WIP: Sidewinder ESB blaster almost done!

That looks pretty sweet. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Thanks

I´ve primed it, and come Monday I´ll be going to get the paints I need to start work on this baby.

Hm.. I´m at sort of a challenging point here. The rifle is ready for the first layer of paint, but I can´t decide if I´m going to do a silver layer before the black (which I´ll be misting gunmetal over) or if I should go with the "metalizing" technique the guys use at www.sci-fire.com

Anyone have any tips here? What have you guys who´ve painted up rifles done with yours?

I´ve used the metalizing with ok results on my E-11 before.

I was hoping someone can help me out here. I have painted the black on the blaster with humbrol enamel. Will acrylics work on top of that? I have a vallejo gunmetal acrylic that I can use in stead of getting more paint and doubling up so to speak.

Should be no prob.

If in doubt, try on some scrap plastic first.

SAS

looking good!

Here´s the latest progress. Finished the matte black, then did a misted layer of gun metal, added some rust and misted flat black on top of that again.

Still have to do the woodgraining on the stock and then clear cote it.

Looking great bro keep up the good work. Looking to get one of sidewinder's kits in the near future.

Finally something more to show from my EE-3 build.

Some minor tweaks here and there and it´s done. The flash brought out the grimey black I added to the stock a lot. It´s not nearly as noticeable in normal daylight. Same with the rust.

Nicely done. I like the weathering effects.

Wow, great job mate

great job

Got some updated shots of the final weathering on my rifle. Just have some more grimey black and brown to mist over the scope tomorrow and some red on the greeblies.

The flash kinda ruins the weathering effect, it´s a lot more subtle in normal light. I´ll try to get some pics outside tomorrow.

Here are some pics without flash to give a better idea of how the weathering looks.