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Title: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Kresnik on February 12, 2014, 11:14:35 PM So after I switched my LED from AS to CG I decided I wanted more or less a darker hilt. So I searched far and wide and ripped off Ultrasabers for a paint scheme.
For the first time I've painted something metal I am not terribly displeased but it didn't come out as clean as I hoped for I plan on doing some touch ups later but there was some drippage and missed areas as well as jagged edges. I used Rustoleum Flat Black, Rustoleum Clear Coat, Elmer's school glue, 400 grit sand paper, painters tape, paper towels, gloves an outdoor area and a lot of frustration. The idea was to get a Dark LE look with the silver accents 1. Sanded all surface area except the thin grooves 2. Applied Elmer's glue to the small grooves 3. Hit with 4 coats of flat black 2x Rustoleum within 48 hours 4. Cut (attempted) to cut out grooves with Elmer's glue 5. 2 layers of clear coat GLOSSY Kind of finished ? The sheen is nice the sparkle from the flat black with the glossy clear coat is very metallic looking. Problem is I missed a few spots ... And the lines I cut were terrible and jagged... I'm omitted the 2 other layers of paint that I sanded off before counting the other layers due to poor dripping / drying / sanding I might sand this all down again in the future and go camo colors. Let's just call the missing paint - "weathering" yeah that's it ... It's weathered (I might actually sand down each edge and do a clear coat to make it look like real weathering) Here it is in it's box getting its final coat dry and when it was all black ... I'll get a shot with the Consular Green tonight... Next time I'll just buy a dominix haha (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/13/8u9y2u7a.jpg) And black (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/13/pu7any2y.jpg) Title: Re: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Calith on February 12, 2014, 11:30:51 PM Are those cotton balls?
Title: Re: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Darth Kitsune on February 12, 2014, 11:36:38 PM For a better, more crisp look when painting, I suggest using painters tape to mask off sections that you don't want painted.
Title: Re: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Kresnik on February 13, 2014, 12:00:14 AM I did use painters tape : I replaced the tape on top and bottom after each dry cycle to fill gaps.
I couldn't get the painters tape thin enough to get into the crease I suppose I will re attempt this method again trying it with the painters tape I'll just use an exacto to cut cleaner lines of tape Title: Re: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Kresnik on February 13, 2014, 12:02:07 AM Not cotton - lint free cloth to stuff in emitter so no paint would get to MLS unit - also used some cut filters to block it off
Title: Re: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Kresnik on February 13, 2014, 12:22:39 AM Thinking I'm going to re sand it down and apply a different color scheme this was more or less a trial and I learned a lot
Title: Re: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Darth Kitsune on February 13, 2014, 12:44:40 AM Definitely use an exacto-knife. If you can, take some small measurements of the grooves so you can go ahead and cut the strips to the width you need them.
Title: Re: Aeon V2 Painted sort of Post by: Kresnik on February 13, 2014, 01:17:17 AM Affirmative I'll play with it until I come up with a design this was more or less a learn as you go practice session ... I'm thinking of going with a jungle kassyhk theme with jungle camo paint scheme
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