Commander Cody Helmet build thread

[specsoul]

a little late to the thread, but fantastic job of the paint work.

 

[merkava74]

Thanks!


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[doolie4778]

Awesome work! Im a little late but I was finally able to obtain an EVO3 helmet kit. Waited almost a year for it. Did you use an airbrush for parts or were you using Tamiya's spray cans. I will be using your thread to help me finish mine. It will be my first build. Thank You for all the insight you put into this thread.

 

[hydromatic93]

Wow that looks gorgeous, always loved the Clone helmets. Amazing finish from the blank kit.

 

[merkava74]

Awesome work! Im a little late but I was finally able to obtain an EVO3 helmet kit. Waited almost a year for it. Did you use an airbrush for parts or were you using Tamiya's spray cans. I will be using your thread to help me finish mine. It will be my first build. Thank You for all the insight you put into this thread.

Thanks. I used Tamiya paints using airbrush for the main colours. The weathering as mentioned I used oil paints.

Spray cans will not give you the same fidelity when shading.


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[Fett 4 Real]

Get it, mugatu! It's a beauty!

Update:

Couldn't sleep, so I did the one thing that won't wake the neighbours. Stuck on the decals for the cheek stripes! The essence of Cody is beginning to show!

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j392/merkava74/Cody/Photo 12-7-15 12 48 30 am_zps3mw8ne74.jpg

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j392/merkava74/Cody/Photo 12-7-15 12 51 33 am_zpst6j4yddj.jpg

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j392/merkava74/Cody/Photo 12-7-15 12 53 40 am_zpsk30iyplx.jpg

Also finalised the stencil for the visor markings and the orange triangles at the mic tips. Ready to send to the cutter!

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j392/merkava74/Cody/Photo 12-7-15 12 57 52 am_zpshaxygs4j.jpg

Would you share that cut file?

 

[clancampbell]

Absolutely stunning!

Rich

 

[merkava74]

Would you share that cut file?

Unfortunately I lost the template files after a bad disk crash last year. But I might still be able to find the jpg templates. Let me know if you’re interested. So note that the cheeks are decals from Evo3. I only made the brow stencil and aerators stencils.

 

[Bookman]

Greetings,

I was able to luck into buying an EVO3 helmet and your build is really fantastic! I could only hope mine would look as good as yours does.

I would be interested in those stencil .jpgs also.

Many thanks for showing your process!

David