Riddler Trophy from the Batman Arkham games that i printed/painted for my brother's birthday
Really happy with how it turned out! Decided to show it off to strangers for now as I haven't given it to him yet and i know he isn't on here. 😆.
And it lights up!
Sprayed all parts with multiple liberal coats of sand and fill primer
sanded things down with disposable nail files (wasnt too finicky, mostly wanted to smooth the box part and get rid of some bad layer lines on the posts)
wiped everything down to get rid of the dust (i sanded only a few hours after spraying, so there was hardly any dust anyway, but just to be sure
based coated all parts in metallic gunmetal (sans "neon")
heavy metallic silver dry brush over most everything
assembled it
dry brush stippled dark rust around most the rivets/edges, and anywhere grime would settle (way easier to tell where that would be when its full assembled)
Dry brush stippled bright orange rust color over top of the brown areas where corrosion would be worst
came back through with light silver dry brush in non corroded area (i got a little overzealous with the dark rust color)
used a homemade oil wash (black and burnt ochre oil paints mixed with some mineral spirits) over top of all the gears, and ran a heavily loaded brush along the top edges and over rivet, letting the wash drip dpwn the sides.
after it dried for 5-10 minutes, i used an old frayed brush to lightly drag the wash down to make the big drips look for natural
After i was done, I realized i overdid it a bit again, and went back through with some mineral spirits and cotton swabs to re-expose some of the "bare metal" in the centers of the panels. I love oil washes! You have a ridiculous amount of time to manipulate the paint before it dries up, and looks terrific after it's dry.