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paul053 wrote:Good job mate. Nice to see you do something bling.

So you finally give air brush a try? How is the air condition? My work desk isn't close to the window so I couldn't do it and if I do, my wife will kill me. She isn't even happy when I'm doing the spray in garage.

Blinglebee! If someone else had done this I'd probably say it was too bling for my taste. What a hypocrite!

It's not actually airbrush but spray can. I used high quality paints that come in cans with good atomization. I spray outside and it works fine as the air conditions here aren't as bad as in Malaysia from what I'm told. I even did some spraying while it rained - standing under an umbrella ella ella.

Mykltron wrote:Haha! I think he's been hacking our emails! No, he was talking to me. IT IS MY THREAD YOU KNOW

You never know...they're watching...everywhere...EVERYTHING!

paul053 wrote:Good job mate. Nice to see you do something bling.

Mykltron wrote:I spray outside and it works fine as the air conditions here aren't as bad as in Malaysia from what I'm told. I even did some spraying while it rained - standing under an umbrella ella ella.

Yeah, rub it in, why don't ya.

Mykltron wrote:Haha! I think he's been hacking our emails! No, he was talking to me. IT IS MY THREAD YOU KNOW

Yep!

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:You never know...they're watching...everywhere...EVERYTHING!

And yep!

Oh! So it's the spray. I thought it was this. Sorry when I asked about air condition, I mean the air condition inside your room after you air brushed. Lol on under the umbrella. That's why I did them in garage. But in winter time when it is really cold, it's not fun.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Nice job as always! You really pimped the hell out of this ride...

Funny you should say that. The paints used have been used in the TV show 'Pimp My Ride'.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:But what would a comment be without the nitpicks?

Er... perfect?

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Believe you me, I had to search real hard for anything to complain about. The only thing is that I would have preferred his gray metal parts to be a little more matte. Same thing with the blasters.

Skywarped and I have discussed this via email. I watched T.M.I. today and I still think that the grey parts need to be shiny. Mirror shiny.

Mykltron wrote:Funny you should say that. The paints used have been used in the TV show 'Pimp My Ride'.

Seriously? And Bee actually survived getting coated with automotive paint? I keep hearing stories of how certain "hot" industrial or automotive paints melted the plastic of their model kits or TF's.

Or did you prime it with something first?

Mykltron wrote:

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Believe you me, I had to search real hard for anything to complain about. The only thing is that I would have preferred his gray metal parts to be a little more matte. Same thing with the blasters.

Skywarped and I have discussed this via email. I watched T.M.I. today and I still think that the grey parts need to be shiny. Mirror shiny.

I can't argue about the rest of the TFP cast, but as far as Optimus is concerned, I still think many of his gray parts are matte. The parts on his torso, especially his collar/trapezius area, is a dark matte gray.





Note the matte on his hand and fingers.



Another image of his collar/shoulder area.

Honestly, I think this might be more of an inconsistency by the animators than anything else, especially between the live-action animation and the promo pics.



Here's he's all shiny, but in the vidcaps, he's got quite a few matte areas, such as his fingers and hands.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:I can't argue about the rest of the TFP cast, but as far as Optimus is concerned, I still think many of his gray parts are matte. The parts on his torso, especially his collar/trapezius area, is a dark matte gray.

Yes, I agree. Those parts around his neck are pistons and such - internal workings. His hands get used a lot so will be scratched more. I'll bear these in mind when I work on him.

I want wrist swivel on mine, so he looks more accurate, too.

Autobot032 wrote:I want wrist swivel on mine, so he looks more accurate, too.

It's nowhere near as complicated as the operation to make his weapon magnet-attached. Do it.

Mykltron wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:I want wrist swivel on mine, so he looks more accurate, too.

It's nowhere near as complicated as the operation to make his weapon magnet-attached. Do it.

Where'd you get the ball joint from? I have a couple of junkers willing to make the sacrifice... I'm assuming you used epoxy or super glue to put the balljoint and the hand together?

That's great work! I wanted to do similar, but without using gold. I couldn't find any metallic flake yellow paint, so I just applied the Reprolabel stickers, a little silver paint and then hit it with a shiny clear coat. Glad to see how well the gold actually looks though. Keep up the good work.