Ratputer: The Anti-Bling.

nice bondo work! +rep
the skull is cool too

Today I finished painting the white on the skull.
I'm at work at the moment, so pics will be a few hours until I get home.

I masked up the case so only the skull was showing, then ran an exacto knife around to get the masking tape nicely trimmed.
Next was a little trick to get the skull looking better. I wanted a few cracks in it, so a quick coat of black was applied.
Before the black had fully dried (I left it about 15 minutes), I applied a heavy coat of the flat white, then left it for the magic to happen. Those who try and rush paint will know the cracking affect I am talking about when the paints react. It can spoil a lot of work, but in my case it made my work easier!
From there I added a few more coats of the flat white, then once dired properly I removed the tape.

Next step is some more black, applied with a brush inside the nose area.

So, pics later tonight and tomorrow more work begins on the rest of the case.

Pics as promised!

Masked up and first of the white on:

And a couple of shots after painting with the power and reset "eyes" back in.

Tomorrow I'll go and buy a paint brush and paint inside the nasal cavity black.

While I was out buying a few things for various projects, I bought this at the Hardware Shop:

It's paint that will rust! :up:
You apply the Iron Paint, then the rust activator and it should end up with a nice effect. It means I can have rust on the Ratputer, even on the plastic! :D
I'll try it out in a couple of days and see how it goes.
I'll be busy riding for the next couple of days with a mate riding down from Queensland (over 1000km) to stay with me.

ooo thats really cool. Where did you find that?

It was ay my local Bunnings. A really big Hardware Chain store that has pretty much everything. It was in the isle with effects paints, like suede paint and the like.

Very creepy, but cool at the same time. Looks good so far :)

Looking good +rep

I should get back into it and do some more, but I haven't had as much time lately due to some issues on another forum I used to be the Administrator on.
I told them to take a flying leap last week and I'm now starting as the Admin of a smaller bike site and helping them grow.

Aweseme project. Can't wait to see the next update!