Poikilotherm
Sr Member
Yes, a gentle dry sweep, as if dust had fallen on it, or at least that's what I would do.
Help. I’ve contracted MoMM (Magic of Myth Madness)…
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shawnmeunier
New Member
This is different from the MoM cave saber - but ya. I know all of them have been painted, repainted, touched up over the years and that trying to colour match an image from 40 years ago - is a bit of a fools errand.
I'm just tryin' to get it a little closer to what I THINK it looked like if Luke had made it new. Like most have said, likely just a little weathering will get me where I want to be.
shawnmeunier
New Member
I've never used this stuff before - is it easy to apply? Goes on dry and stays? I don't wanna be handling the saber and it get on my hands... Is it practical to apply all over it?Yes, a gentle dry sweep, as if dust had fallen on it, or at least that's what I would do.
Poikilotherm
Sr Member
Just like flour, it is used in dry conditions.
Of course you can also leave it out and let your Hero saber work through the natural environment to complete the dust accumulation, which should take a long time to take effect.
shawnmeunier
New Member
I've heard that some people had stripped and repainted their grenade section with a matte black - but I'm not sure if that's necessary. I think you've presented a good solution to dulling down the shine - and giving it a subtle aging. If it's like "flour" though - won't it rub off?Just like flour, it is used in dry conditions.
Poikilotherm
Sr Member
Depending on how hard you dry sweep, this effect will develop when you wipe it off.
shawnmeunier
New Member
Cool, my current plan is to hit it with some of this:
And then darken it a little with this:
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shawnmeunier
New Member
Just kinda helps dull it a bit? I can't really tell what your showing here...
I forgot to add, the hero saber on film is quite matte finish... the black area. I'm pretty sure they hit it with a satin black and then a matte clear finish. The emitter shows signs of buffing when in museum exhibits and the corners of the emitter are foggy... maybe suggesting they buffed off the clear coat from the most accessible aeas
Poikilotherm
Sr Member
Yes, making the Hero saber look more like it has been used for a long time rather than the new matte color black paint. Unless you want to build a brand new Hero saber, then this will not be needed.
The current Hero prop has these effects, except that's the dust trail left behind from real use, so I'll use TAMIYA #87080 makeup palette to mimic it.
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Sym-Cha
Master Member
Just do remember shawnmeunier, to quote George Lucas himself :
'Don't make it real, make it believable!'
Chaïm
'Don't make it real, make it believable!'
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Poikilotherm
Sr Member
Another puzzling thing is whether the surface of the current Hero prop has really oxidized to full white or half polished and half oxidized. We need to continue to study the decryption!
GreyGuard38
Active Member
^ The disk below the emitter looks kind of brown, with some of the color missing, and the sleeve above it looks almost completely silver to me, with some "brown" remaining around the top and bottom edges.
Searching gold aerosol on canadian websites:
anybody tried this out?
Dupli-Color
GM "Gold Metallic"
www.canadiantire.ca
Or this?
Rustoleum
"Champagne Bronze"
anybody tried this out?
Dupli-Color
GM "Gold Metallic"
General PDP Template
www.canadiantire.ca
Or this?
Rustoleum
"Champagne Bronze"
shawnmeunier
New Member
Thanks everyone. So we decided on the Mr. Metal Gold (regular gold, not the rose gold - in person the rose gold was too bright) and the Clear Brown to give it some additional depth and darkening... I'll share the results here once we've completed the build.
