Battle worn 360 paintjob attempt
Tried out some paint techniques for a request.
Desert tan 360, pre-faux finish for weather:
Post treatment, shitty light:
Better light:
Completed, post second stencil (should have done all the painting pre-treatment, lesson learned.):
Not terrible, not great, but I learned quite a bit about paint washes and highlighting of flaws. I have a dremel set up now, I think I'm going to try and make some industrial looking router cuts- creases around the edges to give them a little more of a hardware look. Maybe experiment with some hot glue to simulate melting or bullet holes.
Whatchya think? Who wants to send me a box for experimentation?
Comments (9)
its coming along great. I would suggest using frisket paper to make your stencils with (little to no overspray issues) A good tool I found for making recessed 3D effects is a soldering iron. there are many tips fron needle tip to chisel. when it melts through the plastic it also creates a smooth surface in its wake that needs little to no sanding... Keep going man!
Thanks for the compliments. It was a lot of fun to do.\r
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Omega- I might try that the iron, but as an electronics tech, I can't bring myself to put iron to plastic without tearing up. :) I need to buy a cheapo, all my gear is $$$. Maybe some POS from Radio Shack, or a woodburning iron. I'll def look into frisket paper. I'm using contact paper at the moment. and it sucks. \r
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Soup - the digi I'd say go with a sticker set up- that pattern would be a bitch to replicate. Std camo I could do, I think. I was talking with LB and thinking of dremeling the Prof logo in a box and plexi'ing it, then LEDing it up. \r
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Poonga- I'm digging the rust idea- like a Borderlands/GoW theme...