Marvel Legends Series Iron Man helmet respray. Battle damaged

Painted this up yesterday. Thought the helmet was pretty good & couldn't do too much to improve it so I thought I'd go the other way!

Looks Great!

budashlock said:

Looks Great!

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Thanks man! I was amazed (& a little depressed..) at how good these helmets are for the money.

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Really nice

Tremendous repaint. It gives the piece a completely new dimension. :thumbsup

Deadpaul5150 said:

Really nice

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Cheers!

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JKKS said:

Tremendous repaint. It gives the piece a completely new dimension. :thumbsup

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Thanks! I was going to dremel in some scars for a bit of depth but I didn't want to spend more than a couple of hours on it plus I don't think it needs it.

Looks awesome mate

Shakeitdavey said:

Looks awesome mate

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Cheers man!

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Wow, that looks phenomenal!

I'll echo what everyone is saying here - superb job man!

Thanks guys!

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Godly work. I'd pay to have mine get the same treatment.

really great work here, the repaint looks amazing!

Im quite interested in your painting techniques since I found it extremely difficult to paint my Iron Man suit in a realistic way.

Would be great if you could share some infos.

thanks,

Cri7e

Cri7e said:

really great work here, the repaint looks amazing!

Im quite interested in your painting techniques since I found it extremely difficult to paint my Iron Man suit in a realistic way.

Would be great if you could share some infos.

thanks,

Cri7e

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Thanks
I got lucky painting this as the red on the helmet already had a silver base coat (great for making red pop & saving paint) so I could do the small chips by carefully scraping the paint back. However I'll give some pointers for painting from scratch.
So start off by spraying it silver.
Then use either a masking fluid (I prefer humbrol) or use salt masking (works well but I'm too impatient to wait for it to dry) to dab where you want small chips (less is more, it's easy to overdo this stage.
Once the masking fluid is dry you can paint on your red & gold.
For weathering you want to use a different paint type from whatever you used for the main paint (one that has a different thinning material) I'd use cellulose for the main paint & water based for the weathering so you can wipe away the waterbased with water or isopropyl without taking any of the main colours with it.
Mix up some thin black & start spraying it around edges/recesses to give definition & add depth. You want to build it up lightly, once again easy to overdo it.
Getting a brush with the thinner material for the weathering paint & lightly dragging it down the black will create streaks like you see on the front on my helmet.
For the worn paint rub & buff is great. Put a small amount on your finger, rub most of it off on a bit of cloth/kitchen roll then start rubbing your finger on where you want wear.
For the blast marks I sprayed on black then lightly brushed on some rub n buff with a fine brush.
Dabbing on some watery burnt sienna & yellow ochre then wiping most of it away is a good way of adding grime.
When you're happy with it, coat it in clear lacquer to protect the finish. Giving a dry coat of lacquer (low material /high pressure) to the blaster marks to kill the shine on those spots adds to the realism & adds depth but not totally necessary.
Hope this helps but it really just takes a bit of practice. I've been doing this for a living for 20 years & pretty much do it on autopilot so hope I haven't missed anything out! Best tip I can give is do less weathering than you think as it's the easiest bit to overdo & ruin the look of something. You can always add more later after living with it for a bit.

Marrvvinn said:

Godly work. I'd pay to have mine get the same treatment.

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Cheers! To be honest it's not that difficult, only about 2 hours work tops. Rub n buff is your friend when it comes to weathering!

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Fantastic work
Your posts here made me buy one. Turned up yesterday and I am seriously impressed by this for the money. The electronics are the iron icing on an iron cake.

About half an hours work and I'm well on the way to sorting mine out too even though I won't be going so far as your awesome effort.

Just wondering if anyone has info on the size, it seems, well, a little big even on my massive head.....
Even with that reservation I have already ordered a second one to paint up as a Mk II/war machine hybrid.

What with the black series and now this, hasbro has my love.
I heart hasbro.

spacebob said:

Fantastic work
Your posts here made me buy one. Turned up yesterday and I am seriously impressed by this for the money. The electronics are the iron icing on an iron cake.

About half an hours work and I'm well on the way to sorting mine out too even though I won't be going so far as your awesome effort.

Just wondering if anyone has info on the size, it seems, well, a little big even on my massive head.....
Even with that reservation I have already ordered a second one to paint up as a Mk II/war machine hybrid.

What with the black series and now this, hasbro has my love.
I heart hasbro.

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Sorry, only just saw this post! Yeah it is a bit big. Doesn't look too bad on me but I'm a pretty big guy.
Yours looks amazing! makes me wish I didn't go quite as heavy with the blaster marks..

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