Blade Runner: Leon's Concept COP (A new interpretation.)
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Thanks!
And yes, it's a Form 2... great machine but you have to stare angrily at it to make sure it does what you want! I've seen a lot of varying results done with it but so far I seem to have been blessed with a good one. (I put in a lot of time testing and learning how to get it to do what I want.)
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Another quick update. Just came in from my 'workshop'. (It's a converted walk-in closet...!)
Amber grip spray test preview! Orange clear with a little smoke clear, both from Tamiya. The paint is still wet. Will hit it with a protective clear coat tomorrow.
Amber grip spray test preview! Orange clear with a little smoke clear, both from Tamiya. The paint is still wet. Will hit it with a protective clear coat tomorrow.
To keep this thread clean from 'run stuff' I'll answer that in the junkyard. : )
So, I took off early from work today and made a trip to the specialty-screw shop- one of the few left in the entire country. (They keep very short open hours.) And I bought a whole mess of screws.
Now I gotta go hit that test grip with some clear spray and prime the other parts... more later!
Now I gotta go hit that test grip with some clear spray and prime the other parts... more later!
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Applied a nice, thick coat of clear to the grips. Very happy with the results on this test piece.
Stefan Jones
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great - PM sent 
TurnipyOdour
Well-Known Member
Joatrash, your PLA prints were always nice but these resin prints are on another level.
Beautiful work!
Beautiful work!
PLEASE tell me you're planning on selling this kit!
There IS a run. Look here;
Yes, exactly!
Time for a build update in-between cleaning supports from kits!
I wanted to try a new method of emulating blueing using graphite power over a blue base. Here are some results.
First I used a flat black primer ('Chaos Black' from Games Workshop... the stuff is great and dries almost instantly) on the printer parts (NO filler-primer or anything).
Next, I airbrushed Tamiya CLEAR BLUE, with a few drops of Vallejo Metalizer "gunmetal" mixed into it.
Then I mixed some acrylic medium and Tamiya Clear Blue and sprayed that on top. Once it was dry, I rubbed a good amount of graphite powder onto the surface. That gave me a pretty even surface, but I wanted that worn look you get from a gun that has seen some service. So I lightly wet-sanded using 1000-grit paper, taking off some of the graphite in places. After that, I used rough tissue paper and water to smooth out the surface.
One the parts were dry, I went over them again with graphite powder, using soft cotton swabs, then polished the parts with cotton+water.
The results:
I'm sure I can refine the method a bit, but it's not bad for a first test. Will definitely be using the method in the future.
Will have some more photos once I've assembled the gun!
I wanted to try a new method of emulating blueing using graphite power over a blue base. Here are some results.
First I used a flat black primer ('Chaos Black' from Games Workshop... the stuff is great and dries almost instantly) on the printer parts (NO filler-primer or anything).
Next, I airbrushed Tamiya CLEAR BLUE, with a few drops of Vallejo Metalizer "gunmetal" mixed into it.
Then I mixed some acrylic medium and Tamiya Clear Blue and sprayed that on top. Once it was dry, I rubbed a good amount of graphite powder onto the surface. That gave me a pretty even surface, but I wanted that worn look you get from a gun that has seen some service. So I lightly wet-sanded using 1000-grit paper, taking off some of the graphite in places. After that, I used rough tissue paper and water to smooth out the surface.
One the parts were dry, I went over them again with graphite powder, using soft cotton swabs, then polished the parts with cotton+water.
The results:
I'm sure I can refine the method a bit, but it's not bad for a first test. Will definitely be using the method in the future.
Will have some more photos once I've assembled the gun!
Thanks, man!
Should be going out the door in the next week or so!
Here are some 'final' shots' of the gunmetal/amber version.
I'm also going to do a chrome version with black grips.
Thanks!
Acrylic medium is basically acrylic paint without pigment in it. It's not a clear coat... just the actual 'fluid' they use for the paint. Used for diluting the pigment in a mixed paint without thinning the viscosity. All the 'big' makes of model paints have it. For example, Games Workshop calls it "lahmiam medium". Some places might call it 'mixing medium'.
The base trick is to use a dark-blue undercoat, then put the graphite over that.
For a comparison, in the photo above, the Tomenosuke PKD has real chemical blueing on the top barrel!
