C-3P0 painitng suggestions?

It's a 12" old vinyl model one of the Screamin sets I picked up at my LHS from someones collection.

I would like to get a high shine like he is in the movies, very shiny gold metalic looking not familiar with Rub and Buff where do i find that? 

just did a google search, I will check my local art supply store tomorrow.

Thanks! 

Tambo wrote:

It all depends on what look you are going for.  I build full size costumes with the 501st and have worked a little on the C-3POs.  We have one in a buds garage we are throwing together.  We get lot's of our costume parts Vac metalized.  I also use Rub and Buff, this works very well to make plastic shine and look just like metal.

I did this with Testors gold, brushed on by hand. It needs to be buffed out, but I was really surprised with the outcome. Don't know if that helps.

Well Tambo thanks again for the suggestion it worked great getting his leg silver, however I first sprayed Tamiya gold which came out way to dark, and when I was at the art supply shop they had run out of the Rub and Buff yellow gold so I got a can of Krylon yellow gold spray and that worked great. finished off with a coat of Future and an acrylic black wash.

 for a 25 year old vinyl kit this worked out really well, the eyes I had to paint a with awashed out white over the gold which also came out well, I took a stab at the wiring in his torso as surprising as it was there are not as many good ref photo's which I found to be much use. 

 No I think I will get an R2-D2 and a Vader.

There is a guy in China or Japan that must have bought the old Screamin kits and is selling them re-boxed and much cheaper than the vintage ones.

Thanks again 

flaver wrote:

There is a guy in China or Japan that must have bought the old Screamin kits and is selling them re-boxed and much cheaper than the vintage ones.

Are they vinyl or resin? I'd be surprised if they're originals - probably recasts.

  Rob

They are most likely recasts, however they are vinyl, there are some other figures which are resin but not the scremin ones.

 check it out

http://www.homemedia4u.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=162_190

his ebay store

http://stores.ebay.com/homemedia4uShop

 if you are looking for original screamin kits they are on ebay all the time

You've done a fine job on your finished kit, makes me want to get mine out and finish the detail.

Thanks for the inspiration. 

Thanks!

 I was hoping to order a couple more vinyl kits to keep 3P0 company but instead I got a bunch of finemolds Star Wars for Christmas, so no R2 for now, lol

I don't know if your going to like this, But if you have the money send all the part's off to

www.Chrometechusa.com

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

reminds me of the olderTestors chromed kits.

One of our local guys used them to have some tank semi trailers vacuum plated. 

AWESOME!

 David

nice!

This one is done so I think I will leave it but for future projects, it's book marked.