Interest DaveP's 40th Anniversary Luke Hero (Interest Thread)

[Sithslayer]

Great news Dave! Thank you for all your hard work.
Question about the planned V2/V3 run: will that include the V2 motorised stunt again? And are you planning a V3 Obi stunt as well or is that too similar/lacking enough reference photos?

 

[DaveP]

Great news Dave! Thank you for all your hard work.
Question about the planned V2/V3 run: will that include the V2 motorised stunt again? And are you planning a V3 Obi stunt as well or is that too similar/lacking enough reference photos?

Hi Mo! So this time around, the emitters will be machined separately. To allow for using the body as either V2 or V3 (The thumb screw hole will be added by myself). It just works out more cost effective that way and will hopefully help to keep the price down.

So for now, the motorised Obi stunt will be a little later. I hope that's ok. It will be returning eventually though.

 

[nash]

Im in for a v2

 

[SethSolo510]

I couldn't resist, had to jump on the V1 Fully finished. Was so ecstatic with the ISYHCANL, so had to complete the set!

 

[Media Man]

I was lucky enough with the weather being in the 70s today...

Pics soon

 

[Media Man]

Anddd the grand reveal....

I'm pretty happy with the overall paint job. My first go around with the black I messed it up so I had to redo it. That meant stripping it with IPA and remasking which wasn't partially fun to do. Way more satisfied with the new black though. A piece of advice for people working on a kit- Mask off the silver rings!! I didn't because I thought sanding back the black that was sprayed over would be simple enough. It was very time consuming because I was using a very worn sanding sponge as to not sand away parts I did not want to. And it was also stressful because the bottom ring is so close to the full black section. Anyways this is my paintjob! Tell me what you think!


Sorry for the poor camera quality too lol. My phone is old.

Edit- Does the gold color seem too yellow? I'm stuck finding myself comparing it to references and it just seems too bright to me. I followed Halliwax's Ace Antique Gold tip. Is that the paint people are still using, at least in the US?

 

[thd9791]

Very clean paint job!

Personally I use with the ace halliwax mentioned or VHT metallic Gold Flake, I think it’s caliper paint

The only two golds with the orange hue in the US I swear lol

 

[Media Man]

Very clean paint job!

Personally I use with the ace halliwax mentioned or VHT metallic Gold Flake, I think it’s caliper paint

The only two golds with the orange hue in the US I swear lol

Yea, my gold could use a little bit more orange to it. Looking at other builds with the Ace spray they seem to be a warmer tone. Could be my lighting. Maybe I'll go over it one more time in the future but at the moment it came out pretty nice.

 

[thd9791]

I like it too, especially that you re did the black I think you saved it. It’s as clean as the real deal on camera!

When you re do it, you’ll want to leave this silver

Only the resin post prod stunt floating around exhibits has this!

 

[Media Man]

I like it too, especially that you re did the black I think you saved it. It’s as clean as the real deal on camera!

When you re do it, you’ll want to leave this silver

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Only the resin post prod stunt floating around exhibits has this!

OHH haha! I didn't even realize! That's an easy fix for me to do. Mannn I should have looked closer at my references! I knew that the gold was painted under the emmiter but I should have paid more attention. Thank you for pointing this out!

 

[thd9791]

I did the saaameee thing on my first one lol

Still looks great, shiny as hell, did you do a chrome layer beneath it?

Here is my current setup for inspiration too, with a third picture because I repainted my motorized Obi wan

 

[FLS89]

Anddd the grand reveal.... View attachment 1809444

I'm pretty happy with the overall paint job. My first go around with the black I messed it up so I had to redo it. That meant stripping it with IPA and remasking which wasn't partially fun to do. Way more satisfied with the new black though. A piece of advice for people working on a kit- Mask off the silver rings!! I didn't because I thought sanding back the black that was sprayed over would be simple enough. It was very time consuming because I was using a very worn sanding sponge as to not sand away parts I did not want to. And it was also stressful because the bottom ring is so close to the full black section. Anyways this is my paintjob! Tell me what you think!


Sorry for the poor camera quality too lol. My phone is old.

Edit- Does the gold color seem too yellow? I'm stuck finding myself comparing it to references and it just seems too bright to me. I followed Halliwax's Ace Antique Gold tip. Is that the paint people are still using, at least in the US?

Which paint did you use for the neck?

I would recommend the Ace Antique Gold if that's not what you used, but it's hard to tell from the picture.

Also, one thing I've found with this paint is that it can sometimes look a bit too glossy. In order to fix this, what I recommend is to LIGHTLY go over the paint with 0000 steel wool after it's cured. It will then look a bit dull and pinkish, this is normal. After this, use a tiny piece of paper towel with an extremely small amount of rubbing alcohol and wipe the entire surface of the paint. It will magically bring the color back to normal, but will then be less glossy than before.

I know, seems weird, but it works. Just make sure you don't use too much rubbing alcohol, and don't rub it too much. Just like once or twice and it immediately brings the color back to normal. You may want to try this before you repaint it just so you can see how it works.

 

[Media Man]

OHH haha! I didn't even realize! That's an easy fix for me to do. Mannn I should have looked closer at my references! I knew that the gold was painted under the rings but I should have paid more attention. Thank you for pointing this out!

Which paint did you use for the neck?

I would recommend the Ace Antique Gold if that's not what you used, but it's hard to tell from the picture.

Also, one thing I've found with this paint is that it can sometimes look a bit too glossy. In order to fix this, what I recommend is to LIGHTLY go over the paint with 0000 steel wool after it's cured. It will then look a bit dull and pinkish, this is normal. After this, use a tiny piece of paper towel with an extremely small amount of rubbing alcohol and wipe the entire surface of the paint. It will magically bring the color back to normal, but will then be less glossy than before.

I know, seems weird, but it works. Just make sure you don't use too much rubbing alcohol, and don't rub it too much. Just like once or twice and it immediately brings the color back to normal. You may want to try this before you repaint it just so you can see how it works.

Yep I used the ace gold. I'll try that trick! I don't really think I'll repaint it unless it becomes damaged. I'll post a few more pics in better lighting when I get the chance to.

 

[Media Man]

View attachment 1809551View attachment 1809552View attachment 1809556I did the saaameee thing on my first one lol

Still looks great, shiny as hell, did you do a chrome layer beneath it?

Here is my current setup for inspiration too, with a third picture because I repainted my motorized Obi wan

No chrome, just the bare aluminum.

 

[FLS89]

Yep I used the ace gold. I'll try that trick! I don't really think I'll repaint it unless it becomes damaged. I'll post a few more pics in better lighting when I get the chance to.

Here’s an example from mine. The pinkish color is after lightly going over with steel wool, and then the more orange/vibrant color is after the alcohol wipe.

 

[Media Man]

Here’s an example from mine. The pinkish color is after lightly going over with steel wool, and then the more orange/vibrant color is after the alcohol wipe.

That looks really close! I'll give it a try today!

 

[FLS89]

Yea, worst case, if it doesn't work for you, just spray another coat over the top and it's back to the original look.

 

[Media Man]

I can't tell you how excited I am for this. Finally got all the vintage parts for the control box!

 

[Media Man]

Better? I redid the gold.

 

[FLS89]

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Better? I redid the gold.

Yup looks much better. Did you do anything differently? Color looks good now.