Thanks man! After a day of curing the paintjob looks a lot better! still a bit fuzzy, but the contrasts between black and green really came through now!
Anyway, i'll post a mini update on the helmet, since i actually made som progress!
So basically, i decided to paint the details on the helmet, and i did this with basic acrylic paints, with a brush, and not with a spraycan!
I think it turned out pretty nice... It makes the helmet come alive a bit... It helps in showing that i want weathering and not a bad paintjob xD
On to the pics
What i did today was the stripe across the top of the helmet, the unsc logos on the sides and the red dots on the back! It all turned out just fine, and i really like the weathering on the stripe if i may say so xD Again, the half-shotty htc camera doesn't really do it justice... maybe i'll post a video when i fix the lights...
Speaking of lights
I split a whiteboard marker into four small pipes, painted them metallic black and basically made some cheap and cool sockets for my future LED:s in the helmet!
Now i just need to fix the wiring, put the LED:s there, sand some plastic and put it in front of the LED:s and the lights should work ^^'
All the helmet needs except for that is a permanent visor (since i haven't attached it yet xD), the small foam bits on the sides of the visor, which i will add in the end, and the little unsc logo on top of the cap part of the helmet. The thing with this logo is that it's going to have to be ridiculously tiny, so i don't know how i'll solve that :S
Anyway, i'll round this update with a picture of the full helmet so far, in the weird sunlight
Happy building 405th!
