clean job, i can't imagine how much paint it's needed to cover that beast.
Is that the final looking you want or are you planning to dirty him a bit?
Not as much paint as you'd think. I'd say it's:
- 1.5 cans of matt black
- 2 cans of Tamiya fine primer (love that stuff)
- 1/2 - 2/3 can of 400ml Painter's Touch Real orange (EDIT — Beware! Antsnest found this particular paint has solvents that can react with Bandai plastic. Mine likely worked because I went heavy with the Tamiya primer)
- 1 can silver
- 2-3 cans of white
That's still a lot of spray paint, but I've spent more on smaller projects.
It's not as clean as it looks - the friction fit of the parts takes some man-handling so there are a few scratches here and there. I'm going to weather him as per the screen prop. I'm trying to work out the process they used. It looks stippled on and lifted off, and built up in layers with a black-brown.
Here's a crop of Disney's press pack shot of BB-8 for reference:
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