- re the fit personally I wouldn't have known this wasn't original. I'm probably at your skill level - basic - which is no insult or negative at all. My first paint attempts - a simple design on wood - taught me fast enough that getting a smooth coat of paint, keeping a straight line, and so on, is a HUGE skill. I have mad respect for painters now.
LOL ask how I know that.
- I'd happily display this if I had it. I can't tell but if u wish you had a true "gold chrome" look??? well, from reading, mostly about the Winter Soldier's chrome arm and how to get that effect - it's not that easy - undercoating with black and all this other stuff. I bet doing a true shiny gold metal (which a lot of times real gold isn't anyway, it's more buffed) takes some work too. 
Thank you for sharing those pictures it helps seeing what can work, what doesn't.
Thanks so much guys!!!
I appreciate your input, I am a beginner at such things and I realize I have a lot to learn.
In my previous (and only other) modification job I filed down Thor (DW) head so that the helmet of a previous version would work. My modifications to his head worked great (luckily) but the helmet was not an original and was sort of an unpainted mold product. My paint attempts with a silver chrome did not work well at all. Probably because I didn’t prepare the helmet properly before applying the paint. It seems like chrome paints can be tricky in plastics. That said you guys are right I think this helmet would look better with a more metallic finish. I may get another helmet then shape and paint that, I am going to leave this one alone
Btw: I edited my last post because the second and last photos were actually from before my final adjustments and as such have a larger opening near his chin. I used the wrong pictures partially bk it is a pain for me to post pictures to this forum using my phone.
Sassafras I would for you to share discussion/pics of that failed project you mentioned
I don't usually toss stuff tho as I figure "repurpose, at some point". I'll try. I have various *projects of shame*. Mostly they are quietly stuffed into a plastic tub and stored until I can get over the stress.
Fortunately random 1/6 stuff I pick up, and parts are small, so can hide away. Actually my Roadworn Thor is standing on a Phicen base I touched up w. cheap oil paints, which didn't come out like I thought at all. Poor prep and horrible paints. One day I'm gonna strip and just redo, somehow. Still, I learn. Like "if you have shaky hands take the time to mask off small areas when painting" "do not paint 1/6 scale anything when u are in a bad mood" "do not paint when cat is shedding" "do not prop unstable small bottles on edge of table"
LMAO!
That all actually seems like very sound advice, I will make sure to avoid those pitfalls. Thanks from helping me minimize the likelihood of accumulating my own tub of “projects of shame” ...I am sure some are inevitable but maybe I will just end up with half a storage container full rather than a full container
. No fear IF it's not a "genuine" HT. Meanwhile, Loki #2 rolled in so here's the fam - work in progress. The Anubis and Bast figures are Phicen - beautiful - actually Bast was for BP.
but it's a cool idea if it's there. Still working on this display - I need to make a stand of the Eternal Flame.
I'm gonna continue to mess with this display - now I think my shelf floor is too white, guess I'll look around for some kind of covering for this group. . Tho hafta say - tho it took a while to get everything I ordered - as Civil War fig after fig came in - at least the ones I ordered are all stellar (except for some not enough accessories). Seems like Ragnarok as well.
Thank you Omega! And thanks for sharing your work too - always great to know what is possible.
Re Bucky tho that's the thing - sometimes IMO their quality waffles
I'd almost forgotten about this Loki as my PO went on so long - but IMO anyone picking him up can give themselves kudos. Sold out at BBTS, waitlisted at SSC, and a quick check at Ebay of course the prices are marked up.
Only thing is now I'm mad at HT for not making Valkyrie as well.
