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Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – EE-3, Stock, Brown Base Prep

Setting The Groundwork…

I need a nice base to work from…

The second coat stayed tacky for almost 2 days, as well. Since the wet sanding didn’t go so well for the first coat, I decided to try dry sanding with fine sand paper. This seemed to work better, and I was able to smooth it all out.

With the base color prepped, it was time to start the faux wood painting. To do this, I used water-based craft paints (like, Apple Barrel, etc.). I chose various shades of darker brown and black, to get a color that looks like the base color for the wood grain. Then, using a variety of brushes, strips of cloth, and natural sea sponges, I added in the faux grain. Looking at the various screen shots, I was mainly looking to get the deepest level of grain in this step. I am planning to do several layers of graining, using a gel medium mixed with brown paints, to try and recreate the actual look of real wood.

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Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – EE-3, Stock, Brown Base Coat 2

Creating A Wood Base…

Adding more base paint…

This paint is supposed to be dry to touch in 20 minutes, dry to handle in 1 hour, and fully dry in 24 hours. Well, it stayed tacky for almost 2 days. Once it finally was dry enough, I attempted to wet sand it to prepare it for a second coat. It was gummy, just like the crummy primer. So, I’m not very happy with this brand of Rustoleum paint…

I then applied a second coat of the brown base paint.

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Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – EE-3, Stock, Brown Base Coat

Needs To Look Like Wood…

Time to do some faux wood painting…

I taped off the area where the D-Connector fits.

I this paint, back when I bought the crummy Rustoleum primer. It’s from the same family, but I’m hoping the paint is better than the primer. It was the only spray paint I could find in this color. I need this color for the base of the faux wood graining.

It covered nice. Now, we see how easy it is to work with after it dries…

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Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – EE-3, Stock, Adding Damage

It’s Actually Well-Worn…

The 3D print file I used for the Webley Flare Gun was for a perfect version of the actual gun. While doing some research on the stock, I noticed that Fett’s stock has a chunk taken out of it. So, I must now try to replicate that stock damage…

I looked at as many screen shots and images on the internet that I could find that showed the damaged stock. I then penciled in the area that needed to be damaged.

I then took my soldering iron and started melting the plastic…

I continued melting it until I got the basic shape of the damage down.

Then I used the soldering iron to try and give the plastic “grain” lines. If you look at the damage on Fett’s rifle stock, you can see some areas where there is some splits along the wood grain. This is what i was trying to replicate.

I then used some heavy sand paper to smooth out the damaged area.

I then applied a coat of primer, to try and get an idea of how it was looking…

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