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My first repaint!

Postby Quaternion » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:11 am

Weapon: Dual Impact Maces
I took a knock-off G2-cyberjet and repainted him like the "botcon stryker" wreckage deco. I call him Sky Stryker. Basically, I ripped off Jin's color scheme found here:
http://www.angelfire.com/mech/jinsaotome/JinsDangerousToys/Stryker.html
Jin's paint job is much better. I'm still trying to get some of the techniques down.

Here are some pictures. What do you think? Anyone with any pointers, tips, comments, or criticisms are welcome!
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Postby Ash » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:18 am

thats Friggin awesome for a first try!!
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Postby rpetras » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:26 am

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Very good, especially for a first attempt!

Keep up the great work!
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Postby Ramrider » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:48 am

Looks great; actually it's not entirely unlike the repaint version of that mould (Strafe in the US, but just a redeco of Space Case here in the UK)), only a little more weathered. Like lots. :D
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Postby Quaternion » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:55 am

Weapon: Dual Impact Maces
Thanks for the nice comments!

I had a lot of trouble with the ball joints chipping. So, I sanded them and shielded them with super glue to prevent chipping. It was difficult to sand the joints evenly. Does anyone have any pointers on how to deal with repainting joints?
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Postby spiritofcat » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:00 pm

That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.
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Postby Quaternion » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:01 pm

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spiritofcat wrote:That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.


I was going for the weathered look. Do you have any links to tutorials for better techniques?
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Postby olokin » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:23 am

Pretty good for a first try! I guess your going for a more realistic coloring. Nice.
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Postby i_amtrunks » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:29 pm

Nice work for a first repaint. Hope my first attempt looks half as decent when I finally get around to it!
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Postby spiritofcat » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:11 pm

Quaternion wrote:
spiritofcat wrote:That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.


I was going for the weathered look. Do you have any links to tutorials for better techniques?

Have you had a look at Jin's tutorials? http://www.jinsaotomesdangeroustoys.com/guides.html
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Postby Quaternion » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:18 pm

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spiritofcat wrote:
Quaternion wrote:
spiritofcat wrote:That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.


I was going for the weathered look. Do you have any links to tutorials for better techniques?

Have you had a look at Jin's tutorials? http://www.jinsaotomesdangeroustoys.com/guides.html



Yeah, those are where I started from. They are great, but they really only scratch the surface of the techniques. I guess practice makes perfect. I'm just going to keep painting knockoffs for now.
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Postby Devastator » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:51 pm

He looks better than my first repaint that's for sure!
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