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Offline Wolf Knight

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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2011, 19:01:32 »
Gaston this is trully amazing!! You cannot imagine how exciting this is for me!!! I really love the paintjob and like others, please tell us a bit more about the paint itself ant the technic! Unless its a well guarded secret  ;)

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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2011, 21:00:56 »


Love them, indeed a great job  :love: :love:

Can you give tips for such a paint job????????

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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2011, 21:09:47 »
Hey guys! thanks!

Asi I said before... there is no secret.... and if there is , it is not mine!
The paint is prepared and sold by an old little guy at a hobby's shop in BA. It is not a comercial brand, but a farmacy type little jar with a sticker that says "chrome" typed with a typewritter! Imagine how home made it is!!
It is very liquid, like water actually and doesn't smell like paint at all. It reminds me of a product my mom uses to removed the nail polish from her nails, Acetona (don't know the name in english). But it couldn't be that for that burns plastic... so I don't know. Looking at it, it looks like a liquid product with chrome particles floating. You have to move it all the time.
First coat on the object you want to chrome must be gloss black for this chrome paint is a little transparent and the black gives it more depth of color and metallic efect. In fact you can get different effect dependng on how much chrome you put after the black.4
It dries VERY fast!
And yes I use an airbrush at 4 pounds of preassure.
That's all there is to tell.  :)
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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2011, 21:17:42 »
Sounds like it might give you cancer or something!  :lol:
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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2011, 00:11:02 »
 :clap: wonderful job! That must have been very difficult to achieve!  :clap:
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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2011, 02:51:55 »
Very clever, Gaston.  I just love them.
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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2011, 05:57:22 »
Very impressive, Gaston!  Bravo! :clap: :clap:
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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2011, 11:27:27 »
Thank you all guys!  :wave:
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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2011, 12:35:19 »
bravo!  are u using airbrush?  what kind?  i have an iwata
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Re: Custom chrome statues
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2011, 13:31:31 »
hey! yes, I use a single action Badger.  :)
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