Ramrider wrote:I love this. I've got a few plans for Bumblebee reworks as well, when I can get 'em, and Goldbug is one of 'em. This is looking top notch. Exactly how did you build up the face? I'm not familiar with waxing.
I don't know exactly how the jewelers do it, but this is how I was taught in dental school. Basically I use a small alcohol burner, fill it with methyl-hydrate (I could not find the ethanol I was supposed to use for it, this seems to work just as good).
I don't know the specific type of wax (I get it from my lab tech). Basically you place a heat carrier into the flame, dip it in the wax to get a melted drop. Pass that through the flame again and drop where needed. You basically carve back what you do not want. When you are done you can use a pair of nylons to polish it up.
For Goldbug's head I used the dremel to get the basic shape I wanted. Drilled a few holes in the head to act as retention for the wax and went to town.
I agree with all who said the optics need work. I was just impatient and threw a couple coats of paint on one of my reject heads. My original plan was to go with a more cartoon/toy look with the blue head. Although I kind of like the gold head. Just a little more tweaking (hopefully later this week).
As for the type of paint, I found it in the craft section at walmart. The brand is FolkArt (Plaid).
The gold was created with a 50/50 mixture of 660 Metallic Pure Gold and 917 Yellow Ochre. The picture does kinda look a little pea-soupish, but it is more gold in person. I didn't want a high metallic shine with the gold, hence the mixture. The copper is the same brand, 664 Metallic Copper. It took a ton of thin coats to get it looking good, but it works pretty good.
Thanks for all the comments. Hope to have some more to show later in the week.