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Really happy with how it turned out! Decided to show it off to strangers for now as I haven't given it to him yet and i know he isn't on here. 😆. And it lights up!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity, what is your painting setup/process? Nice work!

[–] PiJiNWiNg 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks!!!

Here's a quick rundown:

  • printed all parts in PETG
  • Sprayed all parts with multiple liberal coats of sand and fill primer
  • sanded things down with disposable nail files (wasnt too finicky, mostly wanted to smooth the box part and get rid of some bad layer lines on the posts)
  • wiped everything down to get rid of the dust (i sanded only a few hours after spraying, so there was hardly any dust anyway, but just to be sure
  • based coated all parts in metallic gunmetal (sans "neon")
  • heavy metallic silver dry brush over most everything
  • assembled it
  • dry brush stippled dark rust around most the rivets/edges, and anywhere grime would settle (way easier to tell where that would be when its full assembled)
  • Dry brush stippled bright orange rust color over top of the brown areas where corrosion would be worst
  • came back through with light silver dry brush in non corroded area (i got a little overzealous with the dark rust color)
  • used a homemade oil wash (black and burnt ochre oil paints mixed with some mineral spirits) over top of all the gears, and ran a heavily loaded brush along the top edges and over rivet, letting the wash drip dpwn the sides.
  • after it dried for 5-10 minutes, i used an old frayed brush to lightly drag the wash down to make the big drips look for natural
  • After i was done, I realized i overdid it a bit again, and went back through with some mineral spirits and cotton swabs to re-expose some of the "bare metal" in the centers of the panels. I love oil washes! You have a ridiculous amount of time to manipulate the paint before it dries up, and looks terrific after it's dry.

And there you have it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] PiJiNWiNg 1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Right. It looks so smooth.