superjedi
Sr Hunter
UPDATE: October 12, 2013
At last, something that's not gray or silver! Got the base color down for the mandibles
this morning. Lots of masking for a relatively simple stage, but getting nice clean lines is key.
Here are a couple of shots of the increasingly Boba-like helmet.
In the shot above you can see the additional damage that's between and around the killstripes.
I won't do anything else on the actual helmet today. I like to give this coat at least a good
12 hours to really cure up hard before I begin the damage portions. But I will work on a couple
of the accessories. I'll be building a small platform to mount the resin MQ-1 insert behind the
keyslots. The circuit board is just a hair too narrow to completely span the width of the keyslot
openings. This tends to leave a lot of empty space that's visible if you look at it from an angle.
Gluing the circuit board insert onto a wider section of styrene or Sintra will fill that space and
help to give a finished look.
I also need to run by my local hobby shop and buy some more Tamiya flat black and flat white
in preparation for detailing the ear pieces. How could I have run out of black and white paint???
Shameful!
Tomorrow I'll be back at the damage, beginning with the keyslot area.
At last, something that's not gray or silver! Got the base color down for the mandibles
this morning. Lots of masking for a relatively simple stage, but getting nice clean lines is key.
Here are a couple of shots of the increasingly Boba-like helmet.
In the shot above you can see the additional damage that's between and around the killstripes.
I won't do anything else on the actual helmet today. I like to give this coat at least a good
12 hours to really cure up hard before I begin the damage portions. But I will work on a couple
of the accessories. I'll be building a small platform to mount the resin MQ-1 insert behind the
keyslots. The circuit board is just a hair too narrow to completely span the width of the keyslot
openings. This tends to leave a lot of empty space that's visible if you look at it from an angle.
Gluing the circuit board insert onto a wider section of styrene or Sintra will fill that space and
help to give a finished look.
I also need to run by my local hobby shop and buy some more Tamiya flat black and flat white
in preparation for detailing the ear pieces. How could I have run out of black and white paint???
Shameful!
Tomorrow I'll be back at the damage, beginning with the keyslot area.