OkiOneShot
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Let me know what you guys think, sorry the pictures are out of order!
My first build ever, RECON!
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Andrew Lambright
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looks good man! Especially for a first build! are you planning on doing any battle damage, or leaving it clean and crisp out of the armory?
OkiOneShot
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Hmm, I did do black and silver undercoats so maybe during my next helmets curing processes I will uncover some of the battle damage and use the imperfections on the helmet to my advantage! I still have to add some more details in, on the jaw line and cheeks but I was just too excited I had to post it hahaha. I'm debating on using super glue instead of hot glue next time around, any thoughts on that? Thanks a bunch, the support definitely helps me stay motivated for future projects!
i find that the super glue takes too long to dry on paper. i know it sounds odd, especially seeing as it's supposed to dry almost instantly, but with the flexibility of hot glue, if you glue a piece in a wrong place or just slightly skewed, you can reheat the hot glue and shift the piece to where it should be 
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...OkiOneShot
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Very good point! I need to get a low heat glue gun, I burned myself countless times on this beast, I'll only use the high heat to make corrections like you've suggested!
Andrew Lambright
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i'll give you a hint with battle damage... once you have it painted silver and it is dry, place a few dabs of petroleum jelly, toothpaste, mustard, anything like that, with the tip of your finger to your helmet around any inperfections that are cleearly visible in the silver coat, and around sharp corners and edges. after you paint it your permenant color, you can simply take a cloth and wipe away the jelly, toothpaste/whatever you choose, and voila! it reveals your silver undercoat in that area. once you're done with that, you can dry brush some areas of your helmet by simply spraying some of your base coat silver onto a brisle brush and gently painting on corners and edges... hope this helps!
OkiOneShot
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Awesome idea! Heyyy, I'm going to make another helmet after I do some more work on my current Iron Man one, but I'm not sure which, any suggestions xD?
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