Hello all,
I am a complete nube here and have yet to even receive my DoopyDoo's order for an E11 (I ordered it Sunday morning 3/9...you guys know how long they usually take to ship?).
Anyway I am fascinated by all the discussion, photos and back and forth here. But I have been thinking really hard about how I want to finish my E11. There seems to be a lot of effort to replicate the movie props and I might just do that after all but, right now I am leaning to making my E11 a "real Stormtrooper Blaster". Which is not an attempt to make a replica movie prop but to make a "real stormtroopers weapon".
I saw a blaster painted in a flat smooth finish and it looked great! All new and clean just like it had been issued on the Death Star from the weapons locker a month or two ago. Wouldn't every stormtrooper want his weapon to be as nice and clean? After all their lives depend on it's function, they better take care of it. I would like to add some wear/scuff on the black finish because it has been used a bit and stored away in a locker right? So to me I think the finish might be a completely smooth- simigloss black, very modern and not unlike the Death Star itself...clean, sharp, and maintained because the Empire can afford such things (after all we are reaping in all that tax money from the outer planets yes?). I think a smooth flat or simigloss finish would be very in tune to the entire style of the Empire itself. A crinkle finish just isn't what I see on the Death Star in the movie. Let those Sandtroopers have the dirty guns, Im on the Death Star and we keep sharp! You never when know when you might bump into Lord Vader or worse the Emperor himself !
Anyway just have a bit of fun. I thought I would add my cent and a half because I do not really see anyone talking about making our E11's as "real blasters" but as movie props. What do you guys and gals think about choices in finish. What is the most popular finish out there now?
Thanks!
Russell