Ah, thanks for setting me straight. Is the helm camo the same as the armour?

Yes. Best way to do camo is to find a screen used or terry english helmet with a pattern you like and copy that. Draw it on in pencil then just paint in the colours.

Thanks again nick, the armour camo looks much simpler to do too

Small update

Last look at the helmet before she's painted


Just waiting for the last of my paint colours to arrive (91 black/green)


...and here's a shot of the yoga mat, I included the humbrol #76 to show how close in colour it will be to the paint scheme



Also in the post today was the brown wash. I've painted the discarded resin part that would go at the back of the mic boom arm with Timaya olive drab2 to start with, then two light washes



It was still a little too green in most lighting, so gave it one slightly more generous coat, and I'm pretty pleased with the result (picture taken indoors under strip light)


Daylight pics tomorrow after work, then I'm testing out the humbrol light olive on something :p

Why not go the brown bess route?

Haven't got any BB.

I may be able to help with that. Pm incoming.

Thanks a ton nick, you have really helped to make this build a little extra special now

I took a new pic of the finished mic part under the same lighting conditions as the other stages so I could compare the differences properly. As an alternative, its not bad really. Looking forward to trying the humbrol light olive next.

Forgot to mention, I finally have all the camo colours in, though only one of two tins has arrived, but I can make a good start on painting the camo now, the last tin should show up next week

...and one last helmet detail sorted; replacement chin strap. The one that came with this helmet is blue, not sure if I missed that when I was looking at the pics/details, or if it wasn't mentioned/shown. Picked this one up on the bay for $20 (inc shipping), just need to bash it up a bit (might bury it for a day or two as well) as its new, I just missed out on a couple of well weathered ones, but at least its the right colour.

....and so it begins:

Latex chips n wear down



Used my stanly knife to carefully score around the helm cam, then removed the primer where the glue surface will be to aid better adhesion


Then laid down the first of the camo colours (first pass)




More soon...

First pass for the second colour, though I noticed that it's a little thinner than the tan which has caused the chrome underneath to run a little :/






Needs a little tweek in one place as it turned out to look like I missed a spot, but over all I'm pretty pleased with it so far.

Nearly there at last. It just neads a touch up here and there to hide the mess my clumsy fingers left behind :p and the final wash and latex removal left for the helmet









I think I have a workround for painting the other chromed pieces, will test the theory out tonight.

Don't forget the little Grey/white bits.

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Yeah, I haven't forgot the white/grey bits. I didnt mention them in my last post, but now the main colours are down, I can do them tonight after my lobster plate painting experiment.

Looks like your putting too much paint on your brush, less is more

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Yeh, it all kind a went wrong when the chrome started to run and come through the camo colours Might sand it back a little and try again if I got time.

Hi guys

Here's last night's progress








Sprayed the lobster plates too. Went over the chrome fine this time, so should be decent to paint over. Only trouble is, its removed all the latex so I've lost all the paint chiping effect from it. Might well do the chromed topcoat trick on them and re apply the latex, but thicker this time as I think the paint thinneris reacting with the latex which is making it curl and shrink.

All in all I think the camo looks really good though! Some weathering will help tie it together.

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Thanks man, considering the only things I ever painted by hand were WH40k when I was a teen, I'm pretty pleased how its turning out.

Finishing up the rest of the family this last couple days


And I made this mock up (on my phone no less) of some of the personalised graffiti to give me a rough idea of the look I'm after

Hi guys

I got quite a lot done over the weekend, just the lens/cam and earpiece to fit and she's done








Jus want to thank everyone who has posted comments, suggestions/tips, and a big one to nick-a-tron for do ating a tin of brown bess, you guys rock

Looks sweet at first I thought it was beten up a bit much, but on second glance it work perfectly well worn. Maybe as the silver dulls will look even better.

Thanks rimwar

Great paint job!
Thanks for posting.

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