TK7713Gra30
Active Member
Hi all,
I have posted this on FISD and MEPD so apologies if you have seen this, i thought that others may want to see. though.
Some of you may have seen this EBAY. I bought it at a really low price and saw there was something good I could do.
It is thick and the strongest helmet I have ever owned.
I understand it was made from spare excess plastic hence the colour.
Please don't tell me about casting etc, it was really a case of I will give whatever I get a go.
I decided to make it look as close to the original helmets I could, as they would actually look in real life.
Well after lots of fiddling I got this to shape and managed a mix for HDPE.
I screwed and screwed, a bit of filler and lots on the ears and eyes. Basicallly it needed a effort on TLC.
1/4 Sea Grey
1 Dark yellow
1 white
Clear as needed.
All are tamiya
When done it was very very matt, so I polished first with plastic polish, it really started to look like it was made from some greeny brown mouldy stuff
Above top polished
Inside was done with red primer and a white over spray.
Then I used Latex to mask and sprayed
All latex removed
Helmet last on right, with my own tips
A little bit of weathering
Humbrol metalcote, appplied with a RIZZLA paper, you get really fine lines then.
and a few finger prints to make it look used
I noticed that the Sandtrooper stripes appear brighter than normal, it may be the light but I was going for the particular look I could see on screen.
I mixed a blue from acrylics this time and used the tube stickers to template the area NOT blue.
Once the masking was removed I used a sharp blade to make the lines different shapes as I have seen on original pics.
Hopefully you can see the different sizes and a little chipping.
I mae my own mic tips and they definataly needed weathering, so masking and a spray of silver.
Liquid latex was added following some pics of an original and a spray of black.
When the latex was removed I refitted them.
I since found out that they should be white not silver so I will be replacing these.
I have a spare green acetate lens and although you cannot see it I have creased one eye, for display it does make it even more battered and original.
Many thanks for looking , it's got a way to go but I will keep cracking on.
Best wishes
Gra
I have posted this on FISD and MEPD so apologies if you have seen this, i thought that others may want to see. though.
Some of you may have seen this EBAY. I bought it at a really low price and saw there was something good I could do.
It is thick and the strongest helmet I have ever owned.
I understand it was made from spare excess plastic hence the colour.
Please don't tell me about casting etc, it was really a case of I will give whatever I get a go.
I decided to make it look as close to the original helmets I could, as they would actually look in real life.
Well after lots of fiddling I got this to shape and managed a mix for HDPE.
I screwed and screwed, a bit of filler and lots on the ears and eyes. Basicallly it needed a effort on TLC.
1/4 Sea Grey
1 Dark yellow
1 white
Clear as needed.
All are tamiya
When done it was very very matt, so I polished first with plastic polish, it really started to look like it was made from some greeny brown mouldy stuff
Above top polished
Inside was done with red primer and a white over spray.
Then I used Latex to mask and sprayed
All latex removed
Helmet last on right, with my own tips
A little bit of weathering
Humbrol metalcote, appplied with a RIZZLA paper, you get really fine lines then.
and a few finger prints to make it look used
I noticed that the Sandtrooper stripes appear brighter than normal, it may be the light but I was going for the particular look I could see on screen.
I mixed a blue from acrylics this time and used the tube stickers to template the area NOT blue.
Once the masking was removed I used a sharp blade to make the lines different shapes as I have seen on original pics.
Hopefully you can see the different sizes and a little chipping.
I mae my own mic tips and they definataly needed weathering, so masking and a spray of silver.
Liquid latex was added following some pics of an original and a spray of black.
When the latex was removed I refitted them.
I since found out that they should be white not silver so I will be replacing these.
I have a spare green acetate lens and although you cannot see it I have creased one eye, for display it does make it even more battered and original.
Many thanks for looking , it's got a way to go but I will keep cracking on.
Best wishes
Gra
