Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
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re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
Progress of the day.
A couple of accidental chips, but those can be taken care of in the filling stage. This is becoming an obsession now. I refuse to give up and concede defeat.
On the 'bright' side, I must say that were it not for the stripper flaking the surface, it would have been much harder to level off the concaves & convexes of the surface. The flaking kinda made it squish out all even, ready to sand :lol
Progress of the day.
A couple of accidental chips, but those can be taken care of in the filling stage. This is becoming an obsession now. I refuse to give up and concede defeat.
On the 'bright' side, I must say that were it not for the stripper flaking the surface, it would have been much harder to level off the concaves & convexes of the surface. The flaking kinda made it squish out all even, ready to sand :lol
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CaptainSmith
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Looks like a lot of work but excellent progress as well. It should look pretty good when all is said and done.
Looks like a lot of work but excellent progress as well. It should look pretty good when all is said and done.
00MrNotWrong00
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Great work there
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That looks tedious , I really respect what you are doing here. Very nice work, please keep us posted on this .
Great work there
thumbsup:thumbsupThat looks tedious , I really respect what you are doing here. Very nice work, please keep us posted on this .
re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
I've already spent about 15 hours over the past 2.5 days on this, just to get to this point.
But I think I'll have my cake and eat it too - although subsequently discarded as an option, I'm going to also go with CommonGround's suggestion & have the Cursed Earth option too.
The front side I will try & restore as best as I can, together with the sides and bottom. And the back part will be the side that was left exposed to the Cursed Earth conditions ... since it was discovered half buried with that side exposed :love
Hey, trying to make lemonade out of lemons here :lol
I've already spent about 15 hours over the past 2.5 days on this, just to get to this point.
But I think I'll have my cake and eat it too - although subsequently discarded as an option, I'm going to also go with CommonGround's suggestion & have the Cursed Earth option too.
The front side I will try & restore as best as I can, together with the sides and bottom. And the back part will be the side that was left exposed to the Cursed Earth conditions ... since it was discovered half buried with that side exposed :love
Hey, trying to make lemonade out of lemons here :lol
re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
I wouldn't mind having one that bad actually for my costuming as my character is notoriously rough on weapons lol. Too bad there isn't in an area in the JY for stuff like that when nobody wants them. Keep up the good work, you're making good progress compared to where it was.
I wouldn't mind having one that bad actually for my costuming as my character is notoriously rough on weapons lol. Too bad there isn't in an area in the JY for stuff like that when nobody wants them. Keep up the good work, you're making good progress compared to where it was.
re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
that's an impressive restoration. think about how proud of that thing you'll be when it actually looks GOOD!
that's an impressive restoration. think about how proud of that thing you'll be when it actually looks GOOD!
GunsAndGloryFX
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That's quite an impressive job fixing it! Definitely keep us updated. :thumbsup
Do you buy the plaster based resin to fill it with, or is that something you mix up yourself?
That's quite an impressive job fixing it! Definitely keep us updated. :thumbsup
Do you buy the plaster based resin to fill it with, or is that something you mix up yourself?
re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
This is looking great, and if you don't mind a suggestion, I'd offer that you should sand off the resin screws while you're at it and put new, metal hardware in later. The detail will be much crisper than you can ever sand those resin bits, and it will make the underlaying layer easier to get nice and smooth as well.
This is looking great, and if you don't mind a suggestion, I'd offer that you should sand off the resin screws while you're at it and put new, metal hardware in later. The detail will be much crisper than you can ever sand those resin bits, and it will make the underlaying layer easier to get nice and smooth as well.
re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
Thanks fellows. I will keep the updates coming.
I buy it from an art shop. I can't remember exactly what its called, but when I get down to the filling, I'll have to look for the box, & I'll let you know.
It's great stuff to work with. It's super hard when dry, but also very very very smooth to work with, and the finish is perfect. Only problem is that it dries VERY quickly (hardens within 2 minutes), so I have to mix very little quantities at a time. And if I put in more water to make it dry slower, it will dry and turn to dust.
Time will be an issue due to the small crevices the stuff has to be shoved in to and the precision it will take.
Hope to reach the filling stage sometime next week.
For now ...... sanding :sick
Thanks fellows. I will keep the updates coming.
I buy it from an art shop. I can't remember exactly what its called, but when I get down to the filling, I'll have to look for the box, & I'll let you know.
