06-27-2014, 12:28 AM
Hi,
First off, I'd like to apologise that the specific topic of this post has to do with re-enactment but not Roman re-enactment. I didn't really know where to ask this, so I figured it wouldn't be too harmful to ask it here.
Basically, I have a helmet I want to paint. It's not a Roman helmet - or even an ancient helmet at all, it is a reproduction of the medieval nasal helm:
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?...h+Aventail+
The helmet came oiled, but the oil has since rubbed off with use. I re-oiled it once, and cleaned off a little surface rust, but other than that(and being scuffed up) the helmet is good as new. I'm looking to paint it - both to protect it from rust, and because it would be more period-accurate - but I'm unfamiliar with metal paints, I've only ever used wood paints, and I have a feeling wood paint would come right off.
If anybody here could shed a little light on how to paint steel, it would be greatly appreciated.
First off, I'd like to apologise that the specific topic of this post has to do with re-enactment but not Roman re-enactment. I didn't really know where to ask this, so I figured it wouldn't be too harmful to ask it here.
Basically, I have a helmet I want to paint. It's not a Roman helmet - or even an ancient helmet at all, it is a reproduction of the medieval nasal helm:
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?...h+Aventail+
The helmet came oiled, but the oil has since rubbed off with use. I re-oiled it once, and cleaned off a little surface rust, but other than that(and being scuffed up) the helmet is good as new. I'm looking to paint it - both to protect it from rust, and because it would be more period-accurate - but I'm unfamiliar with metal paints, I've only ever used wood paints, and I have a feeling wood paint would come right off.
If anybody here could shed a little light on how to paint steel, it would be greatly appreciated.
) then sand the helmet with sandpaper ( fine grain). give the helmet its first layer of primer. Sand again. Then you can put on several layers of paint, but inbetween every layer sand slightly. last layer can be a transparant one. shighny of dull.
