Grumpy Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 Mrbungle is correct. My drop pouches were vacformed.
chadD Posted November 28, 2009 Author Posted November 28, 2009 thanks for postin the pics for me man. and the paint look soooooooo good!!!! what colors did you use for the brown and green camo. I used Valspar brand house paint form Lowe's. colors: Grove (the green) and Chesnut (the brown). Both matte finish.
chadD Posted November 29, 2009 Author Posted November 29, 2009 I finished with the greeblies. I found it was important to take Mrbungle's advice from his "How to" thread and fit the tank topper before painting. I ended up having to cut the hole out and fit the topper in. Then glue plastic inside the tank to hold the topper in. All this was done after I initially painted it, so I ended up having to sand and repaint the top of the tank. Would have been easier if I fit the topper before painting like he suggested
chadD Posted December 7, 2009 Author Posted December 7, 2009 I had a minor setback yesterday. I made the wife mad and look what happened! Needless to say, I didn't make much progress this weekend. No, she wasn't trying to weather it. She told me to "get your [butt] home or I will destroy your [Kashyyk armor]". I decided to call her bluff. As you can see below....that was a bad idea. Luckily, my paint had been curing for about two weeks, and a little turpentine took the black paint right off. I'm sure you can imagine my relief when I saw the black paint transfer off onto the turpentine soaked cloth. I washed the turpentine off and you can't even tell it happened. My weathering even stayed on since I had a solid clear coat over it. I'll have to redo the cod since that is cloth. I'll just repaint that when I paint all the pouches. I was also lucky that my helmet and newly painted calves were put away in the house. Moral of the story...don't explain to your wife how paint bonds together, and what "curing" means. Let her think a little paint will destroy a costume. lol. Note: This only works once
mrbungle Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 HOLY CRAP! i am sorry but i would have beat her with a canepole. that is not acceptable behavior!! glad everything turnd out alright. and yes i am sending you your cumberbund and viser some time this week! oh yeah . the little rubber straps for the chest and back armor on mine a permently attached. make sure you line them up good before glueing them in. the bottom where the armor meets will behiding by your arms.
tk 7261 Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 me and my girlfriend read this and we almost had a heart attack. im glad everything turned out ok
chadD Posted December 7, 2009 Author Posted December 7, 2009 Crazy isn't it I stayed home from work today so I can spend the whole day doing whatever the heck I want. Plus I have a sick day I need to burn up before the end of the month. Wait...uh...I mean I'm sick. Caugh Caugh. Can anybody suggest how to attach the toe pieces? When I walk, the shins want to push the toes off since they sit under them.... By the way, Mr. Bungle, whatever kind of rubber you used to make the straps, that stuff is awesome. It loves superglue! It sticks and ain't going anywhere.
mrbungle Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 i believe it is called vitaflex 60. i love it.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 Very nice paint! By you that is, not the wife. LOL! It's great to take the time to see how you guys are all painting up.
Lonescout Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 HOLY CRAP! i am sorry but i would have beat her with a canepole. that is not acceptable behavior!! glad everything turnd out alright. I was shocked ...its a good thing it came off....If my wife did that....hhhmmm! Your paint scheme looks Awesome!
chadD Posted December 9, 2009 Author Posted December 9, 2009 Thanks dudes! Here are progress pics of my gloves. Simple riding gloves with beer-can-holder foam pads, and leather gauntlets. Still need the wrist greeblies for the gauntlets.
mrbungle Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 starting to come together, now keep that stuff out of your wifes hands!!
tk 7261 Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 awesome. aaahhh the anticipation. cant wait to see it finished
chadD Posted December 13, 2009 Author Posted December 13, 2009 Update. I applied the green ink over the entire set of armor. The ink I used was India Ink "Grass Green". Do this after you apply the protective clear coat, and after everything cures. Just in case you need to remove some ink. My first attempt: You may not notice the florescent hue to the armor in this photo, but in person, you can tell I applied too much ink. Then I toned it down by removing a little ink using ammonia, which removes India ink like it was cool. Don't use alcohol to remove India Ink. Alcohol aids in making it permanent.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Looking nice buddy, real nice! Appreciate the heads up on the ink too.
mrbungle Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 wooooooweeee, don't that look good!! you are doing a great job and i shipped your cumberbund too!!!!
chadD Posted December 13, 2009 Author Posted December 13, 2009 wooooooweeee, don't that look good!! you are doing a great job and i shipped your cumberbund too!!!! Thanks!...Oh, and thanks! Looking forward to getting it. That and the pouches are pretty much all I have left to do
Lonescout Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Realy Nice! WOW! What did you use for the clear coat? Any CV action for us KST who's planning to go!
chadD Posted December 14, 2009 Author Posted December 14, 2009 Oh heck yeah. I already reserved my hotel. Need to get the tickets but that's a given. I plan on being there all four days. Hope to see a group of Kashyyyk scouts there!
tk 7261 Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 hey man is ther numbers for the grove and chestnut collors. cause i was about to head to lowes, but online theres like a bunch of groves and chestnuts and i dont know which to look for.
chadD Posted December 15, 2009 Author Posted December 15, 2009 hey man is ther numbers for the grove and chestnut collors. cause i was about to head to lowes, but online theres like a bunch of groves and chestnuts and i dont know which to look for. Chestnut is EB24-1 and grove is EB21-1. Both are made by Valspar.
tk 7261 Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 cool thanks so much for the help dude. i found the little samples but the store was closing. ill get em tomorrow. i hope my paint job look anywhere near as good as yours cause its sick. you used a cut sponge to paint it right. or did you use a brush? sorry about all the questions
chadD Posted December 16, 2009 Author Posted December 16, 2009 I used a brush. The paint goes on good. No brush marks. The brush gave me good control. It was a "model paint" sized brush for the small work and a little bit larger for filling in areas.
Lonescout Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 I used a brush. The paint goes on good. No brush marks. The brush gave me good control. It was a "model paint" sized brush for the small work and a little bit larger for filling in areas. I used a brush on mine also and plan on it on another kit...Now ChadD ...strap on the armor to give us a test fit...pics..pics...pics...
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