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Mar 22, 2010

Chris Apppleby asked us to do an updated version of his original design on his new Arai crash helmet

Chris's design Chris's helmet was immaculate when we received it - it's a pity that the first thing we do is strip it all down and rub the finish off it!!!
 all stripped down, masked off and rubbed down  after a basecoat white the helmet gets sprayed with pearl white
 started laying out the design - for something that looks simple it was actually very hard to get the proportions and angles all mell matched  finished the design and also prepared some stencils (fitted) for the name and Arai logo
 pearl black sprayed on - although the Arai logo is deep black with cosmic sparkle (over a pearl white background) masking removed - to show the design so far 
 now reverse the masking ready for the next colour spray on fluorescent red, then spray cosmic sparkle on top of that and add a few shadows 
 masking removed - that red looks even louder in real life and the sparkle effect won't really show until the clear lacquer is applied  masked up for the blue
irridescent electric blue is sprayed on masking removed to show almost completed helmet
a few coats of clear 2K lacquer to protect it all so far  all rubbed down again
 Garfield painted on back - orange doesn't show up well against the fluorescent red  try another shot - without flash - looks a bit dull - maybe the lacquer will help?
mre lacquer - really shiny lid now 0 but the Garfield doesn't look the right shade of orange so...... remask the Garfield
repainted with a brighter orange and yet more lacquer - detail still to be added  rubbed down again - ready for the outlining to complete the cartoon.
front spoiler and vents painted to match outline completed on Garfield cartoon - really brings it to life
yet more lacquer to finish it off all re-assembled ready to return to Chris
all re-assembled ready to return to Chris  

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