Depends what you mean exactly. Metallic effect and chrome are two different things. Chrome like mirror chrome? Alclad 2 over gloss black is the only closest paint method to actual chrome plating that I've seen and is the defacto method in the industry.
Really? Haven't heard of those. They used alclad on the Terminator endo skeletons. I have the video that's shows how they did the different looks. Looked good to me.
Do you have a link to that video?
Which Terminator are we talking? Legacy did Genisys and that was all alumaluster or other Imperial Products I believe. Legacy is one of the biggest users of Imperial paint, I can't imagine them using Alclad.
It was SW School Of Charactor Arts tutorial that I purchased on painting metallic techniques. The examples were T3 and Salvation. I can't remember the guy's name. He took you through all the paints from Alclad to cheap spray paints for the home hobbyist. But Alclad was the one he said they used. The Terminator skulls he used looked fantastic and film ready in Alclad. I'm no expert and you know better than me but I assumed that's what they used all the time. He didn't use or mention any other Pro paints.
Rob Ramsdell. Link: https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/t...utorial-metallic-painting-stan-winston-school
T1/T2 used actual plating. T3 and Salvation used paint, like Alclad.
How is it "chroming" if it isn't chrome, or even chrome-like?
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=272691 - CHROME pen
I take your point, however I wouldn't want to do a large piece with a pen
It's good to know there are others out there. I plan on a 1984 T1 Arnie for my next project. Sorry I thought alclad was king.
T1 and T2 used vacuum metalizing which is very different to chrome plating.
T1 was vaccum metalized, while T2 was actually plated.
A quote from Shane Mahan, that can be found in The Winston Effect:
"The first Terminator robot was made of a plastic material, like a lens cap that might have the look of chrome but is really plastic, We'd run the robot pieces through an electrostatic process to apply a metallic finish; but in shooting the first Terminator, we'd found that it chipped very easily. That was a heavy action film -- as this one would be -- and we were constantly bashing that thing through walls. So, by the end of shooting Terminator, the endoskeleton puppets were literally patched together with paint and tin foil. ...By the time we got to Terminator 2, we used an actual chroming process for making the endoskeleton.
Honestly it's not like it really matters. I don't intend to vac metalized or plate anything anytime soon. I like my Alumaluster.. Legacy FX does too.