My Captain America TFA helmet

[GF]

Heh - this is my first post; I've been lurking about for a bit.

I have to say, your paint job and work on the stenciling is really great. A lot of the stenciling work, as you stated, on many of the TFA helmets is usually too big (if you're talking about screen accuracy). What did you use for your stenciling system to get those nice, crisp lines?

Also, in a lot of the pics online and looking at the film on blu-ray, the "A" and the wings don't seem to be pure white or at least, not painted onto the helmet completely opaque so they don't appear pure white - they're appearance seems be just off white a bit (I'm sure this a discussion that has been already had at some point). Curious to know what you think.

Thanks for the nice words, yes I made sure the sizing and shape of the wings was correct, it's the little details that makes the big difference, for me anyways, I printed mine to correct size using movie stills then transferred the printed wings onto green painters tape which I hand trimmed my stencil applied on helmet and airbrushed, the line are super crisp, a bit of a challenge when painting on soft urethane rubber but the green painters tape worked well, had the perfect tack without pulling the paint off, I guess my many years of experience in model painting paid off LOL. IN order to achieve that off white is to apply thin coeat to give it that faded look also the movie helmet was weathered quite a bit so the white is really dirty. in person the white on my helmet is way more faded, the flash makes it look a little too bright. I will post more photo with new accurate buckles I just added and no flash.

GFollano

 

[sgmorton]

beautiful... so wish I would have gotten one these back then.

 

[BoogieBear]

Well you can order one right now! Finhead has a list going in the Junkyard for a new run. Sign up! I can't wait to get mine!

beautiful... so wish I would have gotten one these back then.

 

[Stevef209]

Looking for something like this, but the Winter Soldier version! Can't find anyone around making it...

Just finished my urethane CA helmet, still a few details to add to make it more accurate, I'm waiting for a smaller and more accurate release buckle, also after some research I noticed that the female part of the buckle should be attached on the left hand side when wearing helmet and the male part of the buckle on the chin strap section. Also did my own stencils for the "A" and Wings scanned from a movie still which are more accurate and correct to size, the ones that came with the kit were innaccurate and a bit too big. The photos make it look a bit too clean, It's way more weathered in person.

Gerardo