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PaintedHunter
New Hunter
Build is looking great in spite of the setback with the bucket paint. Anxious to get my own to this point. Thanks for sharing your progress!
How is the weather where you are doing your painting? I have had a tough time with all clear coats when it is cold out. I have ended up setting up an air tight paint booth in my house and painting inside. It stinks and makes the wife angry but I have far less problems that way. From my experience rustolem clear coat is weird. Make sure you read the can on dry cure and re-coat?clear coat times. I have found that often the rustolem plastic paint has to be re-coated or clear coated with in an hour of original application, and if you do not get it done in that time frame you must wait several days for a full cure. I repainted a set of Tie Pilot armor at lest 6 times before I read the cans :facepalm
"Room temperature" in my garage is around 65 degrees lately. My house is pretty well insulated, thankfully! Actually, I believe the "frosting" or "fogging" effect from the Valspar (which I've heard is a common issue) was due to too much humidity, of all ridiculous things. The joys of living in Georgia.
However, I ended up using the Testors Dullcote, and it worked perfectly. Photos will be incoming as soon as I finish up the ears, but I'm incredibly happy with the finish now.
However, I ended up using the Testors Dullcote, and it worked perfectly. Photos will be incoming as soon as I finish up the ears, but I'm incredibly happy with the finish now.
Oh yeah I didn't even think about humidity, I live in the dry dry dry state of Idaho. But my uncle lives in GA and I can for sure see how that would be a problem! I am striking against enamel paints fot the winter. All acrylic or nothing!!! Good to hear that the testors worked out well I am looking froward to seeing the pictures!
Had my first troop in Fett this weekend. The mod I did to the neck seal (sewed t-shirt material behind the velcro) needs another mod... the corner really digs into my collar bone. Other than that, very successful first run and I got quite the compliments on the build and my apparent swagger in the costume 
Here's a photo of me at Ath-Con with Kathleen, one of our new cadets in Georgia that I helped with her Legacy Stormtrooper build.
Here's a photo of me at Ath-Con with Kathleen, one of our new cadets in Georgia that I helped with her Legacy Stormtrooper build.
R4ZORBL4DE
Hunter
Awesome work !!
Jeremy Bullock is such and awesome guy .. met him at MotorCity Comic Con last May and he photo bombed our group photo!!
I had no idea he was behind us until I saw the photo...lol ( I am the Snowy kneeling down )
Jeremy Bullock is such and awesome guy .. met him at MotorCity Comic Con last May and he photo bombed our group photo!!
I had no idea he was behind us until I saw the photo...lol ( I am the Snowy kneeling down )
Haha, awesome! He and his wife were insanely nice, and such a treat to talk with.
The photo above was a result of that serviceman coming and grabbing us because he wanted a pic with Corey and Jeremy. Corey is local, so we're trying our best to get him to suit up in something and come to some stuff with us
The photo above was a result of that serviceman coming and grabbing us because he wanted a pic with Corey and Jeremy. Corey is local, so we're trying our best to get him to suit up in something and come to some stuff with us
Squimspickle
New Hunter
Your build turned out awesome! Nice going! I'll be using this as reference for sure
skaalaluke
Jr Hunter
Excellent work! Your thread along with the many other build threads I've seen are giving me quite the confidence boost to paint my own armor when i get around to ordering it!!!!
Jetpack is finished!
Got decal from Scott Lucks. Paint was all rattlecan, got some advice on blackwash (I mean... brownwash!) from some folks. DVH/Lou's jetpack is a good bit larger than the Man of War, but it's so super wonky, it looks great to me. Lots to touch up on it, but worth it in the end.
I commissioned a leather belt, because I'm not super happy with the pleather/vinyl/whatever it is of the MOW belt. After that, I'm ready to rock.
Love my blinky beacon, though
Got decal from Scott Lucks. Paint was all rattlecan, got some advice on blackwash (I mean... brownwash!) from some folks. DVH/Lou's jetpack is a good bit larger than the Man of War, but it's so super wonky, it looks great to me. Lots to touch up on it, but worth it in the end.
I commissioned a leather belt, because I'm not super happy with the pleather/vinyl/whatever it is of the MOW belt. After that, I'm ready to rock.
Love my blinky beacon, though
