GAUNTLETS:
Big weekend on the boba build front. After marking out the damage, I had my first experience with Humbrol masking fluid. It worked OK. I had purchased some fine, and super-fine application brushes from hobby lobby that seemed to do the trick! I also utilized my fineline masking fluid that I picked up based on the recommendation by
bh19812 - worked great as well!
First I hit everything with black (after masking), then about 2-3 coats of Rustoleum Claret Wine. Peeled back the masking, and hit everything with 0000 steel wool to knock it down! Tonight, I topically painted “the hump” on the right gauntlet, as well as the area above the gauntlet darts (this is grey, not metallic).
The plan is to hook up my airbrush, and add shading/ details here and there, as well as topically getting into some nooks and crannies. To me, currently, I’m nervous...they came out beautiful, BUT I did reference MOM images to do this. The ones in those images are weathered ALOT more than the Hero armor, but there were more reference images for MOM, so I went with that...
Not necessarily sure what that means, but it’s the first piece of armor that I’ve actually painted, so maybe I’m not building a ROTJ Hero...? Can someone help me out? What am I building...? Hahahahaha!
In all seriousness, I’m shooting for 501st approval with my build. The only reason I’m using found parts here and there are cause it adds to the build and intrigue of Boba and his story.