It's great stuff to work with. It's super hard when dry, but also very very very smooth to work with, and the finish is perfect. Only problem is that it dries VERY quickly (hardens within 2 minutes), so I have to mix very little quantities at a time. And if I put in more water to make it dry slower, it will dry and turn to dust.
Time will be an issue due to the small crevices the stuff has to be shoved in to and the precision it will take.
Hope to reach the filling stage sometime next week.
For now ...... sanding :sick
re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
Thanks for the tip Volpin, I'll keep it in mind. Don't know if I'll do it though, as I'm just messing around with this one for the sake of not throwing it away :lol
Thanks for the tip Volpin, I'll keep it in mind. Don't know if I'll do it though, as I'm just messing around with this one for the sake of not throwing it away :lol
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Today's progress, and the end of this weeks'.
First layer of filler done. Next week, more sanding, then second fine-tuning layer ... and sanding again :sick :sick :sick :sick
GunsAndGloryFX - for the filler, I am using Gedeo Resin Plaster. It's French I think.
Today's progress, and the end of this weeks'.
First layer of filler done. Next week, more sanding, then second fine-tuning layer ... and sanding again :sick :sick :sick :sick
GunsAndGloryFX - for the filler, I am using Gedeo Resin Plaster. It's French I think.
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OK, couldn't resist to wait till next week & did a small part. I was too curious to see the more or less result ... and if it would be all worth it after all. Now that's it till next week :lol
OK, couldn't resist to wait till next week & did a small part. I was too curious to see the more or less result ... and if it would be all worth it after all. Now that's it till next week :lol
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re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
That's incredible! I would have given up on it all together!
Makes me want to try something with the bar of soap I got from ebay some time ago.
That's incredible! I would have given up on it all together!
Makes me want to try something with the bar of soap I got from ebay some time ago.
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After hail the size of small golf balls ruined our plans for yesterday morning ...
..... I spent some time cleaning up the first layer of filling in some parts.
Here are some before and after pics.
After hail the size of small golf balls ruined our plans for yesterday morning ...
..... I spent some time cleaning up the first layer of filling in some parts.
Here are some before and after pics.
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CommonGround
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When I first saw those photo's I thought to myself, what a shame, won't be able to save that one. All I'll say now is WAY TO PROVE ME WRONG! Well done man, looking awesome. I really like the way you saved the engraving on the 'slide' very nice.
MJ
When I first saw those photo's I thought to myself, what a shame, won't be able to save that one. All I'll say now is WAY TO PROVE ME WRONG! Well done man, looking awesome. I really like the way you saved the engraving on the 'slide' very nice.
MJ
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WOW This has really come a long way. I have a hero one I got a while back that needs this treatment. The painting just looks so tacky, and they didn't even bother to fill in some of the holes, nor sand well...
I can't wait to see how yours turns out! Awesome work!!!
WOW This has really come a long way. I have a hero one I got a while back that needs this treatment. The painting just looks so tacky, and they didn't even bother to fill in some of the holes, nor sand well...
I can't wait to see how yours turns out! Awesome work!!!
re: Bad builds & worse fixes - Judge Dredd Lawgiver
Thanks guys
Well, 98% of the restoration is now FINISHED, after approximately 25 man-hours :cry
The last 'serious' part I had to do was the tip of the sight, which was shattered to smitherenes when it arrived.
A shown previously, first it had to be totally cast
Then it had to be shaped
That done, I finished sanding it all over, and this is the result
It looks better when compared overall with a 'before' and 'after' :lol
Next step, I may (or not) revisit some parts to fine-tune. I really don't want to waste too much time at this point.
Then its painting time. And that would be it
Thanks guys
Well, 98% of the restoration is now FINISHED, after approximately 25 man-hours :cry
The last 'serious' part I had to do was the tip of the sight, which was shattered to smitherenes when it arrived.
A shown previously, first it had to be totally cast
Then it had to be shaped
That done, I finished sanding it all over, and this is the result
It looks better when compared overall with a 'before' and 'after' :lol
Next step, I may (or not) revisit some parts to fine-tune. I really don't want to waste too much time at this point.
Then its painting time. And that would be it
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PHArchivist
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Where did you get the lens below the barrel?
Where did you get the lens below the barrel?
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ebay. VERY expensive .......
15 bucks ... shipped :lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...RRENCY=0&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_fvi=1&_rdc=1
ebay. VERY expensive .......
15 bucks ... shipped :lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...RRENCY=0&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_fvi=1&_rdc=1
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