Anthrapoid
Super Freak
After having this figure on my shelf since its release, I'm going to take the plunge and color it accurately.
I'm doing it without the need for messy spray paints, which is a huge relief.......... Instead, I'll be using simple colored felt-tip pens; sea green, cobalt blue, hot pink, and lavender. The surface of the armor has just enough fine texture that I can lightly stain it by rubbing the ink into the existing chrome paint. I did some small test areas on my BD version, so the battle damage would hide any mistakes. It worked great!
First, I loaded the Bluray for reference so I could be sure which color belongs where. Then I got an old electric tooth brush with extra interchangeable brush heads; they are round, about 1 centimeter in diameter. I coated the tips of one brush with blue ink from the felt tip pen. I turned on the electric brushing action, and used a piece of cardboard to scrub most of the ink off. Then, with only an extremely small amount of ink remaining in the brush, I worked it into the armor surface. It goes on as a transparent stain, very subtle, yet visible and realistic. The staining action has a perfect fading gradient to it- I love how it looks!
I'm going to start work on the clean ROBOCOP version soon, and I'll post pics when it's done.
I'm doing it without the need for messy spray paints, which is a huge relief.......... Instead, I'll be using simple colored felt-tip pens; sea green, cobalt blue, hot pink, and lavender. The surface of the armor has just enough fine texture that I can lightly stain it by rubbing the ink into the existing chrome paint. I did some small test areas on my BD version, so the battle damage would hide any mistakes. It worked great!
First, I loaded the Bluray for reference so I could be sure which color belongs where. Then I got an old electric tooth brush with extra interchangeable brush heads; they are round, about 1 centimeter in diameter. I coated the tips of one brush with blue ink from the felt tip pen. I turned on the electric brushing action, and used a piece of cardboard to scrub most of the ink off. Then, with only an extremely small amount of ink remaining in the brush, I worked it into the armor surface. It goes on as a transparent stain, very subtle, yet visible and realistic. The staining action has a perfect fading gradient to it- I love how it looks!
I'm going to start work on the clean ROBOCOP version soon, and I'll post pics when it's done.
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