What Paint to Use on Hasbro Boba Fett Blaster?

[StefTrooper]

Hello,

I have decided that my 7 year old son will have the best Boba Fett costume possible.

I bought him a Hasbro ROTJ Boba Fett blaster and figured that I would simply buy some grey Krylon Fusion paint for a simple and durable paint job. The only problem is that they don't make flat grey, and their grey primer doesn't work on plastic!

Does anyone know of a good quality, safe paint that I can use to get it to look close to the one pictured below?

Thanks!

 

[Superkrates]

Testors model paints are my recommendation - cost effective, easily gotten and durable. Also, you can go the 'Fusion' route and use Testors Flat clear (3oz spray) to achieve the dull weathered look while protecting the finnish underneath.

 

[StefTrooper]

Testors model paints are my recommendation - cost effective, easily gotten and durable. Also, you can go the 'Fusion' route and use Testors Flat clear (3oz spray) to achieve the dull weathered look while protecting the finnish underneath.

Thanks very much for the tip. Do you know if other paints would adhere to the Krylon Fusion if I were to used a Krylon Satin finish?

 

[jasonw2112]

Before you paint the blaster, you may want to scuff the plastic with a red scotch brite pad for better paint adhesion. Be sure to clean the plastic with at least some rubbing alcohol before and after this process.

As far as the fusion paint, I believe it is an enamel, same as testors model paint. So if you stick with the enamel paints, you should be fine. Just try to let it set in the sun for awhile, so the paint can cure

 

[slave1pilot]

Primer grey base
Then a gloss black coat
mask the black scratches
then a Very dark flat grey coat
remove mask and sand the areas that need it to show the grey primer underneath
weather it with "Terra cotta" color acrylic craft paint to show the "Rust"
add thinned down gloss black by the Phantom bomb rack pieces.


Here's a repaint i did of the master Replicas EE-3 using the above method (more or less :cool)

BTW- "new" Krylon is garbage

I use Flex-Fill Automotive primer.
http://www.amazon.com/FLEX-FILL-Dominion-Sure-Seal/dp/B002HOP3S6

 

[Superkrates]

Thanks very much for the tip. Do you know if other paints would adhere to the Krylon Fusion if I were to used a Krylon Satin finish?

Spray paints from Krylon, Rust O'leum, Ace. Tamiya & Testors all adhere well to fusion. The following prop was wiped with 'Degloss' (no sanding or scotchbrite needed), primed with 'Fusion' and painted with the above finishes (yes, the chrome is a Krylon color). The key to a good finish with today's 'rattle-cans' is to warm the can in hot (not boiling) water for 2 minutes before shaking and to spray multiple light coats according to manufacturer's directions - the chrome only takes 10 seconds of dry time between coats, so placing parts out in the sun to dry is counter-productive.

http://www.therpf.com/f9/zf-1-superkrates-finished-open-1-1-a-80671/