Black to Silver Lens

[TX-8728[TX]]

Hey guys, first off I believe this is my first post. I have been around for a while just checking in now and then. Had a troop last Saturday to promote the movie and fellow member Recommended the Silver lens. So I shot Blackhole a message asking him about it and he told me about AFX Fast Shield, so I got a large silver mirror off eBay the 14th and got it Saturday only a meer 4 days later. I bought the shield from rhyamaha <--Link to eBay

Top notch stuff, I first off Cut the lens in Half and trimmed it down a bit and Glued them in place. Turned out awesome.

 

Now for some pictures

Sorry guys I know it is a FX helmet, I wear glasses so it works out for me

 

[trooper[501st]]

Looks great

[ELP[501st]]

Thanks for posting and for the link to the ebay site.

 

Good looking swap out ... And FX helmet or not ... Gotta admit you keep your bucket nice and polished!

 

Really looks good!

[Griffin-X[501st]]

The Afx is awesome, great update!

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

[izzi[TX]]

Ooh... PRetty...

[ELP[501st]]

Oh, and bonus points for Strong bad ... Nice

[Griffin-X[501st]]

Oh, and bonus points for Strong bad ... Nice

 

No doubt...! I have not seen that dude in ages!

[TX-8728[TX]]

Thanks for the positive feedback guys

Strongbad is Old ha I haven't seen it in ages myself.

 

Here is another one to drool over

 

[TX-8728[TX]]

soooooo heres another picture, I took some today for my Card

 

Sorry it's yellow looking I hate those energy saving bulbs...

 

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

Since you decided to go with the mirrored lens, a silver paint paint would probably look better on the frown IMHO.

 

Here's kind of a gray vs silver comparison back when I built my FX.

 

 

 

 

If you decide to do this, you can use goo gone to get the current paint off and it won't damage your bucket.

 

Just regular Rustoleum Metallic Finish is what I used.

 

I really think you'll like the difference.

 

The gray looks fine with smoke lenses but a silver frown really looks great with the mirrored lenses.

 

 

When it was finished

 

[TX-8728[TX]]

So you sprayed the frown on? I wouldn't mind painting it but I don't want to have to disassemble bucket to spray frown and I have udder crap luck with tape hah

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

Yes I sprayed it. Used painters tape to lay down the outline and you need to make sure the main line is pressed down nice and firm so there's no paint leak. just basically used news paper to cover the rest of the bucket. If you get any over spray anywhere on the bucket, you can use rubbing alcohol to wipe it off.

 

 

you'll want to lightly sand the frown parts to be painted so it sticks better. or use a primer.

[TX-8728[TX]]

Yes I sprayed it. Used painters tape to lay down the outline and you need to make sure the main line is pressed down nice and firm so there's no paint leak. just basically used news paper to cover the rest of the bucket. If you get any over spray anywhere on the bucket, you can use rubbing alcohol to wipe it off.

 

Ill have to think about it. Does look good, but then I would want to paint the chin also XD

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

I don't personally like the silver chin, but that's your choice of course.