After seeing my build of my own Hero blaster Avbat asked me if I would take on his assembly for his DMachinist run parts kit on a Denix...
It's going to be a few weeks in the making, as I am balancing his build along with my business, father of a two year old, and some lightsaber commissions, but I got a little started and wanted to share.
I will update the thread as I go.
Avbat's kit is all steel aside from the grill, and when I opened to box is ALL black oxide coated. So first, I decided to strip the black Ox from the replica HW scope, and blue it.
It didn't take much other than bluing remover to get the black ox off, but I went through 6 rounds of bluing on the scope to get it to match my real HW finish. That's 3 quick applications, one day, an overnight cure coated in Barricade, then another rinse and repeat session the next day. It came out VERY pretty. It's going to be a shame to weather it and scratch it.
Next I sanded the area where the mystery disc will be, and decided to remove the Denix logos and other markings from the left side of the gun.
Rather than just sand off the markings, I wanted to add a LITTLE bit of realism to the denix, and milled down that recess. I purposely dug in and made deliberate depth changes of a couple thousandths, to mimic what I've seen on real mausers that exhibit the mill marks.
Sanding down... to make it less obvious and more like a real mauser in this area
Then I used one of the aluminum stickers to mask off the mystery disc. I wanted to approach this like I did my own and blue around the disc instead of paint. I like the effect better than the paint method.
Still needs some weathering to make the disc less pristine, and lots more other work.
I did also get rid of the bolt nub as well, but forgot to take pics of that for now.
Anyway... its a start.
It's going to be a few weeks in the making, as I am balancing his build along with my business, father of a two year old, and some lightsaber commissions, but I got a little started and wanted to share.
I will update the thread as I go.
Avbat's kit is all steel aside from the grill, and when I opened to box is ALL black oxide coated. So first, I decided to strip the black Ox from the replica HW scope, and blue it.
It didn't take much other than bluing remover to get the black ox off, but I went through 6 rounds of bluing on the scope to get it to match my real HW finish. That's 3 quick applications, one day, an overnight cure coated in Barricade, then another rinse and repeat session the next day. It came out VERY pretty. It's going to be a shame to weather it and scratch it.
Next I sanded the area where the mystery disc will be, and decided to remove the Denix logos and other markings from the left side of the gun.
Rather than just sand off the markings, I wanted to add a LITTLE bit of realism to the denix, and milled down that recess. I purposely dug in and made deliberate depth changes of a couple thousandths, to mimic what I've seen on real mausers that exhibit the mill marks.
Sanding down... to make it less obvious and more like a real mauser in this area
Then I used one of the aluminum stickers to mask off the mystery disc. I wanted to approach this like I did my own and blue around the disc instead of paint. I like the effect better than the paint method.
Still needs some weathering to make the disc less pristine, and lots more other work.
I did also get rid of the bolt nub as well, but forgot to take pics of that for now.
Anyway... its a start.