With the black applied and the fine line tape removed here’s what we have, a bunch of colored wires. Add a drop shadow around the inside edge of the opening to give the in- side of the opening some depth, add a little shadow there the wires cross each other and this area is pretty much done.


Here we can add a little weather look to our metal plates by applying a little color, in this case my KK Root Beer mix, after it dries I put the Scotch Brite pad to it. On the left side of the picture is our color applied on the right after I rubbed the scotch Brite pad over it.


Now to add the rivets to our metal plates; using the airbrush free hand I place a small dot where each rivet will be. After all my reference dots are in place I use a drafting circle stencil to form my rivets where all the reference dots where. Taping off (masking) the surrounding cir- cles in the stencil will help control over spray.


As you can see I left a couple wires hanging outside my back missing plate area just for effect. The rivets are com- pleted and we are just about ready to clear coat this helmet. Before final clear coat you will want to apply a coat of SG-100 to help ensure the KK we used does not move on us upon clearing it. Wipe it down with a good pre cleaner and tack it off its ready for the final clear.


Here we have our completed project after the final clear coats have been ap- plied and all the masking removed, hardware put back in place. I hope you enjoyed our little journey and that you can take some of what I’ve shown you and incorporate into your own custom helmet painting techniques.


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