Day off! Gonna try to put a good dent in this little dude. As I said, I painted him his base color the other day, since then he's gotten a few more greeblies, a light and his front side slightly weathered. Here he is so far.
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I hit him with the rattle can this morning for that exposed "bare metal" look. As I said, only his front side at the moment.
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Now this was an accident, but I actually love the way it looks. I super glued this clear plastic lense in place and the glue seems to have "fogged" up the lense. One of those more than welcome accidents.
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First light in place
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Not sure what this is supposed to be, but I think it looks pretty groovy
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Here's one side unweathered
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He's happy to see you guys
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Now I have an issue to address. I taped everything off to spray on the silver, and when I went to peel the masking tape off, some pieces peeled off his orange base coat, very upsetting. Any ideas how I can continue his bare metal look and avoid this? I sanded him before painting, so I'm not sure.
I really don't want to break out my brush and acrylic silver paint for this part, it goes on almost transparent, so it requires many coats. With the rattle can I can just tape'em off and blast him one good time.
Also, I know the contrast between the silver and orange is pretty sharp. This will be toned down later when I move on to another form of weathering.