brentfilms Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 So I'm finishing up my MRCE mod and need to paint the lines on the tears and back of the helmet. What is the best way to do this? Original screen-used helmets look painted, so my first inclination would be to paint them with a paintbrush. But I'm afraid with my hands the lines wouldn't be too straight/uniform and it would look pretty messy. I've also thought about using vinyl striping. The other issue is how thick are they and how do you get them so evenly spaced. Are there decals? What are my options? Thanks for the tips. Brent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThayNerd[TK] Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Nice lid Chris. I've used decals on both of my TE2s so I haven't had to deal with this problem yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK8776 jgarrettg Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 If you want to paint it I would suggest a line brush. It has long bristles at least 1" long. They tend to insulate the bristle tip from hand shake. For straight lines you can hold a ruler at a 45 degree angle and run the metal part of the brush against it's edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentfilms Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Sharpie Marker. Great idea. And I never thought about how a long brush would isolate shaky hand movements. Thanks a bunch! Brent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langy Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Sharpie Marker. Great idea. And I never thought about how a long brush would isolate shaky hand movements. Thanks a bunch! Brent Brent, you could also use painters and decorators masking tape..(the professional stuff)..if memory serves it's blue in colour, and will provide you with a perfect straight edge finish, or like smitty says you can just hand paing them, (as most of the original helmets were hand painted, they wouldn't have had perfectly straight lines anyway, so i little 'uneveness' would add to the helmet looking authentic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr4nky Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Or you can do as I did, just paint them freehand. It´s not really that difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentfilms Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Thanks for all the advice! I used the sharpie approach and think it worked really well. I'm much better at sketching than painting, so the sharpie felt more natural in my hand. Plus, as per screen-used photo references my lines still look hand made and not ultra perfect. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThayNerd[TK] Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Those turned out nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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