Okay guys,
Here is how the original lenses were made, how do I know, I have an original piece of lense material that came from SWS. I'm going to use a piece for Jeff's helmet even though I don't normally offer this.
This is a light smoked plex with silver fishnet metal behind. Now on the originals there was another dark piece of tinted plex behind, but I normally paint it black on the backside for display. This one I lightly dusted the back with paint, gives the same look.
As you can see from the pics, in certain lighting the lense looks black, with the fishnet peeking through, just like the originals.
I think this may be the best helmet I've ever painted.
Paul