helmet transformation

[M. Demetrius]

Amazing work, as always! That is a lot of detail painting. Good job!

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Thanks David!
My main fear was to get the "net" correct, and i didn't really have a plan on how to do it. There are a number of ways to do a checker on a bowl, for instance, i could make each square of the same size, starting from the top, and see where that would bring me, or i could do the two sides separately etc. Instead i started buy doing the horizontal lines parallel to the ridge, and doing both sides together, so i could maintain a symetrical look. Then i did the vertical line, and here again i could choose between two ways to do that, i preferred bringing them to a point on the top.
The rest wasn't so difficult but time consuming, since i even needed to pass two hands of the black squares, for instance. I'm not too patient with such things and i didn't pay so much attention to details, but i did leave a thin border of unpainted bronze around each white square. You can't see it in the photos but it does create a nice efect when you move the helmet in the light, and it makes a still shiny helmet.
Khaire
Giannis

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Some paintings i based mine off of.
Note that one of them has the little circles in the brighter colour squares.

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Khairete
Giannis

[jvrjenivs]

That's looking pretty nice! Well done.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

That looks great Giannis!

just a comment on the Deepeeka's I've seen, you early helmet looks like heavy plate in comparison
to the paper thin one i saw!

Great work on both helmet!! mile:

[John Conyard]

Looking good.

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Thanks guys, you give me courage, my mother saw the newly painted helmet on display and asked me what is this?
-I painted my helmet
-which helmet is this?
-MY helmet (note the emphasis when you own a MI helmet)
-YOUR GOOD HELMET???!!!

so i was a bit in doubt :-D
Khairete
Giannis

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Yeah, it was pretty brave of you for sure, but the results payed off!! :lol:

[Robert Vermaat]

YOUR GOOD HELMET???!!!

:lol: I like your mum, Giannis. Wish mine knew as much about my armour.

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Well,do you display your armour in her own house, on the big tabe among her good crystal vases and the family photos? Then even she would know something about it :-D
I have to admit though that after her first shock she approved the painting! :-)
To me,it gave a new interest, kind of as if i bought a new helmet.