Got my vest in from Kurt today and wanted to walk through the steps I take in finishing it out.
First thing I am looking at is coloring the Pauldrons. Started with the left.
Here is the raw shoulder piece:
First thing I did was tape off the piece I wanted to color with painter's tape:
Next I took a tube of Goldfinger's Sovereign Gold metallic paste (supposedly what was used in the movie) and using a Q-tip, very very lightly covered the armor, leaving the creases empty.
From there, I took a paper towel and evened out the gold, almost, but not completely filling in all the cracks. If you wanted to look like a new, shiny Judge, this is a pretty good look.
Because I DON'T want to look new and shiny, I then took a scotch brite and knocked down the brightness. I also used a wet Q-Tip to clean the creases back out a bit.
Still, not quite happy with the look, I continued to use the scotch brite and a wet Q-Tip to add additional weathering and to further define the creases. Finally, off with the tape. Obviously this still needs a bit more roughing up, but I think it is a pretty good start.
And here is the Stuss left shoulder compared to the original. Again... the weathering leaves something to be desired, but it is getting there.
One of the really nice things about Goldfinger's Soverign Gold is that unlike Rub-N-Buff (that we are used to working with on Jango Fett), the Gold can be relatively easily removed from the leather-covered armor.
First thing I am looking at is coloring the Pauldrons. Started with the left.
Here is the raw shoulder piece:
First thing I did was tape off the piece I wanted to color with painter's tape:
Next I took a tube of Goldfinger's Sovereign Gold metallic paste (supposedly what was used in the movie) and using a Q-tip, very very lightly covered the armor, leaving the creases empty.
From there, I took a paper towel and evened out the gold, almost, but not completely filling in all the cracks. If you wanted to look like a new, shiny Judge, this is a pretty good look.
Because I DON'T want to look new and shiny, I then took a scotch brite and knocked down the brightness. I also used a wet Q-Tip to clean the creases back out a bit.
Still, not quite happy with the look, I continued to use the scotch brite and a wet Q-Tip to add additional weathering and to further define the creases. Finally, off with the tape. Obviously this still needs a bit more roughing up, but I think it is a pretty good start.
And here is the Stuss left shoulder compared to the original. Again... the weathering leaves something to be desired, but it is getting there.
One of the really nice things about Goldfinger's Soverign Gold is that unlike Rub-N-Buff (that we are used to working with on Jango Fett), the Gold can be relatively easily removed from the leather-covered armor.