Hedonist Farmer
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Hello everyone, here are some pictures of my recently finished project. It's a Westar-35 blaster in the live action version, as seen on the show The Mandalorian, most notably used by Bo-Katan and the Nite Owls. This is a purchased 3D printed kit from etsy that i assembled and painted using mostly Alclad metal colors.
Here is how the kit arrived, it was in several pieces, and the quality of the print was already pretty amazing, but i still went on and applied a coat of smooth-on XTC 3D to help me in the sanding process and remove most of the print lines.
I then proceeded to drill and add real metal hardware in place of most of the screws and bolts printed on the model, to give it a more realistic look and feel. I glued together the whole thing and sealed the only major gap in the body with milliput putty. Then on to painting.
These are the color i've choosen, looking at the very few clear reference pictures that i've found from the show: Steel, pale burnt metal, black and gunmetal. All colors are from Alclad line of metal colors, except for the gunmetal that i already had at home, which is from Vallejo. It is important to note that this model is not 100% accurate to the show used prop, it was a personal interpretation from the artist that 3d modeled the thing, so i also decided to go with the most accurate colors i could find, but give my own interpretation to the color pattern (while still being fairly close to the show). I cannot reccomend enough the aqua gloss finish if you are working with metallic paints and props, that stuff really sells the effect of metal and turns your plastic into an amazingly realistic metal piece.
Here are the first two colors down, steel for the main body and black with a thin layer of gunmetal for the upper part, to give it a bit of a sheen.
And the final result, with the pale burnt metal added and the final acrylic weathering. The grip was handpainted using acrylics, dark brown for the main base coat with drybrushed wood color on top and a black wash to make it pop.
This was a really fun project. Any quastions are more than welcomed.
Cheers
Here is how the kit arrived, it was in several pieces, and the quality of the print was already pretty amazing, but i still went on and applied a coat of smooth-on XTC 3D to help me in the sanding process and remove most of the print lines.
I then proceeded to drill and add real metal hardware in place of most of the screws and bolts printed on the model, to give it a more realistic look and feel. I glued together the whole thing and sealed the only major gap in the body with milliput putty. Then on to painting.
These are the color i've choosen, looking at the very few clear reference pictures that i've found from the show: Steel, pale burnt metal, black and gunmetal. All colors are from Alclad line of metal colors, except for the gunmetal that i already had at home, which is from Vallejo. It is important to note that this model is not 100% accurate to the show used prop, it was a personal interpretation from the artist that 3d modeled the thing, so i also decided to go with the most accurate colors i could find, but give my own interpretation to the color pattern (while still being fairly close to the show). I cannot reccomend enough the aqua gloss finish if you are working with metallic paints and props, that stuff really sells the effect of metal and turns your plastic into an amazingly realistic metal piece.
Here are the first two colors down, steel for the main body and black with a thin layer of gunmetal for the upper part, to give it a bit of a sheen.
And the final result, with the pale burnt metal added and the final acrylic weathering. The grip was handpainted using acrylics, dark brown for the main base coat with drybrushed wood color on top and a black wash to make it pop.
This was a really fun project. Any quastions are more than welcomed.
Cheers
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