Monday 10 May 2021

GP4: Nikita Mazepin 'Victory Day' 2021 Spanish GP Helmet

I thought I'd gotten away with it, I couldn't see any special helmets for the Spanish Grand Prix to begin with, and then I saw there one after the race, and it's Mazepin amended his usual design with a tribute to Victory Day (not his victory obviously!). 


Being in a swing of creating helmets now, well race specific helmets at least, I thought I would do this out of a sense of completion. The design features two red stars and weaves three black lines subtly into his existing design. His number 9 also incorporates the black lines too, which is also the day of the race and of the celebrations in Russia. 

It wasn't easy picking the right shade for his helmet, it's a dayglo red as far as I can tell, that looks orange in some lights. Plus the red star gets a bit lost if the red was too close to red. I notice Jsoria used quite a faint orange shade, but I wanted it to be a bit more red without losing the orange tinge. 

Once more, this has been optimised for GP4, including alpha layer. I'm ever grateful for Jvinu's Bell helmet and template which is a pleasure to paint on.

Here's the links: Download Link | (mirror link)

Well with the helmets all up to date (I'm not doing Vettel's Imola GP helmet that he wore for half a race), and no hotlapping to be done for a week, I'll be concentrating on finishing my first proper 2021 car for GP4.