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Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Figures => Topic started by: Dag Marus on October 05, 2016, 09:32:08 AM

Title: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Dag Marus on October 05, 2016, 09:32:08 AM: My wife is a huge BB-8 fan and our 4th anniversary is coming up. So I got her the BB-8 BigFig...but the problem is...it is WAY too clean. There are so many little details in this sculpt and it looks incredible, but you can't see them. They don't pop at all.

Well, one hour with some brown paints and a crapload of paper towels and it's looking a TON better. I'm not done, as I'm still going to lighten some areas up where I feel the "dirt" is a little TOO heavy, but it looks infinitely better!

(http://i.imgur.com/Z7QCMK4.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/BeKNWVB.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/HVg2hBn.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/5zeYWR2.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/CRL5AvQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Starchaser on October 05, 2016, 05:37:53 PM: Well, he's certainly not too clean now! :) The paints apps really give this droid an appropriately weathered appearance. Nice job!
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Dag Marus on October 05, 2016, 10:37:30 PM: Thanks for the feedback!

I spent tonight with some darker colors and some nail polish remover to clean BB8 up a little bit. I'm just about done with the repaint. At some point, I want to remake the torch so it lights up, and I'm going to blacken the rest of the area behind it, but this works for now.

(http://i.imgur.com/MGhptrl.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/CkgDcuz.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/4RoqMlS.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/G7RozLF.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/2VweyNp.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/0KAPzis.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/BnNGC4A.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/8sYGYej.jpg)
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Tamer on October 06, 2016, 03:06:18 AM: Oh yeah, he looks a ton better. I do agree. Off to share.
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: hemble on October 06, 2016, 04:02:30 AM: Excellent work.

Ron
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Dag Marus on October 06, 2016, 09:33:25 PM: Thanks, guys! I am loving this little project. I added a few greeblies to inside of the torch port to make it looks a little more realistic and not just flat white or black plastic. I had a few fuses and extra guns laying around, so in they went! It's not screen accurate or anything, as it's a MUCH smaller scale and I'm using stuff I have lying around the workshop, but it'll do.

(http://i.imgur.com/MkteUZj.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/R4m2iiD.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Y42CU4j.jpg)
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Tamer on October 08, 2016, 06:58:46 AM: Wow, even better. Time to share this again!
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Foxtrot Delta on October 19, 2016, 05:44:56 AM: Nice, now it looks like it just left Jakku
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Dag Marus on October 23, 2016, 12:10:21 AM: I've got an LED finger light on there that works pretty well in the place of a flame. I've got four days to put some finishing touches on the little guy. Cannot wait!
(http://i.imgur.com/phZfm2K.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/QoIjMx1.jpg)
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Jaeger45 on October 23, 2016, 11:29:23 PM: Very nice!
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Tamer on October 24, 2016, 08:06:55 AM: So awesome, I bet you can't wait. It sure looks good on our front page.
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Starchaser on October 24, 2016, 09:42:33 PM: The torch light works really well.
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: JDeck on October 25, 2016, 04:17:23 PM: Awesome bb8! Great looking details.
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Alliance nerd on October 27, 2016, 11:25:54 AM: This is so cool my Star Wars nerd of a 12-year old daughter asked if I could make one so she could have one too (http://www.peppermintcreative.com/forum/images/smilies/haha.gif). She hid her disappointment when I informed her it's out of my skill set.
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Dag Marus on October 27, 2016, 09:18:56 PM: LOL, thanks! My sister-in-law saw it and immediately went "...can you make one for Coby? (my nephew.)" And I am totally glad to. I had so much fun working on this.

So, it looks like I'm gonna be starting round two! Hopefully this time it'll go quicker without so much trial and error.
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Tamer on October 28, 2016, 02:29:47 AM: It is one pretty cool creation, I do admit. Your additions really make this so awesome.
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Dag Marus on October 30, 2016, 09:41:15 PM: Sidenote, she loves him.

(http://i.imgur.com/ujMjvY1.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Sk4AmDV.jpg)
Title: Re: Repainted Big Fig BB-8
Post by: Tamer on November 01, 2016, 03:02:43 AM: Had to get this image on our front page today, top row at that. Such a cool thing. Great costume too!