PiotrRasputin's Death Trooper WIP

[PiotrRasputin[501st]]

So before we got to freezing temperatures, I tried my last bit of painting the top most face piece, and a section of the main helmet that needed to be sanded and redone because the clear coat formed visible drip marks. I masked off the good areas and just repainted and clear coated the area I needed (ignore the dust on the helmet, it came off after the picture was taken).

Is there a way to buff this out, or am I just going to have to sand it down with high grit sand paper again and repaint/clear coat it?

 

Also, while trooping our Thanksgiving Day parade in Downtown Chicago, a fellow garrison member told me he has a full paint booth setup at his home, so we are going to set up time in late December to paint the the face piece the gloss black that it needs. I'm also bringing my 3D printed E-11D blaster to paint the scorched end of it as he is really good with airbrushing.

Which brings me to the meat of the update.  Been working on the belt to more properly secure the boxes in place.  

I assume the placement looks good?  I just need to secure the left most box, the leather pouch and attach the hidden 2" plastic clip on the other end to make it a functional belt.

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

"Is there a way to buff this out, or am I just going to have to sand it down with high grit sand paper again and repaint/clear coat it?"

"Tis but a scratch!" 😆 As long as its only in the clear coat or paint you can buff it out with auto rubbing compound, then hit it with a polishing compound. If it's into the primer or material, it will definitely need to be wet sanded and repainted.

I assume the placement looks good?  I just need to secure the left most box, the leather pouch and attach the hidden 2" plastic clip on the other end to make it a functional belt.

Placements look good. Good idea to wait on the rear pouch until you can put it on and position it correctly before affixing it. I can't tell you how many times I have seen DTs with their rear pouch way out of alignment. 

[PiotrRasputin[501st]]

19 hours ago, Chaos said:

"Tis but a scratch!" 😆 As long as its only in the clear coat or paint you can buff it out with auto rubbing compound, then hit it with a polishing compound. If it's into the primer or material, it will definitely need to be wet sanded and repainted.

Which type of cloth should I use to hand buff it out?  I have a sponge drill attachment, but last time I tried buffing it out, I burned the clear coat.

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

Which type of cloth should I use to hand buff it out?  I have a sponge drill attachment, but last time I tried buffing it out, I burned the clear coat.

When I have to polish any paint or clearcoat on any of my armors I use an orbital hand buffer. You have to take it slow and use very little pressure when doing it as to not generate any friction heat.

https://www.amazon.com/DECKER-WP900-6-Inch-Random-Polisher/dp/B000077CPT/?th=1

If you want to hand buff with the polishing compound, I have used the sponge that comes with the Turtle Wax cans.

[PiotrRasputin[501st]]

Picked up the rubbing and polishing compounds over the weekend.  Going to attempt the clear coat fix this weekend when i'm officially on vacation. 

In the mean time, I grabbed some Tamiya Gloss Black airbrush paint for the last part of the face to paint with a fellow garrison member at his place. 

Another member was kind enough to print out the vinyl E-11D decals and will be shipping them to me. Big thanks to @Chaos for the files.

 

 

Which leads me to my next question:  what paints did any of you use to get the scorched look on your blasters?

[DoggyDoc[CMD-DCA]]

On 12/16/2024 at 12:40 AM, PiotrRasputin said:

Which leads me to my next question:  what paints did any of you use to get the scorched look on your blasters?

I used Alclad2 Hot metal paints  

 

https://alclad2.com/finishes/hot-metal/