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                        C-3P0 painting suggestions, posted in sci-fi before

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                        flaver
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: ON canada
                        C-3P0 painting suggestions, posted in sci-fi before
                        Posted by flaver on Thursday, December 6, 2007 12:20 PM

                        I started painting a vinyl C-3P0 but the gold is not what I want.

                         I sprayed on a coat of tamyia gold, but C-3P0 is supposed to be a very shiny yellowish gold. 

                         

                        Any suggetions on how to achive this colour?

                         I was thinking about goldleafing but I imiagine it would be next to impossible to polish the gold to bring on a good shine without the gold coming off. I could be wrong as I have never done this. 

                         Thanks

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                        ABARNE
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Southern California, USA
                        Posted by ABARNE on Thursday, December 6, 2007 2:35 PM

                        How about Gold Bare-Metal foil?  I've never used the stuff myself, but car guys use it for chrome trim and bumpers, and airplane guys use it for natural metal finishes.

                        http://www.bare-metal.com/bare-metal-foil.html 

                         

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                        flaver
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: ON canada
                        Posted by flaver on Thursday, December 6, 2007 9:33 PM
                        I use bare metal, mostly to mask canopies howver I am not sure that is the look I am going for, I find with bare metal foil the finish never is not what I am going for.
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                        modlvr
                        • Member since
                          November 2007
                        • From: Vancouver, WA
                        Posted by modlvr on Monday, December 10, 2007 11:22 PM

                        Have you looked at the SnJ metal Paints?

                         

                        http://www.hawkeyeshobbies.com/

                        Andy Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams, 'The Dilbert Principle' www.andyshobbies.com (Not a store) modeler@andyshobbies.com On the bench. Tamiya F4U Corsair
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                        Gigatron
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        Posted by Gigatron on Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:34 AM

                        I have had some decent results using Krylon Brass to get a gold finish.  Every other gold paint is actually antique gold, which is not what most people associate with C-3PO.

                        Just experiment with techniques to get the propper finish.  And try painting over regular primer as well as a gloss black basecoat as they change the relective properties of the brass color.

                        -Fred

                         


                        GIF animations generator gifup.com

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                        wing_nut
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: Piscataway, NJ!
                        Posted by wing_nut on Friday, December 14, 2007 8:15 AM

                        Take a look over at Hyperscale.. CLICK HERE... and look for this thread

                        Silver and Gold! A Tribute to the F-100 Sabre!! In 1/72!

                        that is on page 2 at the moment.  Frank is the master of shiny metal stuff. 

                         


                        Marc  

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