budspencer1971 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 Hi all, Waiting for my first bucket but i wanna try to reproduce an authentic helmet and that means going the extra mile to make it look like it was built from HDPE. I was looking at the helmets on star wars.com and looking at the HDPE color under the helmets. Today i went to canadian tire to buy some color to paint my helmet when i get it. I got some Krylon white primer and some Krylon white gloss but also as i was looking for the colors i needed i saw this can of color that looked a lot like the HDPE color form the photos i saw. I bought a can of Krylon "Greek stone" that is the name on the can...unfortunately it is gloss but as TK4510 said they are less glossy than rustoleom according to him. I was planning on putting some primer on then some of that greek stone color on...mask with latex the parts that have been chipped and then put on a few coats of white gloss. Not being too much experienced with this i was wondering if this would turn out good or not? i know that i would probably have to put on several coats of krylon white to make the underneat color disappear but i don't want to end up with a ton of paint that may crack.. your thoughts? maybe forget the primer altogether and paint it green then white..or do as i said above... thanks again guys! Quote
DarthVeach Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) Awesome helmet 4702!! What is the name of that color of Rustoleum? Edited March 7, 2011 by DarthVeach Quote
budspencer1971 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) here is a link to krylon color palette ----- rustoleum camouflage...watch yourself many camouflage color, seems to be Kaki version ------ Edited December 5, 2020 by gmrhodes13 link not working, removed gmrhodes13 2020 Quote
TK_LEPER Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) Nice repro Brother! i ll look for a can of that! can you post more pics of your detailing? I have not set my mind yet on what i want to attempt...move along comes to mind but that Dave M looks awesome! did you remove some paint from the top too? I'll take some more pics when I'm done detailing the paint chips. I sanded a few down a little too far, so the white came through. But I repainted them last night, now I just need to touch 'em up a bit, make them dirtier, etc. I did take some paint off the top, but not as much as the Dave M had. I have more pics here. Awesome helmet 4702!! What is the name of that color of Rustoleum? I think it's Khaki, it has a hint of green to it. I think it looks pretty good. The trick is going over it again with some green/black paint washes, and a very light grit sandpaper. Edited March 7, 2011 by TK 4702 Quote
budspencer1971 Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Posted March 8, 2011 when the weather will be good which is months away sadly, i ll run some tests with the paint that i got. to see the results and keep you posted at that time. did you try to ever recreate the move along helmet Jesse? Quote
TK_LEPER Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 On 3/8/2011 at 10:43 AM, budspencer1971 said: when the weather will be good which is months away sadly, i ll run some tests with the paint that i got. to see the results and keep you posted at that time. did you try to ever recreate the move along helmet Jesse? Yeah, painting is pretty rough this time of year. Luckily, we had a few warm days last week, and I was able to sneak in some spray-painting on my latest lid. I have done a sandtrooper lid before, but didn't try to match the "move along" lid really at all. Although, it does have a fairly high brow. Quote
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