MrTeabag
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I just finished my DL-44 Blaster project and I'm very satisfied with the end result!
I started out with sanding away all raised lettering, filling out all the holes with putty, drilling out the missing holes on the blaster muzzle and of course went over the entire surface again with some sand paper to prep it for the paint job.
After the preparation work I coated the blaster with a Flat Gray Primer and then applied two coats of Flat Black Spray Paint.
After that I applied some basic detail work on the handle and the muzzle for which I used regular acrylic paint.
After the ground work was done it came to making the blaster look old and used. I lightly painted all the edges of the gun with some silver acrylic paint and dirtied up the muzzle with watered-down black paint.
In addition to the paint work I crushed some pencil lead into powder and brushed it all over the blaster surface to give it a dull metallic gun look. It worked like a charm and really added a lot to the piece!
Lastly I wanted the scope on the top to look more accurate and more like a separately added piece so I glued some thin gold rings (that I found in a little hobby shop) to either end of the scope. (The rings were actually only available in the same size so I had to bend and cut one of them to shape to fit the smaller end of the scope!)
(I also added some more gold paint to the top piece of the scope.)
And here's the finished blaster! I'm really happy with how it all turned out!
I started out with sanding away all raised lettering, filling out all the holes with putty, drilling out the missing holes on the blaster muzzle and of course went over the entire surface again with some sand paper to prep it for the paint job.
After the preparation work I coated the blaster with a Flat Gray Primer and then applied two coats of Flat Black Spray Paint.
After that I applied some basic detail work on the handle and the muzzle for which I used regular acrylic paint.
After the ground work was done it came to making the blaster look old and used. I lightly painted all the edges of the gun with some silver acrylic paint and dirtied up the muzzle with watered-down black paint.
In addition to the paint work I crushed some pencil lead into powder and brushed it all over the blaster surface to give it a dull metallic gun look. It worked like a charm and really added a lot to the piece!
Lastly I wanted the scope on the top to look more accurate and more like a separately added piece so I glued some thin gold rings (that I found in a little hobby shop) to either end of the scope. (The rings were actually only available in the same size so I had to bend and cut one of them to shape to fit the smaller end of the scope!)
(I also added some more gold paint to the top piece of the scope.)
And here's the finished blaster! I'm really happy with how it all turned out!
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