Staar Lord Maan
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Care to share? =]
I'm starting an interest thread soon...stay tuned...
Care to share? =]
Yep...they used a reverse angle shot in the movie. The snaps were on the wrong side...this was driving me nuckn futz! :wacko:lol
Quad Blaster is NERF's name for their toy because you can shoot four darts."Quad blaster" probably sounded cooler for the movie. It's an element gun in the comics.
Quad Blaster is NERF's name for their toy because you can shoot four darts.
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Indeed it does, and likely that's probably as far as they were thinking. I personally figured they named it as such because Quill's gun (at least in the comics) has the ability to use the four elements as ammo. So they might have loosely incorporated that idea into the design. *shrugs* Or they just thought that having the option of firing fours darts at the same time would be cool. But maybe my thinking is too abstract, those blasters of his might not even be a re-invented design of the element gun, maybe he has yet to receive it in the movies. One can only speculate, and I'm likely wasting my time doing so. lol.
Okay, so I started work on my bits and pieces tonight and compared them with these images so I can choose my paints...
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...and naturally this one...
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I like to documet as much as possible so I shot the work area...
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...then my battery started going out...I got these two before proceeding to the Insignia
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What really sucks is that I'm very proud of the process I followed to get to this treatment...
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And of course, the close ups - I don't normally go this close on something but because I missed out on showing how I did it, here ya go.
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And here's the comparison - Mine is on the left and Chris Pratt's in on the right...
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This thing came to me in all black. I did the blue first, (had to mix paint for the first time in 30 some odd years) and dry brushed most of anything you see with red or blue. I then took a small paper towel and rubbed it with gray on the parts surrounding the circle and square. I compared it to the first images you see at the top of this post and realized that there was a bit of beige going on in there so I repeated the treatment using beige instead. The red field had some dark highlights which had to be applied only after dry brushing some red in the valleys of this relief. I went back and dabbed some black in there then took a very small amount of thinner to it to achieve the look. As for the white lines, I had a very VERY small brush and I triple-finger-braces as I painstakingly painted each white line by hand...oh and I did a little white and blue for the valleys in the relief parts of the circle - again, using the image from the movie as a color mapping guide
So there you have it! I'm going to bed now..:sleep
that arm badge looks great!!!
it look like you used enamels form the looks of those little jars, would that be correct?
I've been looking at my badge for days wondering how to paint it, worried im gonna mess it up, or what ever paint i decide to use will just flake right off
Staar Lord Maan! This is coming along amazing! I love following this build!
I have a friend in the patch collecting community who just made the Star Guard patch and has just released it for sale on his site. I thought you or other might find it useful for a build. (Please let me know if this isn't ok to post here. I'm still learning the ropes of the RPF forums)
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Thanks for the tip! Might I inquire what you're using to mount your rocket controls? I've tried finding thin heat shield material and the like to no avail so I'm open to suggestions. So far as the Fiberglass material is concerned, I was thinking that I could saturate the fibers with some 'spray mount' or other kind of rubberized cement and let it dry before cutting it. There is some stuff a plumber friend of mine showed me which, when it dries, is flexible and extremely durable. I just need to part ways with a spatula for this process, LOL :lolBe careful with the fiberglass. It will fray when you cut it, and it will itch like crazy if you get it on your skin!