Dredd and Hershey Helmet build up

[welshwarrior123]

Hey guys,
Well not so much taking a break from all things Fett, but a nice change of scene. Ive been commissioned by Simon aka super trooper to paint up both a hero Judge Dredd and Judge Hershey helmet from the Stallone film. Thanks for giving me the opportunity mate.

Now I do not have much experience out side of painting Fett items, but I feel confident that I can pull the paint job off. The plan is to do Dredd first, with the more complex prep work and the extra detailing I want to get the hard part done first. Both the jobs are going to be rattle can based, with the colours borrowed from the build that member Vos did a while back.

With that done, Im planning on having the badge Vac metalized at a local place near me, with then the finished helmet either being lacquered professionally or having T cut, wax and polish applied by myself. The visors will be the spray on tint and spray on frosted glass.

So on with the build,
Not much to show as I started today, but im not imaging this to be as labor intensive as a fett helmet.

So the helmets arrived, and I immediately got to work on the Dredd. Giving it a good o'l wash and scrub down, followed by going through various wet and dry papers.

I then applied some primer so as to find any visible imperfections etc and applied some body filler to the needed areas. I also went about neatening up the visor area and cleaning the groove in the back of the helmet. This was then sanded back down.

With the problem areas fixed, I then went back from the start and sanded up from 150 grit all the way to 1500, then applied some more primer. I now have one smooth as glass helmet.

I'll be working on this again tomorrow, measuring up the red trim areas so I can cut a groove around the visor area.

Any help, criticism or input you guys have would be really grateful.
Thanks for looking,

Welsh

 

[Supa troop]

Crieky !! you work fast

Any help you need i'm sure you will get plenty of advice here.

 

[streetjudge79]

Lookin great so far

 

[mikey123mushukl]

I am the lawww!!!

 

[Judge Hicksy]

very nice i got a helmet being made by grumble garage as we speak!!!

 

[Sorenzo]

looking good, looking forward to see the paint job.

 

[welshwarrior123]

Thanks guys.
Before I even start to paint up this piece, I needed to add the bevel/groove seen on the helmet which follows the red section.

Firstly this is the second time ive done this, and after a day of filling in the lines, finally manage to start it again. My first go with the incorrect lines drawn, I also carved all this out but didnt take a photo.

So I measured up the outline section correctly to what other people have used on there Dredd helmets.

I then went about, slowly and steadily cutting out the lines using a craft knife (There are probably easier ways but this is working out well) Most of the front section is now cut out, and I will be attempting the back in the next few days.

Having an issue with a section on the left side with the resin (picture above). Im thinking of filling in that section with filler and carving into that instead. Once the back is cut out I can then go and drill out the ear holes seen on the Hero helmet.

Thanks,

Welsh

 

[Judge Spartan]

Beautiful work!

 

[welshwarrior123]

Managed to get a considerable amount of work done on the Dredd helmet today, unfortunately I didn't take any pictures during. One of those "getting the head down and doing it" moments

So Today I finished grooving out the back of the helmet. Little difficult and required a bit of thinking but the results I feel are really good. I then went ahead and drew out the ear holes and continued to drill them out.

Helmet was then wet sanded, primered and then had a quick go over with some high grit paper.

And a few close ups of the ears (Im glad they are only on the Dredd helmet TBH :angry)

Plan now is to coat the entire thing in red, then mask off and apply the blue, with the smaller blue stripe in the red section to be sprayed last. Doing it this way means the blue's will be the same shade, which may alter if I paint one layer on top of primer with the thinner blue line on top of the red.

Thanks,

Lewis

 

[Supa troop]

oh my god that is going to look amazing when done, youv'e nailed the hero look :thumbsup

 

[Lvbolts]

Can't wait to see it when it's done, good work.

 

[randomist]

Mate, that looks ridiculously good - can't wait to see it finished!

 

[welshwarrior123]

Thank you very much guys,

Well there was a small break in the weather and I got some work done. Wont say to much as its pretty obvious what I did.

The hardest thing now is not touching it as I really want to mask it up and put the blue down. Really enjoying this build atm.

Welsh

 

[streetjudge79]

Use a hair dryer, speeds up drying time big time.

 

[Supa troop]

That red turned out great Lewis,

i was a little concerned in the begining but i think its spot on isn't it ?

This is going to look great your doing a fantastic Job

 

[Flecktarn92]

I am the law, and that helmet is awesome.

 

[welshwarrior123]

Yeah Si the red looked a little off from the can, but on the lid it looks great. In person it looks even more deeper, as the photo's give it a pinkish hue.

The blue has also darkened it a bit

Ok So the red hardened enough over night for me to start masking it up ready for the blue. The blue im using is great, in certain light it looks almost black but in others its blue, really nice. It's also darkened up the red a bit, and in person the two colours look great. Couple of shots inside and outside to show the different tones of the blue.

I need to touch up a little area on the red, you can barely see it but I want a nice smooth finish. I leave the helmet now for 2 days to allow the blue to cure, then I can start masking up to apply the thinner blue line inside the red section.

Welsh

 

[Supa troop]

Oh my god i've just pee'd in my pants

 

[welshwarrior123]

Managed to get pretty much most of the helmet now complete. I had to tape up the red first off to touch up some spots, then went ahead and masked up the blue section. A little frustrating but once you get the first side in its then pretty easy.

Also had ago at painting up the visor. Now I made the mistake of tinting the entire visor, which then meant I could not accurately frost the lower section. So instead I used silver paint. The visor will do for now until I get some more material for when I do Hershey's helmet. But yes, you can see through it :cool

Enough talking here's the pics,

And here's how I went about mounting the visor. Pretty simple, not sure if theres easier ways but this one works well.

So im off out tomorrow now to get a quote for getting both this lid and the other one professionally lacquered, then I can begin working on the interior of the helmet. Not much to do now on Dredd, at least Hershey is a bit easier

Welsh

 

[welshwarrior123]

Well after having non stop rain here in wales for the last few days, I managed to get out and finish Hershey.
I didnt go all out on photo's as the process was the same as Dredd minus the holes and extra line detail, but here she is all painted up.

And here's one of the two together, excuse the white marks on the Dredd. They little bits of T cut that I need to remove. Visor is also just placed in.

The helmets now are booked in to get lacquered next week, I want to wait a few days for the paint on Hershey to fully harden, but I can almost see the end of the project.

Up next hopefully the badges :S