superjedi
Sr Member
Hi all,
Some of you may have read my previous thread about Wilco Models and the delay associated with my X-Wing helmet kit. All of that notwithstanding, it is a nice kit, and I wanted to show how it turned out.
I decided to do this one in the paint scheme of Garvin Dreis, "Red Leader" from ANH.
I painted it with an airbrushed coat of Tamiya Yellow Green, which is a really odd color. Depending on the light, it does shift from mostly yellow, to a greenish yellow. After the base coat, I misted it with Floquil Reefer Yellow. I misted it very unevenly, allowing more than 50% of the base color to show through.
The mohawk and ram's horn areas were masked to remain raw white styrene. I masked off and painted the black and gray stripes on either side of the forehead area. Those were a monster to mask off!! :confused That part probably took me the longest. Once they were dry, I hand cut some stencils using some wide blue painters tape, and painted the weird red "rising sun" symbols, and the stripe down the mohawk, with Tamiya Mica Red. It's a little darker than just a normal red.
All four of those weird symbols are shaped differently!! I used some excellent "Death Star battle" screen caps someone posted a while back to gauge their size and shape.
The wider stripes on the lower cheeks were masked and painted flat black as well. The smaller black stripes, as well as the thin white stripes around those "rising suns" were done in vinyl pinstriping tape. The black tape is 1/8" wide, and the white is 1/16" wide. I couldn't find any white in 1/16" so I laid a strip down on my cutting board and sliced it in half lengthwise. :lol
The "sliced onion" symbols on the cheeks, the "yellow V" symbols, and the red "flying eyeballs" were vinyl decals that were custom made for me by a TDH member called Lucky31. Thanks, Scott!!! They came out PERFECT!!! :thumbsup
To finish up, I gave the whole helmet a light black acrylic wash, then sanded away some of the black, making it more uneven looking. All the little chips were actually scratched into the paint, then highlighted with Testors flat white enamel. A misting of dull coat was applied to seal everything.
I bought a $14 batting helmet and sliced out the padding, then used spray adhesive to put it into my helmet.
So now I have a nice companion piece for my Luke helmet. Having just finished this one, it makes me want to do more Red Squadron helmets!! Well, maybe someday. . .
Thanks for looking!
Eric
Some of you may have read my previous thread about Wilco Models and the delay associated with my X-Wing helmet kit. All of that notwithstanding, it is a nice kit, and I wanted to show how it turned out.
I decided to do this one in the paint scheme of Garvin Dreis, "Red Leader" from ANH.
I painted it with an airbrushed coat of Tamiya Yellow Green, which is a really odd color. Depending on the light, it does shift from mostly yellow, to a greenish yellow. After the base coat, I misted it with Floquil Reefer Yellow. I misted it very unevenly, allowing more than 50% of the base color to show through.
The mohawk and ram's horn areas were masked to remain raw white styrene. I masked off and painted the black and gray stripes on either side of the forehead area. Those were a monster to mask off!! :confused That part probably took me the longest. Once they were dry, I hand cut some stencils using some wide blue painters tape, and painted the weird red "rising sun" symbols, and the stripe down the mohawk, with Tamiya Mica Red. It's a little darker than just a normal red.
All four of those weird symbols are shaped differently!! I used some excellent "Death Star battle" screen caps someone posted a while back to gauge their size and shape.
The wider stripes on the lower cheeks were masked and painted flat black as well. The smaller black stripes, as well as the thin white stripes around those "rising suns" were done in vinyl pinstriping tape. The black tape is 1/8" wide, and the white is 1/16" wide. I couldn't find any white in 1/16" so I laid a strip down on my cutting board and sliced it in half lengthwise. :lol
The "sliced onion" symbols on the cheeks, the "yellow V" symbols, and the red "flying eyeballs" were vinyl decals that were custom made for me by a TDH member called Lucky31. Thanks, Scott!!! They came out PERFECT!!! :thumbsup
To finish up, I gave the whole helmet a light black acrylic wash, then sanded away some of the black, making it more uneven looking. All the little chips were actually scratched into the paint, then highlighted with Testors flat white enamel. A misting of dull coat was applied to seal everything.
I bought a $14 batting helmet and sliced out the padding, then used spray adhesive to put it into my helmet.
So now I have a nice companion piece for my Luke helmet. Having just finished this one, it makes me want to do more Red Squadron helmets!! Well, maybe someday. . .
Thanks for looking!
Eric
