How to Paint effect: gun bluing

[sa maker]

I am busy making a plastic replica gun and wish to know how to achieve the effect of gun bluing on metallic plastic. I was hoping to use a paint technique. The best I have achieved so far is mat black spry paint, lightly sanded (for aging) with clear coating, but the result is too black for my liking.

 

[OldSkoolEffects]

You could try the old standby of powdering some graphite from a pencil and rubbing that into the surface and then clear-coating.

 

[jhusel]

You can also buy powdered graphite at a hardware store by the keys, they sell it for lubricant.

 

[propninja]

Here are two suggestions: alclad paint has a paint that is supposed to be blued steel, if you can find it try it. Next suggestion is to spray irridedesnt blue pearl over satin black. Don't need a lot, just enough to give a hint of blue.

 

[Sean]

Check this out.


http://www.therpf.com/f9/scratch-build-indiana-jones-gun-219860/