Blackfalcan
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A few months back I saw one of these PADD's go up for auction on eBay. It was the first time I'd seen this design, and since I really love building these things, I set out to add one to the collection.
I built it out of the typical 1/8 " laser cut acrylic, but I REALLY didn't feel like trying to paint all the detail. Luckily for me, a family member recently purchased a very nice vinyl cutting machine. So, I made the appropriate files, and got started.
Base paint on - it was way too shiny. This led to a matte clear coat, which had a bad reaction with the black paint. Agh! It was a mess.
First set of vinyl overlays on the front.
This is the complete pattern for the back. I will remove part of the silver and replace it with gold later. The reason for this is that by applying all of the lines simultaneously I was able to keep the spacing perfect.
At this point, I have all the vinyl applied, and all three layers glued together. My first batch of screen images came back the wrong size, so I have to have them reprinted. I will add more photos in a few days when I get the new prints.
I built it out of the typical 1/8 " laser cut acrylic, but I REALLY didn't feel like trying to paint all the detail. Luckily for me, a family member recently purchased a very nice vinyl cutting machine. So, I made the appropriate files, and got started.
Base paint on - it was way too shiny. This led to a matte clear coat, which had a bad reaction with the black paint. Agh! It was a mess.
First set of vinyl overlays on the front.
This is the complete pattern for the back. I will remove part of the silver and replace it with gold later. The reason for this is that by applying all of the lines simultaneously I was able to keep the spacing perfect.
At this point, I have all the vinyl applied, and all three layers glued together. My first batch of screen images came back the wrong size, so I have to have them reprinted. I will add more photos in a few days when I get the new prints.
