Thanks a lot! I appreciate that! Not gonna let it get me down, in fact I have Already moved on to the left ear!
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Thanks a lot! I appreciate that! Not gonna let it get me down, in fact I have Already moved on to the left ear!
Thank You Very Much I appreciate that! I will be updating later today as I progress with the left ear.
Greetings All, sorry so long between updates. That whole life, wife and kids thing, you know.
jumping right in with the left ear already painted in humbrol 60 and all masked up ready for the next color, 28 & 64, 1:1 mixed.
here it is after about 4 coats, I wanted to ensure all the red was sufficiently covered.
finally got to re-painting the right ear cap. Just hope I can make the stripes look as good as the first time I did them. (Freaking masking tape!)
Thanks again for checking in and be well!
jumping right in with the left ear already painted in humbrol 60 and all masked up ready for the next color, 28 & 64, 1:1 mixed.
here it is after about 4 coats, I wanted to ensure all the red was sufficiently covered.
finally got to re-painting the right ear cap. Just hope I can make the stripes look as good as the first time I did them. (Freaking masking tape!)
Thanks again for checking in and be well!
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Greetings All, hope you all are doing great and ready for the weekend.
This is one part that concernes me mainly because of color mixing; humbrols 78 & 159, 1:1. Anytime there is mixing involved it's always dicey, but overall I am happy with how it turned out, but I do see a few areas that can be touched up (the red especially) after it cures and gets rubbed with a bit of 0000 steel wool.
I just now noticed there is a little spy in the background there!
thats all for now. Gonna enjoy the weekend with the Fam and save the mandible and headband area until early next week. The finish line on this is getting closer and closer!!
Thanks again for checking in and be well!
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Thanks A Lot! I appreciate that!
This is one part that concernes me mainly because of color mixing; humbrols 78 & 159, 1:1. Anytime there is mixing involved it's always dicey, but overall I am happy with how it turned out, but I do see a few areas that can be touched up (the red especially) after it cures and gets rubbed with a bit of 0000 steel wool.
I just now noticed there is a little spy in the background there!
thats all for now. Gonna enjoy the weekend with the Fam and save the mandible and headband area until early next week. The finish line on this is getting closer and closer!!
Thanks again for checking in and be well!
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Sweet! The details are everything, and I think you're doing quite well. Keep it up
Thanks A Lot! I appreciate that!
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toofastrobot
Active Hunter
Get well soon man, nasty bugs going around recently.
Thanks Bro! I appreciate it!
Yeah its been pretty rough here in the house here as of late. Stomach bug, lower back aches and pain, etc. can't wait to get rolling again and get the bucket done! Hopefully within the next few days!
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Thank You! I appreciate it!
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BobasDent1138
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Feel better brother! We all need some fett inspiration ! ;D
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I appreciate it Bro, thanks! More to come soon, I promise!
Greetings All, I apologize for my apparent lack of progress as I have been dealing with a few physical ailments as of late. I am pretty much through the worst of it now and am at a point where I am finally able to press on with the project. So without further ado, here are a couple of updates;
First, I re-did the mini-Killstripes after that masking tape disaster!
Next after masking up the bucket and spraying on a few layers of diamond dust, I let it sit for a few days while I was spending a very, unpleasant amount of time in my bathroom (when I was dealing with the stomach bug) ((not fun!!)). Then, a week later, after I starting to feel better, I began tracing out the silver and gray damage areas on the front mandible areas.
I wish it was as easy as just cut and paste, but....
after the gray and silver were traced and hand painted on, I started putting on the custom purple color of humbrols 73 and 104. Everything I read about this color said to mix it 1:1, but when I first did that, it looked WAY too purple, almost Barney the Dinosaur purple (YUK!). After some trial and error and a few days to rest my back I came up with what I believe is a pretty good match. The true test will be when I am able to see it up against the red once it goes on, but we will cross that bridge when we get there.
I then turned my attention to the left ear decal. I hand traced the design with a chalk pencil (easy to erase and start again!)
then just painted it in with some humbrol 34. While I had the white color mixed and ready I went ahead and did the "thumbprint" and damage area on The Killstripes.
Well, that about covers it for now. I pray that the next time I update that the red color (73) will be painted on and the light at the end of the tunnel (for the bucket anyway) will be well within sight!
Thank you all very much for your patience, thanks as always for checking in and Be Well!
First, I re-did the mini-Killstripes after that masking tape disaster!
Next after masking up the bucket and spraying on a few layers of diamond dust, I let it sit for a few days while I was spending a very, unpleasant amount of time in my bathroom (when I was dealing with the stomach bug) ((not fun!!)). Then, a week later, after I starting to feel better, I began tracing out the silver and gray damage areas on the front mandible areas.
I wish it was as easy as just cut and paste, but....
after the gray and silver were traced and hand painted on, I started putting on the custom purple color of humbrols 73 and 104. Everything I read about this color said to mix it 1:1, but when I first did that, it looked WAY too purple, almost Barney the Dinosaur purple (YUK!). After some trial and error and a few days to rest my back I came up with what I believe is a pretty good match. The true test will be when I am able to see it up against the red once it goes on, but we will cross that bridge when we get there.
I then turned my attention to the left ear decal. I hand traced the design with a chalk pencil (easy to erase and start again!)
then just painted it in with some humbrol 34. While I had the white color mixed and ready I went ahead and did the "thumbprint" and damage area on The Killstripes.
Well, that about covers it for now. I pray that the next time I update that the red color (73) will be painted on and the light at the end of the tunnel (for the bucket anyway) will be well within sight!
Thank you all very much for your patience, thanks as always for checking in and Be Well!
skaalaluke
Jr Hunter
You are killing it on your painting! Keep up the good work, look forward to the next updates!
Greetings All. Time for a real quick update. The mandibles have been all masked off and the bucket is finally ready for some humbrol 73!
Well, in the words of Lando "here goes nothing!"
So far, so good. I wish to get a few more coats on and let it sit for a bit before I take all the masking off. If all goes well, I should be able to post a "reveal" a bit later this evening/morning.
Thanks as always for checking in and Be Well!
Well, in the words of Lando "here goes nothing!"
So far, so good. I wish to get a few more coats on and let it sit for a bit before I take all the masking off. If all goes well, I should be able to post a "reveal" a bit later this evening/morning.
Thanks as always for checking in and Be Well!
