skaalaluke
Jr Hunter
Looks like you're doing a stellar paint job! Keep it up!
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Looks like you're doing a stellar paint job! Keep it up!
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Still looking for a solution to the poor decal adhesion... :/
At least it's looking good on the vest!
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Your painting is fantastic !!! The SE is my fav build...Do u do painting commissions?
Thank you! Honestly, that's very flattering considering this is my first Fett paint up. I am open to commissions, but I'm a bit focused on completing my own build right now. My experience in Fett painting is minimal, but I've been an artist all my life so I'm just trying to apply myself. I have yet to finish the jet pack or helmet so judging by how those come out I can dictate wether I have the confidence on another member's armor.
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I understand... but I def notice your talent as an artist your super talented, and I would totally trust u painting armor for me. Do u live in the states?
Thank you! Honestly, that's very flattering considering this is my first Fett paint up. I am open to commissions, but I'm a bit focused on completing my own build right now. My experience in Fett painting is minimal, but I've been an artist all my life so I'm just trying to apply myself. I have yet to finish the jet pack or helmet so judging by how those come out I can dictate wether I have the confidence on another member's armor.
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I am humbled by your comments. Yes, I'm in Southern California. Did you need an SE Fett painted up?
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You could sand the surface of the armor and hit it with some 3M or Bulldog adhesion promoter. I think there are some Japanese Mr. products that are decal adhesion promotion related, I'd give that a quick google as well.Still looking for a solution to the poor decal adhesion... :/
At least it's looking good on the vest!
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The paint job looks great, but it is for the ROTJ Hero and not for the ROTJ SE. To achieve the SE look, you should use the ROTJ stencils along with images from the AoSW and C-IV exhibits. Also, the scratched green (which is too dark and green) on the abdominal plate should be the same with the ones on the chest plates, but as I said, this paint job is for the ROTJ Hero setup.
Thank you for your comments, they are highly appreciated and some of the most important I've received. I suppose this will screw with my 501st cert... Talk about making THE mistake. Hah
Ugh... I think I'm going to have a smoke and lie down before I decide to bury my head in the sand. I suppose the route now is strip it down and start over? This just got a bit overwhelming... I realized the ab plate green was darker but everyone's color list has that dark green listed for the raised ab plate damage so i kept getting confused and just followed the directions even though the green looks lighter in the stencils. I am using Rotj stencils and attempting to get those SE tones by cross referencing with the SE studio shots. I realize the damage isn't "exact" since I didn't trace it but eyeballed it... So many people just saying to paint an Rotj body with an ESB head... I guess I should've looked into it more... I'm putting a tarp on this for now.
Feeling pretty defeated...
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Don't feel that way, because you can still have a chance for a ROTJ SE, just talk to the liaison of the 501st garrison and see what are the requirements. Worst case scenario, you can cover those chipped off green spots with the armor base green. Also, you will need the Pre-Pro #2 left knee stencils to achieve the SE look:
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Hopefully... It's a bit tough not being hard on myself since I'm my own worst critic. I think I just need to sit back for a bit and take a breather. For mere context, I've been looking to join the 501st and my goal is to get a solid SE impression down but with my own twist. At first I was looking for "screen-accuracy" but with more research I found out I wanted to take some small yet deliberate artistic liberties. I followed the ROTJ stencils closely but I didn't trace the damage traditionally since I found some of the chipping on the armor to be a bit "unrealistic" and "brushy" for my taste and I decided to make a more "idealized" version of the SE Fett by making my application of the chips and damage a bit more in line with the shape of the armor and the blast points but still not distracting from the original design too much. I never really understood the "mind of its own" that the weathering sometimes has with its ability to bend the paint where it wants and chip them in others. If the structural integrity of the armor is compromised over a certain area, that whole area should be chipped in my opinion. The properties of the paint should remain consistent to get a more realistic effect. It's also the reason why I used extra directional splatter on the gauntlets and bluing on the flamethrower nozzles. If you could point me in the direction of that pre-pro 2 stencil that would be awesome because my searches turned up nothing and I had to eyeball that one with the SE photo shoot pictures.
Doesn't look like an Rotj knee to me, does it?
I toned it a little more orange so that it would match the armor tonality and not stand out so yellowish though.
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You could sand the surface of the armor and hit it with some 3M or Bulldog adhesion promoter. I think there are some Japanese Mr. products that are decal adhesion promotion related, I'd give that a quick google as well.
Oh! Anyone know someone who can sell me the appropriate scuba rig and US divers buckle? Replica or real deal, not much matter to me.
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