ESB FPH2 paintup

[shadoweclipse13]

This is beautiful!! You do really amazing paint work! I'm about to finally start off using an airbrush instead of rattlecans for a few lightsaber hilts (and other projects) and I hope my painting comes out a fraction as nice as yours have

 

[BudaFett]

Slowly chipping away at the mandible and cheek areas. I think I got the hardest section of it out of the way lol. Still have some work to do on that black upper cheek panel. The borden isnt permanently fixed in place yet either. I will wait to weather that before I putty it.
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Looks great!

 

[robotzo]

This is beautiful!! You do really amazing paint work! I'm about to finally start off using an airbrush instead of rattlecans for a few lightsaber hilts (and other projects) and I hope my painting comes out a fraction as nice as yours have

Thank you! I will say the airbrush is definitely tricky for first timers, but it is unrivaled compared to rattle cans in my opinion.

BudaFett Almost got those mandibles to how they looked before! lol

 

[BudaFett]

Good to hear!

 

[robotzo]

It might be time to invest in a backdrop because I am bothered by all the extra clutter around the helmet in my photos lol, so I took a couple photos and decided to go outside to take some pics in some good ole natural light. The colors can change so dramatically depending on lighting, and even looks different to my eyes compared to looking at pics on my phone or monitor.

 

[robotzo]

I am considering changing my base grey layer to color that has a little more of a blueish tint to it so that it pops a little more. That color gets lost whenever the silver starts to reflect light and it's hard to differentiate. Any thoughts?

 

[Short4ATrooper]

I am considering changing my base grey layer to color that has a little more of a blueish tint to it so that it pops a little more. That color gets lost whenever the silver starts to reflect light and it's hard to differentiate. Any thoughts?

I would leave it as is. I can see the base grey areas fine in the pictures and it is quite subtle on the original anyway.

 

[BudaFett]

Love seeing those mandibles back!

 

[robotzo]

about to do something that scares me lol. ive never done killstripes before

 

[robotzo]

Ladies and Gentlmen, we got 'em.

 

[Short4ATrooper]

Lovely work! Good job on the orange > yellow gradient. The white finger smudge looks great too. This is coming along nicely!

 

[robotzo]

Lovely work! Good job on the orange > yellow gradient. The white finger smudge looks great too. This is coming along nicely!

Thanks a lot!

 

[robotzo]

Not much progress to report as far as the helmet goes. Ive started fiddling with the Machine Craft metal ears I have, and painting other things to avoid burnout on this helmet. The last thing I want to do is get tired and get sloppy lol. I do want to point out that in order to get the right look in terms of helmet height, I have to have some padding to hold the helmet higher up on my head. Without it, it sits a little low and I don't want it to look like it sits on my shoulders lol. By doing this, I sacrifice visibility in exchange for accuracy. My eyes sit just about where the eyes of this mannequin sit. I want a decent amount of my neck showing so that my build has that Jeremy Bulloch look.

 

[robotzo]

Got the dent all painted up, minus the weathering. Also a little bit of damage around the killstripes.

 

[robotzo]

Cat scratch is out of the way. Was actually kind of enjoyable to paint, and also about time I start mingling with the right side of the dome.

 

[BudaFett]

Looking really lovely!

 

[robotzo]

Have slowed down a little bit in progress because I have been working on other parts of my suit but resumed work today, and just about knocked out the kill stripes and surrounding area. The masking tape damage was kind of scary because I wasnt sure what I was going to do paint wise but just mixed some silver with some light green, really thinned it down and pretty much just eye-balled it. It is subtle from a distance but still has a reflective quality to it when the light hits it right. I am happy with the side profile and get so excited when I see it sitting on my desk lol.

 

[robotzo]

Long time no update but here is where I'm at. I have finished all the damage around the red edge of the helmet, and I'm not really happy with how some of the proportions of the damage came out but I think it gets the job done. I've started to work at the damage around the dome as well. I have started on the big scrape and can already tell it's not gonna be fun lol.

 

[BudaFett]

Looks wonderful, where do you think the proportions are off? Glad you're back on working it!

 

[robotzo]

Looks wonderful, where do you think the proportions are off? Glad you're back on working it!

The damage in this area stretches a little too far to the right.

That little silver section should be sitting right on that edge where the keyslot section starts. Its sitting about an inch or so to the right on mine. I got that dark grey section in the middle way off.