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Sideshow 1/6 R2-D2
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JazzInc
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Did you want to ask me something Solo_bones?
Tyrion was delivered today (fantastic looking figure, well...except fot the hands) and I had to shoot these two crazy kids together...
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Step 1: buffed out the seams on the dome with some steel wool.
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Some people were asking about painting the R2. I thought yours looked fabulous. I'm curious how people repainted R2.
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Step 2: dry brushed Tamiya aluminum acrylic
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Step 3: buffed with Tamiya silver weathering powder
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Nice work!
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Solo_bones
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Keep going....excellent!!!!
I love that you are taking us through the steps! Thanks so much.
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Thanks so much for posting your WIP pics. The visible seams on R2 kill this figure for me, and having your process at hand will make it super-easy for me to finally be rid of them 
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Agreed! This makes it a buy for me...after practicing on my Taito.
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Step 3: buffed with Tamiya silver weathering powder
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Very cool Sithgorilla. Looks much better! How are you feeling about customising?
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It's a little nerve racking. Just trying to follow your steps to the best of my ability. I actually had to start over because when I went back over with the steel wool for the "brushed" effect it immediately started taking off the paint and powder I had put on.
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You're welcome. I'm a complete novice at this stuff so I thought it would be fun to take pictures of each step of this little journey. When I saw Jazzinc's R2 I knew I had to ask him how he did it and try it. Hopefully I can pull it off.
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Excellent, you have learned an important lesson. Everything is fixable, and in learning to fix and improvise, The outcome will usually surprise you and be even better
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Absolutely. You've been a big help. It's not easy on the heart doing this stuff to $200-$300 figures lol
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Had to paint the dome again and reapply powder. This time with a microfiber cloth (Jazz had to tell me that because I'm too much of a dumbass to figure it out on my own lol). Think it looks much better. Next step is to lightly make a pass or 2 with 0000 steel wool and then varnish....hopefully
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