What color black are you guys using on the grenade launcher and barrel vents? I tried krylon matte black and it seemed too grey. Satin black seemed to shiny.

Suggestions?

Did you buff the satin with either a rubbing cloth or superfine grit sandpaper?

Charlie

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Haven't tried sandpaper yet. What is a rubbing cloth?

Hi there , when I did my snow wolf I gave it a couple of coats of non metallic silver and then a coat of satin black primer . when these had thoroughly dried I took some superfine 0000 steel wool and very gently rubbed the high spots , areas where it would get worn in combat, loading gate and the edges of the vent slots to highlight them . When iI was happy whith the finish I gave the whole thing a good buffing with a soft cloth , this worked well and it left the filled in vent slots where the shotgun is visible the real steel ones a different shade to the cage. what pulsey are you working on?

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sand paper !! that'd make your eyes water !!!

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LOL. It's basically a steel wool cloth. Used for polishing metal. Alternately, it's a cloth impregnated with a chemical rubbing compound (think Never-Dull or brass polish). Make a joke of that one, Retro.

Charlie

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If you have actual metal bits, try some gun blue fluid/gel.
A dinky little bottle of fluid or tub of gel should be enough.

Painted mine black and then dry brushed with a gun metal colour

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Haha, it was late enough when i posted i didnt't catch the alternate meaning. oops.

That plan so far is to spray everything silver, then satin black, weather it and then ill give a soft cloth a try and see if it will tone it down.

Thanks fellas!

i used a Model Masters Gunmetal Spray paint and then black washed and weathered it. it came out looking damn good like the film.

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The black over silver works really well , go steady with your rubbing back (no pun intended) but if you get too much silver showing just mist some black over the offending area and rub again . would post some pics of mine but don't know how to get them from my photos on computer to here , not very technosavvy I beat metal for a living so the ins and outs of posting pics confuses me!

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Got her painted up. Still have to weather her. The satin actually looks alot better once it was all back together. Old G&P kit on top, Matrix on bottom.