Ratputer: The Anti-Bling.

[Foxtrot9000]

nice bondo work! +rep
the skull is cool too

[Bucko]

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.

[Bucko]

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.

[Bucko]

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

It's paint that will rust!
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!
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.

[Ichbin]

ooo thats really cool. Where did you find that?

[Bucko]

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.

[NocturnaL]

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

[danthegeek]

Looking good +rep

[Bucko]

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.

[mellojoe]

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