AJCG Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 Hi guys, I just finished to paint my HDPE stormtrooper helmet about a week ago. This is the first helmet I painted by myself. All the details are hand painted, no decals at all. Feel free to add any feedback. Cheers A 1 Quote
DarkeSword2020 Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 Hi guys, I just finished to paint my HDPE stormtrooper helmet about a week ago. This is the first helmet I painted by myself. All the details are hand painted, no decals at all. Feel free to add any feedback. Cheers A For a hand paint job, it's amazing. I'm assuming you used an airbrush? If you used normal brushes...and paint, that's even more amazing bro! Good job! Peace Fitz PS..(Could you pm me where ya got your helmet from? ) Quote
HPDblues[TK] Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 Armando, that's a beautiful looking helmet! What type of paint did you use? Did you use multiple coats? Are the tube stripes hand painted? I noticed that one side of helmet has fewer stripes than the other - perhaps it's just my bad eyesight... T Quote
yen Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 How did you do it? Can you briefly describe the process of the paint job? Quote
Star Wars Helmets Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 Very nice work Armando Cheers Jez Quote
Daetrin[Admin] Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 Holy crap! That's beyond prop replica, and entering into prop forgery (in a good way). Quote
Rolf[501st] Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 Fantastic! Copy, thats a sweeet looking helmet right there mate Quote
AJCG Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Posted October 7, 2007 Hi Guys, Thanks for your kind words ; I will try to answer all your question as good as I can. It took me some time to finish it since I do not have the best work conditions for painting props here at home... For the white color, I sprayed the helmet with krylon fusion (gloss). First, I applied a very thin coat of paint. Then I sprayed the helmet with multiples coats (three coats) every 40 seconds more or less. Then I put the helmet away for a week. All the gray details were painted with Humbrol #5. The vocorder, ear cups, trapezoids, and black outlines with black Testor paint. I did not use any masking tape for the gray and black details, all of them were hand made painted. Once I am done with the trapezoids, vocorder, and ear cups I started to paint the tube stripes. I used masking tape for painting them, I applied the masking tape gently otherwise the paint may chip off. For the tube stripes I used testor paint (Ford & GM engine BLUE). I would like to thanks to troopermaster for his tips and sharing his technique for painting the tube stripes. By the way, Tony, you are right, the left side has 14 stripes and the right side 12 only. It might looks strange but I notice that some of the original movie helmets do not match the same numbers of stripes in both sides (SFS, move along, etc...) Since the white color base was not as glossy as I wanted and I was looking for a Death Star stormtrooper look I applied a coat all over the helmet of Krylon Triple-Thick Crystal Clear Glaze. For the hovi mix tips, I repainted them for a sharper look in black and white (edge and interior) I think that's all. Thanks again for the nice coments guys. Cheers A Quote
AJCG Posted October 8, 2007 Author Report Posted October 8, 2007 amazing job! PM me please! T*E PM sent A Quote
shabad[501st] Posted October 8, 2007 Report Posted October 8, 2007 Beautiful job, that's a fantastic looking helmet. Quote
WhiteCommando[501st] Posted October 8, 2007 Report Posted October 8, 2007 I have to go home and change my pants! Quote
AJCG Posted October 14, 2007 Author Report Posted October 14, 2007 Thanks guys again for your kind words . I just added a few more pictures of the paiting process. I hope they are helpful and explain by theirself every single step I went through. Cheers A Quote
Vaj Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 Excellent paintjob. You said you spraypainted it... Did you use some kind of Airbrush or just out of a can? Quote
Boozel Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Wow...thats about all I can say.. Boozel Quote
ItsThatGuy[501st] Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Amazing work! Now I have to get one! Quote
SethB6025[501st] Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 That looks outstanding! I hope my next bucket turns out that nice! Quote
nico Posted October 17, 2007 Report Posted October 17, 2007 Your helmet is looking really good! Did you paint the white on the ear pieces, or did you leave them with the white plastic color? Quote
elkamino Posted October 17, 2007 Report Posted October 17, 2007 That is definitely museum worthy...nice job Armando Quote
carbonitekid Posted October 17, 2007 Report Posted October 17, 2007 Absoloute rubbish. Send it to me and I will find a shelf to hide it on Seriously thouugh, outstanding job . My envy level has just gone up to 11 . Quote
TK-4935 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Posted October 17, 2007 dude, thats awesome. I'm just about to start handpainting my tube stripes and although i have a fairly steady hand i'm pretty sure there'll be some face going blue moments where i forget to breath. i'm trying to replicate the Brian R helmet including paint chips, muck and wobbly painted details so i dont have to be all that steady i guess just hope my GML likes it Quote
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