Snake Eyes Build Log
Assembly
Prep for painting and priming
Basecoated
Customized head. Aluminum wire and greenstuff
Nope, not good enough. Not happy with this paintjob, it's cruddy. I think I was just impatient.
This is the MK1 curing oven, to keep dust (and me) away from parts as they dried.
And while I was building the curing oven, I stripped the parts all the way down. Used OxyClean and Windex. Paint came right off, primer was far more stubborn. Took about 5 hours or brushing/scrubbing/scraping.
Ok, back to the start.
I promised I would slow down, and this drying oven helped me do that. By speeding up each drying phase, I'm more willing to wait.
Had to scrape off the factory paint, and file down seam lines on the Katana, which is 1/12 scale action figure surplus.
This is a mask i cut out of styrene sheet, for the Ashkirage clan insignia
Paint coming off has been a constant problem, still need to slow down even more.
waterslide decal under the clear lens
Painting done
Gloss coated before panel lining and waterslides
A truly WTF moment when I discovered this.
Prepping for panel lining and waterslides, and this shoulder pad just cracked off. Never seen anything like it.
Komentáre
6 January 2019, 23:10
M M
It seems to me that people that do figures have next level painting skills. Nice work. May I ask how you did the red detail? Was that a straw you made a mask with? There are no captions on your photos
It seems to me that people that do figures have next level painting skills. Nice work. May I ask how you did the red detail? Was that a straw you made a mask with? There are no captions on your photos
12 January 2019, 06:13
Alex Murphy
That is a mask i cut out of a styrene sheet. I tried to cut it out of masking tape, but it wasn't strong enough at that scale.
That is a mask i cut out of a styrene sheet. I tried to cut it out of masking tape, but it wasn't strong enough at that scale.
12 January 2019, 06:24