Sunday, May 07, 2006
Painting a Helmet
I'm taking an auto restoration class. It meets twice a week . About two weeks ago, I was asking my teacher Mike about the procedures to follow in order to paing a helmet. After he explained, he suggested that I also talk to the guy who was standing behind me. His name is Chris. Well, Chris paints items such as helmets, skateboards, surf boards professionally. He's also studied with some of the airbrush best here in the OC.
Chris has over 30 airbrushes. I thought I was doing good owning two. He also appears to be competent artist. Long story short, he's going to paint one of my helmets as a demo in class this semester. Cool!
The problem: Which helmet should I choose? I own a Shoei RF1000, a Scorpion Exo 700 and an Arai Rx 7. I was going to select the RX 7. But, it almost feels like sacrilege or something since the paint scheme on the helmet appears to be rare:
I love the graphics on the Shoei and its bright yellow paint. The Scorpion is probably the obvious choice since it's already a bit scraped from me banging it against a wall. But, I'm not sure yet.
At any rate, I'll post up pictures when it's done.
Chris has over 30 airbrushes. I thought I was doing good owning two. He also appears to be competent artist. Long story short, he's going to paint one of my helmets as a demo in class this semester. Cool!
The problem: Which helmet should I choose? I own a Shoei RF1000, a Scorpion Exo 700 and an Arai Rx 7. I was going to select the RX 7. But, it almost feels like sacrilege or something since the paint scheme on the helmet appears to be rare:
I love the graphics on the Shoei and its bright yellow paint. The Scorpion is probably the obvious choice since it's already a bit scraped from me banging it against a wall. But, I'm not sure yet.
At any rate, I'll post up pictures when it's done.
