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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2011, 01:05:59 »
Thanks again everyone!  :)
and please do please do so, WoT!  ;)
and more photos Giorginetto?
the wind was too 'Ran' ;D and I took just from this one angle..maybe some close ups will make up for my poor photgraphy again  :P

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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2011, 01:25:09 »
Add a bit of mist and a few woodbeam walls and your last picture  looks like the final scenes from Ran.
H_M

and H_M-Michael, you've got me wanting to watch 'Ran' again  ;)

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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2011, 12:18:58 »
and H_M-Michael, you've got me wanting to watch 'Ran' ...  ;)


And me too! :o
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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2011, 12:42:46 »
Coming back to see these, the detail is exceptional!!!  :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2011, 15:53:39 »
As always, magnificent custom creations, Cheng! The attention to detail is superb! :wow:
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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2011, 09:50:43 »
I had a superb poster of RAN in my room when i was teenager next to a Porsche poster. RAN is one of my fav movies of all time and i have watched it probably about 6-8 times. time to watch it again !!!!  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2011, 08:56:46 »
I took a clearer photo to show anyone interested in spraying/painting lacquer-red wakazashi(s) but didnt want to start a new thread (alot of new customising threads lately, good for PF!)

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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2011, 13:31:46 »
Awesome detail!!! Please enlighten us to the spraying technic!!! I can't manage in such a small and delicate scale!!

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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2011, 15:40:23 »
Wow, you really out did yourself with these Cheng,
They look so real! :o
I am comparing them with my samurai sword as I type,
and the similarities are... well, I am blown away! :yup:
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Re: lacquer-red samurai wakazashi(side-arms)
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2011, 01:07:38 »
thanks WOlf Knight & WoT!

WK, no secret/special technic,
just very careful masking(make sure they stick very well or you'll find paint seeping underneath..i use those very thin and narrow Tamiya masking tapes)

and good spray(fine and regular 'mist' and dont use until the last bit in case big blobs or spluttering paint spoils your last coat)...again i use Tamiya and other Japanese modelling spray cans(cant afford and not worth buying a spray-gun since i'm only spraying very tiny parts and once in a blue moon  :P

as always, spray in a sweeping motion (yes, you'll waste a lot of paint but thats better than having thick paint running down your klicky) AND letting each coat dry before spraying the next coat...depending on the color and the base color, you may need 5 or more coats (if youre planning to spray bright red on a black surface, you might like to spray a white layer/base first)

oh, I almost forgot, remove the masking tape before they totally harden or you'll risk tearing/lifting out the paint like a skin.

like cooking, you might have all the ingredients and directions but its just practise and practise(be cautioned:I dont know how to cook, btw  :-[ ;D)