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[Tiderius]

I'm excitedly nervous to jump into my first build for the 501st. A few weeks ago I ordered a resign bucket cast from KSA Props. Unfortunately I didn't tell my partner to wait to throw out the box and I'm now short the snout and vent greebles 🤣 KSA is awesome and sending me cheap replacements.

Anyways on to pictures of the cast:

My next steps are to trim, spray with filler primer and sand

Edited August 14, 2019 by Tiderius
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[Tiderius]

Jerry's Artarama is having a big sale so I ordered four cans of Montana Gold Sahara Beige, a can of Montana Gold Shock Brown Dark, and some masking fluid. I was looking at some of the reference photos and noticed comments about how almost black the brown undercoat was on the bucket. Going to try to use Shock Brown Dark and masking fluid for the initial wear.

[BikerScout007]

Yeah I used a walnut brown for the undercoat on my armor. 

[Tiderius]

Got home quite late after stopping at Lowes after work to pick up some Dremel bits for trimming and some Epoxy to smooth out the 3D print line detail on the resin cast

First Rough Trim with the cutting wheel before it got totally dark:

Also, regarding the ClearWeld, is this right stuff to use on the helmet? I haven't opened it yet and don't want to mess anything up.

[BikerScout007]

15 hours ago, Tiderius said:

Got home quite late after stopping at Lowes after work to pick up some Dremel bits for trimming and some Epoxy to smooth out the 3D print line detail on the resin cast

First Rough Trim with the cutting wheel before it got totally dark:

Also, regarding the ClearWeld, is this right stuff to use on the helmet? I haven't opened it yet and don't want to mess anything up.

I used that stuff.  It was fine.  

[Tiderius]

Several days of progress. The ClearWeld work but it was so stinky and it wasn't as "moldable" as what I was wanted. Ultimately the thing that worked best was drywall putty for plugging nail holes. Tons of priming, sanding, filling, repeat and then finally got the Shock Dark Brown coat on as well. I'm unsure of the texture of the brown and if its correct but unless someone tells me I've made a terrible error then I will be doing the masking fluid tomorrow in preparation for the Sahara Beige.

[mr paul]

5 hours ago, Tiderius said:

Several days of progress. The ClearWeld work but it was so stinky and it wasn't as "moldable" as what I was wanted. Ultimately the thing that worked best was drywall putty for plugging nail holes. Tons of priming, sanding, filling, repeat and then finally got the Shock Dark Brown coat on as well. I'm unsure of the texture of the brown and if its correct but unless someone tells me I've made a terrible error then I will be doing the masking fluid tomorrow in preparation for the Sahara Beige.

The brown should not be textured at all.

[Tiderius]

4 hours ago, mr paul said:

The brown should not be textured at all.

Just to clarify, does my brown look wrong in the photos above?

[mr paul]

1 hour ago, Tiderius said:

Just to clarify, does my brown look wrong in the photos above?

I think I may have replied to your post in ST Fam as well. Your choice of brown colour is probably fine but having the brown layer textured is not the right order to do things. The brown coat should be smooth and glossy. The beige top coat should be textured.

[Tiderius]

1 hour ago, mr paul said:

I think I may have replied to your post in ST Fam as well. Your choice of brown colour is probably fine but having the brown layer textured is not the right order to do things. The brown coat should be smooth and glossy. The beige top coat should be textured.

Okay, that makes sense. Should I sand it smooth and layer thin coats of brown until its more uniform?

[mr paul]

1 hour ago, Tiderius said:

Okay, that makes sense. Should I sand it smooth and layer thin coats of brown until its more uniform?

If you are wanting to put the work in then you may as well sand it all back smooth and repaint it the dark brown.

[Tiderius]

11 minutes ago, mr paul said:

If you are wanting to put the work in then you may as well sand it all back smooth and repaint it the dark brown.

Alright, more sandpaper ordered 😅

[Tiderius]

Holy moly sanding in the Austin heat is fun. Last night I got through the center section at the top of the bucket and one of the side sections next to it before I was overcome by sweat. Hope to get in another panel or two tonight.

My Montana Gold Sahara Beige came in the mail  yesterday  but its going to have to wait until I've got the helmet back down to a nice smooth finish and a nice untextured brown on top of it. Goal is to have some brown on it by the weekend but we'll see, this is a good test of my patience.

[RogueHigh501]

Looking good!!


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