy and grungy! That's how we like the SE helmet to look.
There's a bit more gunk to add on the side of the dome, but it overlaps the killstripes. I'll finish it once the stripes are on.

 

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Even more grungy!
The nature of these helmet casts allows me to add a lot of the really tiny chips and scratches without having to rely on the killstripes for "landmarks."
There is some damage that overlaps the stripes in a few places, so I'll finish that up once the stripes are on.

 

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There's a good amount of damage on the crown of the dome. I have most of it finished. There are only a couple of small things that I'll add during final weathering.
Killstripes will be next!

 

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Killstripes! He's a dangerous one, this Boba Fett!
Everything was masked using tape to get the outlines, and then I used Humbrol Maskol to do the chips.
The stripes were first airbrushed with Archive-X acrylic SP Armour Yellow and then the back few stripes were toned with one of my Polly Scale oranges.

 

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Apart from a couple of small details that I'll add during final weathering, the dome is finished!
I added the remaining SE grunge that overlaps the stripes.

 

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I completed the right cheek. Just a few extra SE scratches on this side.

 

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The left cheek is finished now.
The poor helmet seems to have taken most of the "extra" damage on the left side.

 

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Red! Roja! Rot! Rouge! Aka!
I love this stage. The red really ties the other colors together. I've been using Archive-X acrylic D&H Caboose Red for my last several helmets, and it's an outstanding reproduction of the vintage Floquil color.
This is a great place to stop work for the weekend. The red will have time to dry until tomorrow afternoon and then I'll begin the damage painting.

 

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I always start the damage on the red areas with the keyslots.
A third color is added to the gray and silver--a dark purple/maroon shade.

 

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Starting on the red band. I finished the middle section tonight.

 

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Happy Life Day!
I finished the left side of the red band. The white thumbprints are still to be added.

 

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The right side of the band is done. That finishes everything behind the ears! Except for weathering.

 

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I did a couple of the weathering steps before starting on the mandible areas.
Here you can see the "tape repair" under the killstripes, and the white thumbprints.

 

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It's a crack! It's a repair! It's... the crack repair!
This is the most obvious of all the additional damage seen on the SE helmet. Who knows how the original ESB helmet was damaged like this, but the not-so-neat application of epoxy and putty is captured nicely in these second generation casts.

 

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I'm working on the brow area now. This is the left side, along with another small putty smear.

 

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I finished the right side of the brow. Mandibles, here we come!

 

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When I work on the mandibles, I like to break them up into upper and lower sections. There's a lot going on with each one, and doing this helps out in making sure I'm not letting any details slip by.
Here's the lower portion of the left mandible.

 

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The left mandible is done!
On to the crazy right side now.

 

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I worked on the upper half of the right mandible this evening. Here it is along with a collage of the detail being built up using the topical technique.

 

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The right mandible is finished!
This means that all of the "basic" painting is done on the helmet. I'll work on the remaining weathering effects and the metal ears next.