First Time Build - Boba Fett Helmet - Cardboard - FINISHED
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Magnavis
Hunter
Ear Pieces 'Done'. Need to brush on the silver parts of the right ear piece, add decals and little bits to both ears, and also add the magnet to the helmet. Had a pretty bad paint bleed on the back right panel in the corner (no pic). Big sandy colored blodge. I wirewooled it a little and then with like half a drop of thinner on a small piece of tissue, I rubbed away at it, and its pretty much gone now anyway, so wasn't really a problem. But it's the first time my masking tape has failed me.
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Magnavis
Hunter
Aaaaaaand.....WE'RE DONE!!! (pretty much)
Spent the day adding the finishing touches. Only thing left to do paint wise is a little bit of black along the bottom of the cheeks and the dent. But it's too late for all that now. Took about 4 attempts to do that stupid symbol on the right ear (what does it even mean??)
Need to get a visor ordered now. Shade 5 welding visor, right? Found one on Amazon which is £8. I also don't know whether or not I should black wash it? Should also clear coat it I guess too?
Spent the day adding the finishing touches. Only thing left to do paint wise is a little bit of black along the bottom of the cheeks and the dent. But it's too late for all that now. Took about 4 attempts to do that stupid symbol on the right ear (what does it even mean??)
Need to get a visor ordered now. Shade 5 welding visor, right? Found one on Amazon which is £8. I also don't know whether or not I should black wash it? Should also clear coat it I guess too?
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Magnavis
Hunter
Yeah, I regret some of the decisions I made in the initial construction, as it caused some headaches later on. If I did another scratch build, I would try and make the base helmet and inside as clean as possible, and probably cast it afterwards.
Cheers! Just jump into it and learn as you go. That's what I did. Looking at other threads helped also. For painting, I found YoutTube videos from Blaidon Props really useful.
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That's actually really fun i found his set of his videos yesterday researching materials and stuff i need to do and i came across Blaidon props and been watching his Boba fett helmet build since Yesterday but thank you man i'm learning a lot from this great experience so far and still have so much to learn ahead of me.
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Magnavis
Hunter
Thanks! Not impossible, just lots of sanding and filling, and knowing when to stop so you don't go insane. The paint hides a lot of imperfections
Andrew0928
New Hunter
His was a cool Theead to read. You ran into headaches, fixed them, and ended with a really cool finished product. Strong work. The paint looks great!
