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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mara Jade's Father" data-source="post: 4110991" data-attributes="member: 9">Re: My Builds: Ahsoka Hilts, Rey Staff, Blasters, Hilts, Medal, Necklace, Dice, etcStarted working on the Solo Hoth Blaster.First thing I wanted to work on was the muzzle to see if i could achieve the look I wanted.I think a lot of people on this project went one of two ways. They either went with accurate (prevailing theory) and no knurling and drew on the knurling. Or they went total idealized with double row knurling.  I instead went with a third option... single row knurling.   Not sure who else chose this option on a Solo Hoth blaster. [ATTACH]678058[/ATTACH][ATTACH]678057[/ATTACH][ATTACH]678056[/ATTACH]Like I stated before, I am not going for an accurate prop look but instead an idealized look.The challenge for me was how do I capture prop details of the muzzle without cheapening the look of the blaster with painted silver muzzle and and draw on knurling and translate it into an idealized look.First thing I did was wet sand the muzzle with 600 grit paper.   This did two things: It dulled the finish as to give it a matte appearance closer to that of painted resin (which is also the prevailing theory of what the real prop part might be) and prepped the base for the application of Aluminum Black (love that stiff).The next thing I did was coat the entire muzzle with Aluminum Black until the whole thing was solid black.  I then used the wetland paper to to remove the AB until I was happy with what remained to replicate weathering and carbon scoring.  I removed all the AB from the raised knurling leaving nice straight and spaced black lines around the diameter.   I then used a wooden toothpick to scrape out AB in the recessed area of the knurling.  I scraped around the diameter in the middle of the knurled row in an uneven manner to convey the look of the uneven lines on the real prop. I'm happy with how it looks.  I am afraid to keep fiddling with it.  I am considering using a matte craft spray on sealer.</blockquote>

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