Hi all! It's been a while
My latest mod-job is actually the first blaster I ever painted. It was looking pretty sad with paint missing from various parts, due to either being overlooked or from wear'n'tear, and a grindy/sticky opening mechanism, so I decided to do a redux version.
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Deploy CS6 Relic.
I love the engineering of this blaster - it's a torch!..
...It's a blaster! The secret to friction-free movement is furniture polish, in case you haven't seen my instagram lately...
Many, many details... There's a few small modifications that change the blaster subtly - the catch and release buttons had surface details removed, the pump-grip was de-detailed and reshaped slightly, the jam door was de-detailed, and the magazine also.
The corrosion and paint-chipping is my usual technique, but skipping the rust step and combining the salt and latex directly on the metal layer.
A second effect employing a water droplet mask was used to obtain the reticulated effect in the colours.
Two grime washes with slightly different tones were used to show the 'open' and 'closed' form in the dirt and grease.
The scratched metal plate was a mis-step where I forgot to remove a latex mask from the panel before the colour step. It was difficult to remove with 2 layers of paint and latex masks, so I had to grind on it a bit - I decided afterward that I liked the effect and kept it as is... I mean, look at the job that black primer is doing there! Magnificent!
The switches and buttons got extra layers of the metal coat to increase their resilience. As a bonus, you can really see the reticulation effect coming through in these pics too.
The trigger was tricky. The plastic they use - a soft, flexible substance commonly used in hi-impact areas such as pull-rings, muzzles and lanyard attachment loops - is extremely resistant to paint. Even sanded to a furry surface, the merest scrape will strip the paint off. Luckily there's little-to-no friction in the assembly.
The contrast between the yellow and orange worked - I over-estimated the difference between bright red and colonial red unfortunately... oh well.
The matt/gloss black on the grips came up sweet - the same water-droplet mask effect as the colours, but resulting in a perished rubber look that I'm more than happy with.
And it moves sweeter than it has for a long time thanks to the aforementioned furniture polish applied while reassembling. The silicon wax is a great zero-residue painted-surface lubricant.
If you made it all the way through, thanks for looking, and keep on Nerfing
