Custom Bio Helmet by Lucas Francis Studio.

Recently I purchased this bio from Lucas Francis Studio after seeing his progress on a Predator forum which I often visit. After seeing the mind blowing detail and quality that went into this piece I knew I had to have it as part of my collection.

My main reason for posting this progress content here is so that all of you can see what quality craftmanship can come from a piece that was originally purchased as a complete dog!

The following is written by Paul at LFS of his original progress on this piece, so enjoy!

The helmet lip was uneven and very brittle so I started by building up the inner lip of the helmet and this will help seal the oozing resin. Also the putty used to fill some holes wasn't mixed properly so it just fell out.

I decided to dremel out all of the detail that was obliterated by age of the mold and booger.

I'll machine custom aluminum and brass parts for these areas.

I decided to make this one a well worn totally battle damaged version. Maybe a lid that a pred has constantly kept up and refuses to get a new one and I plan on painting it the same way.

Lot's of nurneys and a total asymmetrical look. The left lense will also be damaged and repaired from the gash in the top of the helmet.

Should be a neat look when finished.






Well I got the helmet base coated and used about six layers of paint using mostly bronze and green for the under colors.

I used bumper chrome on the final surface coat and blended all the paint together.

Next came the tasty layers of burnt umber, flat black and forest green with a little clear green for details.



Next I added some green details and silver scrapes and rubs.

This is about the final coloring and I think it looks really alien and worn, almost like an aged piece of metal.

I used a crinkle paint to get another level of detail and then lightly cleared the whole thing.

It softens the paint and it really looks like a fish.

I installed grid and solid lenses and the one with the gash is torn through and a prismatic material is showing through.

A special thanks to Paul at LFS for agreeing to let me post this here and also selling me this awesome bio in first place!