Thanks Mojo! I really got lucky with the color as I don't have and airbrush (soon to be remedied!) and am slave to the rattle-can at the moment! Just happened to be a primer color that Lowe's had.
Overall, I'm happy with it.
So after a successful burn test today (I love my job!), I got to work weathering. I laid a coat on both the bright silver and the red oxide. Then after an hour or 2, I inspected and reapplied to the red oxide only. I think she's just about there. Let me know what y'all think.
If your not 100% happy with the weathering you could always take it back a little with some very fine wire wool (lightly) to get some gradients in depth of weathering?
There is next to zero reference pictures of the sidearm 'out' of the holster it is hard to tell and lends itself to personal preference.
Good idea on the wool. I think I'm going to let sit a day or 2 and see what I think then. I'm happy with the silver, just not sure on the red oxide just yet.
I agree let it sit with ya for a couple of days and see how you feel, plus you'd want the paint to 'cure' properly before any rubbing with the wool.
Shown below is what I did for a commission based on the sidearm I did along with a ref pic? may help?
Looks great bro! Did you hit that wool? I think part of why I'm not super happy about it, is the way the grip looks. I know yours is cast, but I really like the texture of the grip. I think I might try to tape up some plastic and see how well it takes a texture. Or I could heat it and try to imprint a texture on it. Maybe??? Or I guess I could go buy a grip and glue it on there... Gonna have to move away from it for a bit. Maybe work on that jetpack...
Cheers, but I think the advantage of the Pulce is that it has the textured grip, so it allows for more depth of weathering.
I know what ya mean about possibly stepping away, come back with fresh eyes and intentions.. lol
Nice work! This is one of the reasons I came over here from the RPF. I need to build myself a sidearm for my ESB fett and I found that most sidearms are just too spendy and disappear too quick! Thanks for the nice series of pics. Gives me something to follow and keep me out of trouble! Thanks for posting this build!
Hey Dechels nice wip I bought a sidearm off the Bay back before I knew better and with this thread as a guide I'm gonna mod it . I need to get a few items at Lowes and I'm all set. Thanks for this it's a big help!