The Montana Black with Graphite would be a good basecoat for a helmet that you want to paint further. As for the Gloss White, I'm going to be using that for the edge of a sword, whilst using a Gloss Grey for the main blade. Hopefully it turns out how I'm envisioning it to.
I first clicked on this video because I thought “cool! Someone else who does non full size helmets” (I have a Batman, Red Hood, and a few Marvel mini helmets I made, on top of a few full size Marvel and Star Wars ones” but then I became interested in making them for my daughter lol she would love what you did on those last two
That’s exactly the video I needed before I started painting my Mando armor. I do prefer the gloss black version. My problem is I’m going to be matching the black series helmet so I’ve got to test this on a small piece and compare it to the helmet. Great video my friend. You can send all those extra helmets to me, you’ve got the address 🤣🤣
@@Special_FX I left it alone, and it never really looked exactly right, but it was good enough for me. I think you could just apply the graphite to the Harvey helmet and clear coat it after
Yes, but you really need to use a high quality clear coat or it loses its shine. I recommend a 2K clear. But you can skip it and just always add more graphite as it rubs off.
Gloss black and a flawless finish is what’s needed for the graphite to really shine. What I do now is black primer with a 2K show clear coat, seems to work the best.
Yes I think so, I did a smaller helmet for daughter using iridescent pigment powders and that worked, but I also did a light coat of tack-it. I would still try it over the clear coat, only add adhesive coats if you need to
I would recommend an extremely high gloss 2k clear coat, otherwise it will dull the finish. You can skip the clear coat and just reapply more graphite if you get any spots
Powder doesn’t need to dry like a paint, you can clear immediately. Highly recommend a nice clear. The $5 2X clear by rustoleum will take away a lot of the mirror shine.
