Ok so since my last post where I had the back panels done, the dome and lower cheeks basically done (except for fine detailing and misting), the kill stripes painted on, and the blue upper cheeks done, some things have occurred.
I sanded the dome and got paint dust all over the helmet. I tried to clean some of the dust off but whatever I used had something in it that takes off paint so when I masked the blue to repaint the cheeks the beautiful blue got pulled off.
So I had to repaint the blue but since I had achieved it once I was able to do it again.
so I moved on to kill stripes using the correct orange this time and got this
but it was still too light so I played with it and got this
This is mine against the stencil
and mine against the crl model
I think it is really close and remember I am going for "basic"
next up will be the silver then red. I am using the claret wine red the same as my gauntlets but I will not have black underneath like I have on them.
