SKULLZ HELMET by Paul “Kwit” Shaw

Hey everyone, it’s “Kwit” here with another How-To. This time I’m going to show you how I go about using stencils and creating a Layered Skull Helmet. The helmet that I have painted this time is known as a CVC, which is what our Military use when operating Combat Vehicles, but this will work on any style helmet. Key sup- plies that I used were Paints (Auto Air, Wicked Colors and ETAC EFX), airbrush, and of course, Stencils. Stencils used were Ahn Pham’s Mini Screamin’ Skullz and Rod Fuchs’ Death Tones Templates: Skull Fuchs. I highly recommend both sets to anyone who likes Skulls. The key thing when using stencils is that when the project is complete, you do not want it to have that “Stenciled/ hard edge” look. OK, so let’s get started. The first thing I did was sanded, primed and then sanded the primer down with 800 wet/dry sandpaper. Since I wanted the skulls to have the actual Bone color, I started with an Almond color base over the entire Hel- met.

Next, I begin laying out the stencils. Starting with the Skull Fuchs stencil, I first position the Main Skulls on the front and back of the Helmet. Using a reduced Wicked White, I very lightly spray just enough so that I can see the Outline of the stencil. This is the area were a lot of people make the mistakes, spraying to heavy and be- ginning the stenciled look. Just lightly mist enough so that you have a map to follow.

Now for the madness, Using ETAC EFX Sepia Smoke, I lay out the Mini Skulls on the top and sides. I use all 3 in the set and lay them out try- ing to keep the smaller ones in the center and the larger ones to the outside edges but put a few larger ones in the center. These will be the floaters to help pull off the depth. Spray very light and don’t worry if they overlap, remember spraying heavy at this point is where most people make their mistakes. You just want a map to follow when free handing the skulls. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36