My Iron man lid

[Tua Cathach]

I was lucky enough to get this helmet from a friend of mine.
it was raw when i got it .. i was going for original paint up, but changed my mind.. decided i was gonna do black and silver,, didnt like it so i eventually came up with this.

I will be making the rest of the armour using pep files.. which should be interesting,
Face plate after first few layers..

anway only thing left to do is the lights in the eyes.. i've heard about EL wire but anything i see online just doesnt seem right.. any ideas guys.. really appreciate it

 

[TheNickFox]

Try taking a look at EL Sheet instead of EL wire...about the only other option is to make an LED light box out of the eyes. Regardless of what you do, make sure you properly black out the lights so the light doesn't leak back into the helmet. If that happens, you'll be walking blind.

The helmet looks fantastic, by the way. You did a great job on the weathering. It really looks like Iron Man is a fighting machine with a good amount of battle damage.

Any clue whose mold/model/sculpt/file it is?

-Nick

 

[IronManiac]

I like the finish...it looks like a post-apocalyptic artifact.

Someone was searching the ruins of the Stark mansion after a nuclear war and found that among the rubble.

 

[Tua Cathach]

thanks guys.. yea its one of fets masks.. .
propbably the only piece of proper armour i will buy.. when i make the rest .. the plan is to weather it the same.

 

[BenHA94]

dude, wow. hammered bronze ironman. looks sweet. you should totally steampunk the whole suit

 

[Tua Cathach]

lol.. that would be interesting

 

[Mole]

Very nice! Looks like it's been in a serious fire.

What techniques did you use to get that effect?

 

[Tua Cathach]

i used a mixture of paints . both enamel and acryllic..
firstly i base coated the head in sections with grey primer over sprayed it until paint ran.. then i used WD40 and sprayed it on.. as soon as it hit the primer it hardened the paint.. i then used a cloth to rub over this. any paint that didnt set, rubbed off.. i bascially repeated this until the entire helmet had a primer base..

what i found this does is build up layers like the metal has flaked away.. instead of just visual damage it looks and feels like actual metal damage

i then sprayed with silver enamel paint.. then shot it with gold paint. ..on the wet silver.. leave it for a few..

i then sprayed everything apart from the face plate with black acrylic using the airbrush..
i left it for a couple of minutes and took a sponge to it and litterally wiped it off..

took a couple of wipes etc...
i then dry brushed some silver over the raised parts..
and clear coated after a few days
once the paint had dried


hope that explains it

 

[Mole]

WD40?! Never would have thought of that.

 

[Tua Cathach]

bit of a fluke actually.. lol but seemed to work alright..

 

[Mole]

LOL! A case of picking up the wrong spray can?

 

[Tua Cathach]

not exactly.. i was using it and i spotted where it hit some wet paint that had spilled.. when i wiped it, i got the effect... i thought to myself wohoooo

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

im diggin it! the paint on the helmet makes the details pop out even more!:thumbsup

 

[WarPig]

Do they make blacklight LEDs? That would fit the "mood" of this helmet... Otherwise, red like JayMay has in his War Machine...

 

[fettster]

Don't see many of my old helmets floating around these days. You did a great job on the weathering

 

[Tua Cathach]

thanks for the comments guys.. really happy with it. i've also ordered the el sheet so i should have lighting eyes soon..

Fettster , man i love this lid. i got it from a good friend.usurper..

 

[Ryan]

That looks so sweet! I didnt read the thread yet, but I think it looks like you got hit with the tank round. GREAT WORK!

 

[xpst500]

nice battle damage effect.

 

[thire]

Looks awesome!

 

[CJ 617]

Great looking lid....you've done a great job on the weathering.