Helmet Color Scheme Ideas?

[OpticChief]

Hey everyone, starting a build thread and looking to get some community input as I prep these helmets.


I’ve got several Halo helmets printed and am still early in finishing, so I’m open to ideas before anything is locked in.

Left → Right:
• Noble Six helmet w/ heat shield (Reach)
• Master Chief – Mark VI (Halo 3)
• “Grand Moff Spartan” helmet (Halo × Star Wars mash-up)
• Noble Six helmet (base model – Reach)
• Artainus helmet (Halo Infinite – Season 2)
• Reach Recon helmet

I’m mainly looking for:
• Color scheme ideas (canon or custom)
• Thoughts on clean vs heavy weathering
• Which helmets should stay subtle vs go bold


All are PLA prints and will be fully finished (filler, sanding, paint, visors), so feedback now actually helps steer the builds.


Appreciate any ideas or opinions, curious what you’d do with this lineup.
Can comment on all or choose one or two to suggest to.
Please post pictures and references!

 

[SgtSaint]

I think to some degree you should plan the color scheme for your entire suit so you don't lean too heavy in one direction or another, or one color or another then realize that it looks good on a helmet but on the total armor its excessive. And you want to be consistent that your accent color is just accent throughout. Than the 'side panel color', is the side panels throughout. etc.

Personally, I take photos, and the images from the file seller, and a paint program (Photoshop or otherwise) and I start to dummy up some ideas.

First {Halo} build - Spartan (TV series)

Thanks. Its good to have machines up and a hobby shed getting setup a little more each day. Thought about it: Yes. But I don't have any TPU on hand. And I have to get moving on this for Supanova Brisbane in November. So don't exactly have the luxury of waiting on supplies. And its a new...

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you can even markup your Scaling avatar to get a feel for how it would look on you.

 

[OpticChief]

I think to some degree you should plan the color scheme for your entire suit so you don't lean too heavy in one direction or another, or one color or another then realize that it looks good on a helmet but on the total armor its excessive. And you want to be consistent that your accent color is just accent throughout. Than the 'side panel color', is the side panels throughout. etc.

Personally, I take photos, and the images from the file seller, and a paint program (Photoshop or otherwise) and I start to dummy up some ideas.

First {Halo} build - Spartan (TV series)

Thanks. Its good to have machines up and a hobby shed getting setup a little more each day. Thought about it: Yes. But I don't have any TPU on hand. And I have to get moving on this for Supanova Brisbane in November. So don't exactly have the luxury of waiting on supplies. And its a new...

www.405th.com

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you can even markup your Scaling avatar to get a feel for how it would look on you.
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Thanks for sharing that, I really appreciate it; it definitely gives me some good direction and ideas to think about.

Quick question while I’m in the brainstorming phase: are there any good programs or tools you’d recommend for playing around with color schemes? Ideally, something where I can mock up custom ideas and experiment visually without needing to be super fluent in Photoshop. I’m more looking to test combinations and concepts than to do anything super polished at this stage.

Just curious what others here use when planning out paint jobs.

(I have a folder with lots of already pre-made color designs and concepts I've found on the internet, but I definitely want to do my own playing around with ideas and concepts, and I'm not digitally artistic.)