jkno Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Not long ago I was talking to a former high school colleague and friend who works now at the local museum at a restauration sector. He is a big sci-fi fan and likes SW too. He visited my house and showed him my collection, then I discussed with him about weathering my SDS Stormtrooper blaster which was too pristine for my taste. I have the MR Stormtrooper blaster which is clean, shiny and idealized, then I have the real demilled Sterling which has some cool wear and tear spots like a real gun has, and then the SDS blaster which was very clean. I decided to weather the SDS version quite a lot, to make it look like it was used in battles all over the galaxy. The small Sideshow blasters that came with their 1:6 figures inspired me to do this too, they have nice weathering as well. Thus together with my friend we used silver paint which gave a lot of depth to the Hengstler counter and to the other protruding parts, which would get scratched in real life too. It also separated the folding stock part from the body of the gun really well. When I visited the museum he showed me a few WWII weapons and we decided to go with heavy weathering and scratches on the SDS Stormie blaster exactly like it was on some of those real "war used" WWII rifles. I know the real scope is bronze, but I didn't want to use two different paints for weathering. Some could say the blaster is a bit over-weathered, but this is exactly as I wanted it since as I said I already have a pristine looking blaster (MR) and a lightly weathered one (the Sterling is lightly weathered like any real weapon would be). The funny thing is that even if I totally hate painting I did most of the job myself, under my friend's supervision, he only corrected a few things he considered needing his pro hand. Some bad quality pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt black Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Nice job mate. Looks much better with the weathering in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK bondservnt[501st] Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 nice. what about the brass on the hengstler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkno Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Nice job mate. Looks much better with the weathering in my opinion Thanks my friend!! nice. what about the brass on the hengstler? Thanks. As I said above: "I know the real scope is bronze (or brass), but I didn't want to use two different paints for weathering" I also didn't want to use my real Eagle Hengstler and the scope on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomshakra[TK] Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) Very timely post - I am about to start the weathering process on my Doopys E-11! Yours looks great! Edited May 10, 2012 by boomshakra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkno Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Th funny thing is that I worked with some of my friend's professional tools but I also used a simple toothpick (he uses one too when restoring various museum pieces) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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