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torso_boy	Oct 1 2007, 01:15 AM
Newbie Posts: 8 Group: Members Member #365 Joined: October 1, 2007	Hail, Special Ops! I come to you bringing gifts of works-in-progress photos of my Coruscant Guard helmet. I'm building this helmet by way of the "Cardboard 300 helmet" tutorial found on the RPF, only a bit more extreme. The basis process has been as follows: 1) Build a cardboard base. 2) Fiberglass over entire cardboard base. 3) Layer on Bondo over the fiberglass. 4) Sand Bondo smooth. 5) Coat with primer. 6) Apply spot putty, sand smooth, and re-prime. 7) Repeat step 6. 8) Cut out visor from motorcycle helmet visor. Right now the helmet is ready for paint. I've yet to build the mouth and ear greeblies, but I'm going to start on those tonight. I'm going to paint this is two coats. I figured that these guys, being the SWAT of Coruscant, get beat up a bit, so I'm planning in some pretty decent weathering and damage. Not enough to detract from the overall paint job, but enough to show that these guys are tough. So I'm gonna do two layers of paint. I don't want to go overboard and take the damage down to bare metal, but I'm going to have a darker red being revealed underneath the top coat to show some paint chipping. I plan on coating the helmet in the darker red tonight. Anyways, I have far too many photos to put in one post, so I'm just going to give you the link to the photobucket album and let you review the WIP without having to wait for dozens of images to load on this forum. http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f239/tor...20guard/helmet/ Here is the most recent step, though. In this photo, I'm test-fitting the visor into place. The primer seen on it is not the most recent layer of primer, though. This was after the second coating of spot putty. But currently, the helmet is primered and ready for paint.


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