SethB6025 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 TE said that the ears were white ABS, while the rest of the helmet khaki (beige, grey whatever) HDPE.Matt asked me to clarify that he said they were HIPS and that it was Jez who said they were ABS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4510 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Not to argue, but just how does anyone know this??? What reference do they have that is legitimate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Matt definately said they were ABS, but I am not going to argue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Not sure, I seem to remember someone saying they were ABS too, but can't recall who. I think there are a few reasonable ways to tell from looking/feeling but anything concrete would do some damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 UPDATE i´ve painted the grey parts using Humbrol Enamel #5 ad-grey started with the ear parts trapezes nose area (also tried to get it as close as possible to the screenused B.muir helmet) and tears RESULT: (also tried to get it as close as possible to the screenused B.muir helmet) definatly the hardest part untill now! i was a little scared all the time to mess it up, but i think it came out quite ok! for the tear and nose area i used a small brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4510 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 man that is really starting to look like ****............I love it dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCG Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Way to go RoCKo, it is starting to look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuneSoldat Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Great job Rocko, looks really awesome, thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I recently got a new TE2 helmet, too, and may tackle one of these particular helmets. I hope I can make it look bad enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpdblues Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I recently got a new TE2 helmet, too, and may tackle one of these particular helmets. I hope I can make it look bad enough! Bad in a "good" way... T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I recently got a new TE2 helmet, too, and may tackle one of these particular helmets. I hope I can make it look bad enough! Bad in a "good" way... T Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 UPDATE today i painted the mouth section and the left tube stripes... first the mouth section. i wanted to recreate the ook of the Dave M. helmet but for the mouth section i changed the plan because i don´t like the "roundish" look of the original helmet. so i decided to stick with the Brian R. paint pattern... now, the hardest part and the part i think about for month now. i tried to copy the tube stripes from stickers i bought some time ago on another sticker to get a negative copy with the actual stripes cutted out with a skalpell... attached the negative sticker and painted over it with Humbrol Enamel Paint midnight blue #15 unfortunatly i´m not that happy with how it came out. maybe i will repaint it by hand one day... so far so good, that´s what the helmet looks right now... i hope i will find some more time to finish this helmet soon. untill then i will think of another, saver method to paint the remaining black outlines for the grey areas... i appreciate all inputs, thanks gang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I think it looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 except from the tube stripes... thanks a lot, mike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Looking fantastic I planned to make a replica of one of the found ANH helmets, but have yet to get around to it. I plan on doing all the same stuff as you RoCKo, but I would have free hand painted the tube stripes straight off (it's not that hard mate ) Keep up the great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD1009 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Great helmet Rocko, very inspiring! My TE2 needs some of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4935 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 looks awesome mate. Yeah, those old tube stripes are a pain. when i painted mine i just marked the spacing with a small dot and then with a coin that has roughly the same curve and a pencil i drew a light curved line and freehanded over it with a brush and humbrol. some of my stripes were wobbly and one or two were of slightly different thickness but that just adds to the character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 That looks nice! I hope my next bucket turns out as nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilowchehuckt Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Don't mind if I borrow some methods when I get around to painting my own... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Don't mind if I borrow some methods when I get around to painting my own... i really hope so! that´s whatfor these build-up threads are made for, learn from others successes and faults... it´s all about sharing, right? ( man, i love that sentence! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikajedi Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 good idea for the hand painted tube stripes It might be difficult to do something really clean but I'm sure you will do something that you will like better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4510 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Still looks great dude!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeR Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Amazing work Roger. You've inspired me to do another weathered helmet. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD2802 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Tubestripes take guts (for me anyway) to paint. Looks great so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott M. Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Tubestripes take guts (for me anyway) to paint. Looks great so far! If you (or anyone else) needs a "negative" in order to paint tube stripes, please let me know. I would be happy to use some extra vinyl and cut some out. Since you do not care about the color, I can use extra stuff that I have, and then just remove the stripes, leaving the negative. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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