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  3. I am SO close! Couple more questions...

    in Assembly, Mods, and Painting

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    Thanks    I just ordered tactical pads.  Seems the best option both for secure fitting and cleaning.  I did post this a while ago, but might as well ask you - what speaker system do you have, and do you like it?  I may not need a fan here in Michigan until the spring.
    I prefer a fan whatever the weather, as I find the lenses can get a bit foggy. All depends on how much free space you've got in your lid; the more padding and the bigger head you have (like me haha), the more likely it is to fog up

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  6. Tom's LPA NN-14 Blaster Build (Rey's Blaster)

    in Weapons of the First Order

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    It's been a while since the last update, but the the first one is finally done!

    Biggest setback was the metallic paint. I used gloss aluminium, which has a lovely shine to it like in the previous photos, but has 2 issues: first, it rubs off easily and dulls. Second, protecting it with clear coat dulls it too (gloss clear or even aryclic gloss clear). I've sampled the aluminium gloss enamel spray, however, while it doesn't rub off, it seems to be quite dull anyway, and I'm yet to test that with the clear coat. Interestingly, metallic brushed nickel doesn't rub off, and doesn't dull under a clear coat (only issue being the slight gold hue to it). Currently waiting for a metallic silver to test. All these are Plasti-Kote paints by the way

    In the end I stuck with the gloss alu and the clear coat as it was going to be weathered anyway.

    For weathering I've used a Tamiya weathering set for the scorched muzzle, and a mix of brown and black oil paint for the grubby oil effect :)

    Onto the next one!5aea12158410660b7be707a95679bb5b.jpgeca9ae78105cb4fe0fface3f14f4198f.jpg27ed597e90bf710c274dc7a69f2c2b91.jpg9247b999c9740ee760b8fd689dde8633.jpg850d31162d9ebae05eda5f99ca71f25a.jpg5ae74db061b1b8f896c8d24d2c656777.jpg1ee74ae10aebef8fb8571a1454b75475.jpgef181cb480e4d4c8ddc3d068927d0e33.jpg73c2c095f604952ba380c7a2dd793375.jpg

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  9. Tom's LPA NN-14 Blaster Build (Rey's Blaster)

    in Weapons of the First Order

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    Paint work coming along nicely! In places anyway haha.

    Gloss black on the grips, real screws fitted. Gloss aluminium on the rest. For some reason I got a few little bubbles on the main blaster body when I painted it. Not quite sure why this happened, was nice and smooth beforehand. Perhaps I held the can too close. Anyway, another blast of sanding and repaint and it's looking better. Any thing left over will hopefully add to the weathered effect.

    Assembly soon!c01ce59da444520cdecdcf72849b826a.jpg1a6485da39dcd949f3633c138d1dd5b8.jpgb06bd4592725955f140a0f5316001f45.jpg39d1d702e7d1e2d288b5481d6ce549a5.jpg

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  11. Tom's LPA NN-14 Blaster Build (Rey's Blaster)

    in Weapons of the First Order

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    Alright. Been a while since the last post, life and all that, but making some more progress here.

    Most of the resin parts are all cast and ready to go. Had to fill in the odd gap with some putty, but overall they came out pretty nicely.

    Have drilled out a few holes, some for the real screws to go in, other to attach the barrel and s-part (think that's what it's called).

    Once the putty is dry, there's a little more sanding to do then onto the painting, woop!0b024a572b91a647ee09c2e3c05f8e2f.jpg5150b8ea970744fac3d3adf5ea1386f8.jpg5cb2ee7c6670ec15f435c29f8e315051.jpg

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  20. Tom's LPA NN-14 Blaster Build (Rey's Blaster)

    in Weapons of the First Order

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    Made the all the containers for the one part molds today. The main body, hammer, and part that sits down from the barrel I'm gonna do in 2 part molds tomorrow, as they're an awkward shape.

    PunishedProps have some great videos and resources for Reys blaster, there s a free vector diagram which I used to help on the 3d drawing (though I've edited the grips a little on mine so they're closer to reference pics), so credit owed to punished props there! They also have vids on one and two part molds, they really inspired me to try this route, so worth of watch if anyone's interested..

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