So Dewy... when are you going to buy a vacuum metallizing machine? We're gonna need some of these resin castings chromed up for a first-ever legit AOTC replica...
Maybe something like this would be a (only slightly) cheaper option... "Liquid Mirror."
MIRROR - the world’s mirroriest mirror chrome paint
Youtube review:
Costs $$, looks great, but not sure how well it holds up to handling without some kind of clear coat. Needs to be applied with an HVLP gun or airbrush in thin coats, with proper surface prep/undercoats.
corelliacreations does electro plating, they do good work.If we get to the point where we are looking at plating, this process looks very interesting:
corelliacreations does electro plating, they do good work.
yep, they post in project runs.Are they an RPF member?
Ooh this one is looking good:
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That IS looking really close! Very cool to see the process coming along!
This is exactly what they did on the Hero Luke saber under the emitter lip. I mean.. it’s been nearly blanked since then, so someone ground it down afterwards but I have a feeling this was done for molding just like you did.While I’m waiting for paint to dry, I started prepping my master hero saber. Since I want to make the new mold without the covertech knob I needed to find an M3.5 screw that could hold the saber together. I couldn’t find any set screws, so I had to make my own. It’s not pretty, but it works.
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