Several paint issues later and me amost wanting to quit this project I can now show some well needed progress on the hands! At this point they are about 95% done. Only thing missing are the arc reactors and the little arc for the palm patch which I will lasercut at my local maker space out of 4mm plexiglas.
Its always interesting to see that the red color looks so much different in pictures than it does in real life. Its actually much darker with a hint of purple and not the bright red as seen here. Probably depends on what camera you use.
I decided to go with a black glove instead of painting it with a flexible plastidip like paint because I was just not happy with the red color of these paints. I would rather have a color that fits well with the red than a red that looks somewhat off.
The small metal parts and arc reactor are still missing. Im already working on designing the arc in Fusion360 and will print it out of black resin, finish it and make a mold in order to cast it in clear resin. Plan is to put a white led behind it to ulliminate it.
For weathering I used a water mixable oil paint! It has the greasy look of normal oil paint but you can clean your brush with water afterwards which is great! Unfortunately is also takes about 24h to dry, just like normal oil paint.
I already started adding some more details to the forearm using 1mm Forex. I really like how the proportions of the hand, palm patch and forearm fit together.
I will probably start working on the helmet next. I need to work on something that i only have to build once LOL.
Thanks for the interest and see you guys soon!