The "I'm painting a Captain America Shield" thread

[Ildegard]

Then, to make the circular brush effect I used the finest sandpaper I found. It was 400 grain. And I screeched very lightly the shield following the ring direction. One ring at time. This operation also milded the chrome paint shining. And paint the blue ring.

 

[Ildegard]

Then I bought the cheapest hair sculpting gel (water based) I found and used to protect the parts of the shield I didn't want to paint with red. I used very much gel to be sure not to paint the wrong place. I spread the gel with bare hands and some time with a brush. This seems like the shield was still inside the ice like the end of the first avengers movie, hahaha.
Then I paint everything with red!

 

[Ildegard]

Then I washed away the gel and thi is the final effect

 

[Ildegard]

Sorry, I wanted to publish this one.

 

[AgentOfShield]

Sorry, I wanted to publish this one.

Is that your own sculpt? It looks fantastic!

 

[Ildegard]

Yes, it was almost simple but you have to build your own lathe. I build the shield in plaster, modelled with the lathe and then some manual correction. Then make the mold etc...

 

[AgentOfShield]

You didn't happen to document the process did you? I'm sure people would like to see how you did it.

 

[Ildegard]

If you check my profile you will find the thread of the costume of the avengers movie I made. In the thread there is the same process made from a sculptor I found at that time (2012). At that time i take the method and this time I made it by myself XD. But in both case I take so few documentation.

 

[AgentOfShield]

Ahh ok thanks!

 

[Gary Pahls]

I know Frosty said awhile back he was thinking of doing a vid if there was interest; is that still a possibility?

 

[Valor]

Thought I would mention. I saw they have metal saucer sleds for sale at Walmart. I know these can be tricky to find at times. Go! Buy them up an make some shields.

 

[gutwrench66kg]

IT CAME TODAY!!!!! *WOOOO!!!!!*


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Time to re-re-read the construction threads and get this thing done!

 

[Wayne Bakken]

On the Walmart carrying the metal sleds to turn into shills front: I called my local and the person said they never got them but showing up in person I found an entire stack of them mixed in with the plastic ones they had.

 

[CT7567]

So I got a saucer sled, cut it out and am now in the process of stripping the paint but wow is that a chore. Not coming off as easy as I hoped but I'm getting there.I'll be able to post some painting pics soon! (I hope)

 

[Wayne Bakken]

I used the citrus strip and just left it be for a good 45 minutes and then it just came off.

 

[CT7567]

I've just been using zip strip which is what they had at my local hardware. I left it on for about an hour and it still didn't come of extremely easy. but it did kind of start to fry before I stated sanding. I hope to do more work this weekend.

 

[dion1701]

Hi, this is the shield I used with the TWS movie costume. It's made with resins and carbon fiber, so it will not shine as much as I would like. Anyway I decided to paint it like the teaser of the movie where almost all the red paint was gone.
First I paint the rings with two different kind of metal paint: alluminium for the "white" ring, the "blue" ring and the star, and chrome for the "red" rings.

I cant believe you killed your dog with that shield! Wait till PETA finds out! BTW AWESOME WORK SO FAR! On the shield, not the dog - I would never condone that.

 

[WebSlingingHope]

should i use plastidip only on armor or can i use it on the shield too?

 

[Kevin Gossett]

Why would you use plastidip on a shield?

 

[AgentOfShield]

Easy repaints/matte finish that the stunt shields have