Been working on a couple of old blasters, plus some other odds and ends. Painted and weathered them, to give to younger cousins and some friends' boys for playing around. And for painting practice for me. Oh, and an E-11 is always handy to have around for my costumes, haha.
Prep work was a night here and there over several weeks for sanding, priming, drying etc, plus refresher reading forums and posts, tutorials, etc.
Weekend weather was finally nice enough to set up outside for a couple of hours and do the bulk of the painting. Because I was painting a lot of similar items, I had a nice little assembly going. Paint one, let it dry while painting the next couple of pieces. Come back to the first one for painting the next effect or layer. The spray paints dried quick enough for this project's purposes, and I also worked on them while still tacky for making some of the textures, like scratching a rough grain effect on the stocks.
Experimented with layers and textures to make wood grain effects and weathering. Fun stuff! Before all these this, I think I've weathered one costume and maybe two blasters, so this was a big leap. I had a lot of fun, and am very happy with the results.
Hasbro 1990s version E-11 Stormtrooper blaster, modded with conversion kit, painted, and weathered
The newer Hasbro Boba Fett blaster rifle. Didn't worry about screen-accurate or whatever.
Random pistol
Random assault rifle
Got a lot done!
In addition to the assault rifles, pistol, stormtrooper blaster, and Fett rifle, I also finished the Hasbro Clone Commander Blaster Rifle (I robbed the scope off of it long ago for another project),va Naboo pistol, and a DL-44 from the old lazer tag game (now where did I put that trigger?!)
...but there's still more work to do! I've got at least four more E-11 stormtrooper blasters for the boys, and another pistol or two to go.
Prep work was a night here and there over several weeks for sanding, priming, drying etc, plus refresher reading forums and posts, tutorials, etc.
Weekend weather was finally nice enough to set up outside for a couple of hours and do the bulk of the painting. Because I was painting a lot of similar items, I had a nice little assembly going. Paint one, let it dry while painting the next couple of pieces. Come back to the first one for painting the next effect or layer. The spray paints dried quick enough for this project's purposes, and I also worked on them while still tacky for making some of the textures, like scratching a rough grain effect on the stocks.
Experimented with layers and textures to make wood grain effects and weathering. Fun stuff! Before all these this, I think I've weathered one costume and maybe two blasters, so this was a big leap. I had a lot of fun, and am very happy with the results.
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Hasbro 1990s version E-11 Stormtrooper blaster, modded with conversion kit, painted, and weathered
The newer Hasbro Boba Fett blaster rifle. Didn't worry about screen-accurate or whatever.
Random pistol
Random assault rifle
Got a lot done!
In addition to the assault rifles, pistol, stormtrooper blaster, and Fett rifle, I also finished the Hasbro Clone Commander Blaster Rifle (I robbed the scope off of it long ago for another project),va Naboo pistol, and a DL-44 from the old lazer tag game (now where did I put that trigger?!)
...but there's still more work to do! I've got at least four more E-11 stormtrooper blasters for the boys, and another pistol or two to go.
