ToEleven ESB Animefan paintup for Italianfett420

[ToEleven]

Time to get things cranked up for @italianfett420's Animefan.

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The kit

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... visor trim, borden install & a 400 grit wet sand. Visor clips and t-nuts held in with jb-weld epoxy

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Ready to rock! I used a self etching primer (duplicolor)

 

[italianfett420]

Sweeet, I may be too excited now

 

[thinbluefett]

You prime over the cold cast? Arent you supposed to let it be the silver color?

 

[Fett 4 Real]

You prime over the cold cast? Arent you supposed to let it be the silver color?

The real helmet is painted silver...cold cast is for Jango not boba.

 

[thinbluefett]

The real helmet is painted silver...cold cast is for Jango not boba.

Thanks for clearing that up. silver 11 it is then! lol I have the same helmet, about to start it. I thought that was the novelty of the cold cast even for boba. Glad I asked! Thanks!

 

[Fett 4 Real]

Thanks for clearing that up. silver 11 it is then! lol I have the same helmet, about to start it. I thought that was the novelty of the cold cast even for boba. Glad I asked! Thanks!

IMHO its a waste...

 

[thinbluefett]

IMHO its a waste...

lol yea i think now that I know that I shoulda just got the budget helmet

 

[Darth Voorhees]

yea the coldcast for boba really isnt worth it as so little silver is showing. I have painted one or two using the cold cast as the silver by customer request, but it never really looks right, and as Dom said, it isnt actually movie correct. It should be white gelcoat to be fully movie accurate. Priming in white is the next best thing.

You are in good hands with ToEleven!

 

[Fett 4 Real]

now...the ears being cold cast is nice... that's better then using regular resin for sure

 

[ToEleven]

You prime over the cold cast? Arent you supposed to let it be the silver color?

I don't really mess around with layering the silver under the other colors...I'm not really able to get the detailing accurate enough. I can get a lot better results going topically over with the silver.

 

[thinbluefett]

yea the coldcast for boba really isnt worth it as so little silver is showing. I have painted one or two using the cold cast as the silver by customer request, but it never really looks right, and as Dom said, it isnt actually movie correct. It should be white gelcoat to be fully movie accurate. Priming in white is the next best thing.

You are in good hands with ToEleven!

hm white primer you say... interesting. I have light grey primer I was gonna use but maybe ill grab a can of white tomorrow

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now...the ears being cold cast is nice... that's better then using regular resin for sure

they actually didn't shine up as nice as the helmet with mine. Think they were regular resin

 

[Darth Voorhees]

Only because it can mimic the gelcoat. there are some scratches on the back panels that expose the white gelcoat. I would usually do the grey primer and then the white over it. Its not a necessity though.

 

[italianfett420]

Seems like I got the wrong kind of helmet, oh well I'll stick with what I have. It'll look great in the end anyways thanks to Toeleven

 

[Ghost_Fett]

How's this helmet coming?


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[ToEleven]

I had a setback with Model Master Euro gray. I order enamels by mistake, but went ahead and used them...big mistake. The Euro Gray Enamel is a shade lighter than the Acrylic Version of the same color. In normal room lighting I didn't even notice it, but when I unmasked my POG layer it really showed up.

Anyway lesson learned, and now I'm waiting for the correct paint. :facepalm

Here's what it looks like now.

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How's this helmet coming?


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[ToEleven]

Ok, like I said MM Euro Gray Enamel is not interchangeable with the Acrylic.

Evidence...
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You can clearly see where I've corrected using the acrylic paint and it's much darker.

 

[ToEleven]

Updates...the reds are finally done along with the brunswick green/black portion of the cheeks.

I got bogged down with some damage my masking tape did to some of the green cheek section. I can usually get away with painters tape, but this bucket was having none of it...so I'm sticking with tamiya tape for any contact with the helmet.






Killstripes are on deck!

 

[Ghost_Fett]

This is looking very cool


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[italianfett420]

Oh wow that looks great

 

[ToEleven]

Killstripe progress...

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