So got my "gray" sculpteo peko. I say "gray" because it looks more purple than gray. Seems like a good candidate for painting or dying.
Printed Mechanical Bottom Feeder Mod
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Hoping for warmer weather so that I can spray seal and paint some more. Oh well, this is my make your mistakes build.
Mine is sealed with Krylon, and I can tell you that without it, it would be a hot mess of smudges. About 4 light sprays has not changed mine in any discernible way.
Nice. So i was browsing for local clear coats. there is no krylon here for sure. However I found a brand called motip which is claiming to be number 1 on europe. But the gloss is acryl and the mat is alkyd. I read that the alkyd is brittle. So I'm worried.
Just have the little clear seal that slides up over the screw head, no O-rings and Nuppin or Odin sits flush. No O-ring on top. But that is on my DNA rig. Unfortunately this mech is just faking it for now until I get some parts in. But I don't have the 510 tighten down as much.
another lurker here. Ive been looking for a bottom feeder mod for a couple of months now. Looks like I've found it here. I'll be putting my name on the reserve list as soon as I get verified. Im glad I found this forum theres allot more to read, so that is what i'll be doing while waiting for verification. Thanks to GDeal for designing this mod.
Just have the little clear seal that slides up over the screw head, no O-rings and Nuppin or Odin sits flush. No O-ring on top. But that is on my DNA rig. Unfortunately this mech is just faking it for now until I get some parts in. But I don't have the 510 tighten down as much.
@Drunk_J - what brand/type paint did you use on that? and is that the swirl method?
that copper cap brings out the copper paint. very subtle. very nice.
Thank you and my apologies, didn't get an email that there were any new posts on this thread. The paint was just Testors model paint from HobbyLobby, but I blended the color. This experiment was sort of a cross between swirling and hydrographics. Have learned that trying to get the base color to come out with swirling doesn't work well. Initially I had painted the base color a hammered copper and was then going to swirl the patina on top. Even the very thinned patina colors created an almost complete coverage over the mod and totally hid any copper from coming through. So I did a second step where I floated the copper, created the shape I wanted, it completely skinned over and then I applied it to the mod (this kept the second layer from hiding the first). So the bright copper coming through was actually the last layer instead of the first. Wanted texture on this mod, but didn't work out and might try a different approach on a rusty metal or corroded bronze finish.
so i guess i need a few more posts before i can even try to get verified. but i'm not the post bomber type, so i'll just wait my time...
very good info and thanks! it's looking like i'll be making a trip to hobbylobby (or hobbylobby.com) the nail polish has not been going well, but then ValHeli warned me about it probably drying too fast --- ValHeli was right. i've dipped and painted and stripped one case 4 times already. heh.
soooooooo for me, it's been ok that the hardware is not readily available, cuz once that's in place, i really don't care what it looks like - i'll be vaping it.
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ehhh, don't be shy kawboy613. how many more posts do you need?
Interesting article and comment:
Article here The Anti-E-Cigarette Conspiracy | National Review Online
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From reading the comments here, I'm convinced that 3-D printing is going to be huge. Local, state and maybe even the federal government are going to ban e-cigs. People will hit the black market until someone figures out how to make e-cigs with 3-D printers. All that's left is a way to make your own nicotine. Finally 3-D printers will have a reason to exist.
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Hmmm, what a good idea
Article here The Anti-E-Cigarette Conspiracy | National Review Online
Here's the comment:
From reading the comments here, I'm convinced that 3-D printing is going to be huge. Local, state and maybe even the federal government are going to ban e-cigs. People will hit the black market until someone figures out how to make e-cigs with 3-D printers. All that's left is a way to make your own nicotine. Finally 3-D printers will have a reason to exist.
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Hmmm, what a good idea
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Lazy one here. Where/How can I get one of these fantastic looking pieces of art?
If your paint dries to fast then it needs thinning. Fyi, don't waste the money on testers thinner. For the same price as a coupled ounces of their brand, you can get a half gallon. And i use it for cleanup. For super fast paint stripping i use acetone. Trust me, one out of every two get stripped and repainted.
yeh i have the acetone from the hardware store and tried thinning the nail polish, but i still was not happy with the results, butButBUT the good news is, i did go to hobbylobby today and picked up some testors paints.
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