Aliens Colonial Marine Helmet- First build

[demoncase]

So- Bought one of Chef's excellent kits and jumped in the deep end with my first build.
Trimmed (Not a huge job at all), rounded the sharp edges and scruffed the whole thing with steel wool to provide a key for the paint.

Holes cut, nice sunshine-baked matt OD spray job

Got the lobster plates hanging right. Camera fitted with some rubber-toughened methacrylate resin I liberated from work
Inside is a real M1 helmet liner with a slot cut for the earpiece and neoprene foam instead of the suspensions system

Painting up the camo, using my chest plate for reference- with a bottle of Marston's Old Empire IPA 'hand steadying formula' handy

Ageing with 50/50 water and citadel ink, working from the top down to give that washed down grime look

The finished article: aged, weathered with a little bit of graffiti tallying combat and simulated drops
Boom mike made from an old airsoft inner barrel and some greebles I had lying about the bit box.

 

[demoncase]

You know when you do something and can't work out what you've done wrong?
Yeah, the lobsterplates were upside down....I've refitted 'em the right way up now, and made them overlap- while this isn't super-screen accurate, it does prevent them catching on the shoulder plates of my armour.