Really happy with how it turned out! Decided to show it off to strangers for now as I haven’t given it to him yet and i know he isn’t on here. 😆. And it lights up!

    • PiJiNWiNgOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Thanks!!!

      Here’s a quick rundown:

      • printed all parts in PETG
      • Sprayed all parts with multiple liberal coats of sand and fill primer
      • sanded things down with disposable nail files (wasnt too finicky, mostly wanted to smooth the box part and get rid of some bad layer lines on the posts)
      • wiped everything down to get rid of the dust (i sanded only a few hours after spraying, so there was hardly any dust anyway, but just to be sure
      • based coated all parts in metallic gunmetal (sans “neon”)
      • heavy metallic silver dry brush over most everything
      • assembled it
      • dry brush stippled dark rust around most the rivets/edges, and anywhere grime would settle (way easier to tell where that would be when its full assembled)
      • Dry brush stippled bright orange rust color over top of the brown areas where corrosion would be worst
      • came back through with light silver dry brush in non corroded area (i got a little overzealous with the dark rust color)
      • used a homemade oil wash (black and burnt ochre oil paints mixed with some mineral spirits) over top of all the gears, and ran a heavily loaded brush along the top edges and over rivet, letting the wash drip dpwn the sides.
      • after it dried for 5-10 minutes, i used an old frayed brush to lightly drag the wash down to make the big drips look for natural
      • After i was done, I realized i overdid it a bit again, and went back through with some mineral spirits and cotton swabs to re-expose some of the “bare metal” in the centers of the panels. I love oil washes! You have a ridiculous amount of time to manipulate the paint before it dries up, and looks terrific after it’s dry.

      And there you have it!