Darth_Finger Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 What brand of white are you retouching that with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted April 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 easily one of the best paint jobs I have ever seen. Thanks for your pics and info, Armando. They (you) are a fantastic resource! Thanks a lot Scott for your Kind words . I am glad you find usefull the mini-tutorial. Hey post pictures of your helmet whenever you get it done . What brand of white are you retouching that with? I used White Krylon fusion(gloss), the same one I used to spray the helmet base color. I just applied some of the paint in a tuperware cup then with a thing brush I retouched the edges. You have to be quick and keep the paint on the tuperwate cup wet, otherwise the paint will dry pretty quick. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Finger Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Ok cool, thanks for the info. There are a few spots I need to touch up on mine as well. That is one awesome paint job on that helmet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Ok cool, thanks for the info. There are a few spots I need to touch up on mine as well. That is one awesome paint job on that helmet You are welcome Johnny. Thanks again for your kind words, I am glad you like it. If you have more questions please let me know. I will be happy to help Cheers A BTW, do you live in the bay area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Finger Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Yep I live in the Bay Area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Yep I live in the Bay Area. I live in SF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Finger Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I am down in Santa Cruz. If I knew you where in SF we could have met up. I was going up there all the time when my girlfriend was living there. SF has awesome Sushi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nice-biscuit Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 easily one of the best paint jobs I have ever seen. Thanks for your pics and info, Armando. They (you) are a fantastic resource! I have to agree with this. I saw this and had to sign up. Very inspiring. With this finish could you use this lid to troop? Does the colour of the helmet match with armour. I know they were slightly different in the film but I'm just wondering. I have seen threads in connection with spraying the whole armour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nice-biscuit Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 easily one of the best paint jobs I have ever seen. Thanks for your pics and info, Armando. They (you) are a fantastic resource! I have to agree with this. I saw this and had to sign up. Very inspiring. With this finish could you use this lid to troop? Does the colour of the helmet match with armour. I know they were slightly different in the film but I'm just wondering. I have seen threads in connection with spraying the whole armour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I have to agree with this. I saw this and had to sign up. Very inspiring. With this finish could you use this lid to troop? Does the colour of the helmet match with armour. I know they were slightly different in the film but I'm just wondering. I have seen threads in connection with spraying the whole armour. Thanks a lot for your kind words , I am glad you liked it and signed up after you saw it, I put a lot of time on my lid and I am very happy with the final results. Regarding your questions...yes you can use this bucket to troop, it may chip off in time like the originals ones but it is perfectly suitable for trooping. The originals color helmets were a bit off from the armors, they were close but not identical, actually you can see that in some captures from the movies...I believe the only ones that matched in color the armor were the hero helmets since they were made of ABS plastic like the armors, the stunts were made of HDPE so they had to be spray painted in white to mach the white ABS color. I hope this answer your questions. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooperman Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 armando this is such a cool helmet i salute you this is why i love this forum this is the standard i want to aim for .....hopefully one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Kevin, Thanks a lot for the kind words. That makes me a happy man and encourages me to do it even better for my next bucket I got one more picture for all of you. I changed the welder visor for a more acurate one(green acetate)... Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted August 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 After a lot of thinking I am considering the posibility of addding some chips to the helmet. I took recently a 360 photoshoot to study where I would apply those changes. Still not sure about it, what do you think? In the meantime this is the file I am using for that project. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Love this helmet Armando...have you not thought about doing another helmet and adding the chips to that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nice-biscuit Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Don't do it it's too nice. Get another one... it's what you want to hear isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE[501st] Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Fantabulous job man! That looks like the real deal 100%. (My opinion... don't do the chips...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskunky Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Fantabulous job man!That looks like the real deal 100%. (My opinion... don't do the chips...) Hi, can I ask who did the original casting and are the kits still available for sale? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hi,can I ask who did the original casting and are the kits still available for sale? Mark Sorry guys I have been away for a while. I just moved and I am almost fully installed in my new place. Oh well after a lot of thinking I have to say you guys are right. It is better to get a new lid and mess around with itinsted to go futher away with my actual HDPE. I got already a new one but now I need to find myself some time to make it happened. probably next one will be ESB, I will see. Thanks to all of you for your feedback and your kind words. By the way I am not the maker of this lid, I just got it from TE and painted it myself but I do not cast helmets. Sorry Mark, still you can contact TE. He is around this forum from times to times. Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Looking forward to your next helmet build Armando!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacTrooper Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 CHIP IT UP, BRO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Trooper Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 TE is actually banned from these forums but check out TE2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 TE is actually banned from these forums but check out TE2 Sorry I have been out the forum for a while. When did that happened? Cheers A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooMuchGarlic Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Nice helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2Dan[TK] Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Nice helmet. I can only second that - this is one hell of a bucket! I wouldn't put chips on that - it just looks perfect as is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBlanc42 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I generally like the idealized version of helmets better, but I have to say that this kind of quality work could very well change my mind. Outstanding work Armando. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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