Build Diary
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My secondary work desk is topped with dry erase. So I use it to make notes or plan a build out. I knew I wanted to do a non-weathered candycoat for this build.
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The Shin Musha has a lot of fiddly bits. This is just one leg, and just the exterior pieces.
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Torso prepped for paint. I normally paint by batches of the same color, to reduce airbrush cleaning cycles. This time I took the opposite approach, and worked on each unit in series.
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Seaming what was possible. There were A LOT of seams I couldn't seal/fill due to re-assembly. It's a weakness in my workflow I need to improve.
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June was very wet and very humid in Philadelphia. I put a second moisture trap at the compressor, and a third one at the brush. Very necessary with a hose that long.
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Between the shields and the gauntlet covers, these arms have a pretty restricted range of motion.
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Head in the dryer. Instead of using the included green foil, i wanted to clearcoat the eyes in blue, hoping that they'd pass light better.
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Pop Quiz: what's missing from this picture?
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Yep, I lost the hose piece from the inside left knee. I was considering ordering a replacement runner, but decided to try to cast a copy from the other leg.
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Mold on the right, positive was cast from milliput.
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While the replacement was curing, I painted the rest of the leg. This shows the interim step where the primer and metalics are down prior to clearcoating.
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This was the winner of 3 different experiments. The 3 colors listed on top are oil paints over a tan/yellow acrylic basecoat.
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Closeup, and I was very happy with this once applied to the weapons. It is super delicate, so give it a couple days to dry, and apply topcoat liberally.
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I toyed with a few ideas on how to make the katana hilt something special. I figured I would paint it, and cut some studs from styrene rod that I could paint to add some contrasting detail.
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I rummaged around the local crafts store to find some tiny beads that I could paint with Testors Pearl. This was also a big fail. When airbrushed the paint didn't really stick to primed ball chain. Strike 2.
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Oh, so maybe I shouldn't be thinking about attaching stuff to it. Lets bore the sockets out...
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... and then fill them with liquid epoxy. I was thinking I could use the clear green like I did with the head gem, and it'd pass light when lit from behind.
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It worked as designed, but now I have a really tough masking problem. I bored the same side hole into that scrap piece, forced through some funtack, and then put that over the epoxy fill.
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Frisket mask to apply the kanji to the shoulders. One says 'SAMURAI' the other says 'SWORD' (katana)
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Thats a photo of the board from the gameplay session. This is just a test piece.
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And here is the final, printed in color, adhered to cardstock, and sealed with a UV protectant.
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Also made a box for transport, and some custom pillows to keep him comfy. I intended this trophy to change hands as new people win games that challenge for the trophy.
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27 October 2019, 21:42