Alot of the colors came out much different than what it showed on the can, which really sucks because that means I'm out $5-7 dollars each time I pick a wrong color.
Some are also 2 different spray paints mixed together to try and come up with a another color.
And here are some of the more yellow-gold colors we got from Sherwin Williams.
This is probably going to be the color I'm going with. The color is called "duckling". The color looks alot better in person.
I'll just need to find out if I can get it in a spray can. And it may not look the same as the sample, so I'm crossing my fingers that it will come out right.
I've noticed that "Goldie" is not really gold, he's more of a yellowish-gold to me. And all the gold spray paints I've sampled came out a little too shiny, and some had a glitterish look to it.
Which is why I'm going with a more yellow color instead of a gold.
The color I've chosen isn't perfect, but it's good enough for me.
I should be painting as soon as I finish up with the ring, fill all the pits in the dome, and when the holos come in.
That's all for now!
4 comments:
Lots of progress. Goldie is looking great!
You could always consider acrylics? They are water based (you'd want to use an air gun and compressor)...but they are cheap! $1 each at wal mart so lots of room for trial and error. Once dry I;m sure it could be protected with something to protect it?
I wish I could give you some advice but the stuff you get in the USA are much different from what I can get in Sweden. Jason's idea sounds like the right way to go but I'm not sure how spraying a clear protective cover afterwards would affect the waterbased colours. There could run or "bleed" which could ruin your gold finish. My first artoo dome was/is styrene and I spray painted it with a very good silver paint (they have the same brand in gold as well) and it looked very good. You have to look in my earlier blog posts to see what I mean. The important thing was to not paint anything over the silver finish.
Not sure if any of that info helped
Cheers Thomas
SSSOOOO Sorry Peepers I've been trying and can't seem to find the right one. But you have a lot to choose from, keep smiling
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