Project Android

Mr Jones · 28 Sep 2006 at 21:42

Ahh... thanks - learnt something today

Mark A · 28 Sep 2006 at 22:40

Ahh so that filler is similar to Milliput?, thats a 2 part epoxy. I bet the car filler is quite a bit cheaper too, will have to look into it.

bondo, i thought this stuff was pink?.

Messiah Khan · 28 Sep 2006 at 22:57

Yeah, it was only a couple of quid for a kilogram tub of the stuff. Its more of a cream like consistency rather than a putty like consistency. I still prefer the epoxy putty as its easier to work with IMO. Much more expensive though.

Helium_Junkie · 29 Sep 2006 at 01:08

Sanding, the devils work.
Have moments when you wish you had never started?

Mark A · 29 Sep 2006 at 09:13

Make it fun by seeing how many sanding strokes you can do in a minute, then try and beat that record

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Messiah Khan · 29 Sep 2006 at 10:41

Yeah, its frustrating as hell. I try and go mental and sand it as fast as possible, but most of it is really tricky to get to due to it being on the inside. I have realised that the dremel on the flexi attachment with a sanding drum does a decent job though. Certainly speeds up taking the rough stuff off.

VeNT · 30 Sep 2006 at 20:59

wonder if you could sand blast it

Messiah Khan · 30 Sep 2006 at 21:58

Doubt it as the various filler I use are of different hardness, and im actually shaping the stuff when sanding. Im getting through it slowly though. Today I started with more filling and sanding. As you can see from the second picture, im trying to build the edges up to make them stronger, but also give the illusion that they are thicker.

Messiah Khan · 30 Sep 2006 at 21:58

And here are a few pictures you might all get a bit excited about; The first painting shots! Don't get too exited about it though, as painting the rest of it is still some way off yet. But I wanted to use the stomach plate as a test peice to see waht its going to look like. Im quite pleased with how its come out.

Messiah Khan · 30 Sep 2006 at 21:59

Ive also started spraying the inside of the head to see what that will look like and also because its going to be even harder to do once I start filling it with cameras and electronics etc.

And finally a random picture of me taken sometime ago looking like a buddhist monk, covered in a dust sheet, sanding away.

Messiah Khan · 1 Oct 2006 at 18:38

Some more of the same today.. Filling, snading and painting. This time in white though;

And I think it looks pretty damn good if I may say so so myself. Can't wait for it all to be done. The stomach test piece has come out pretty nice. there is a very tiny amount of 'orange peel', but you really have to be very close to see it. The paint is also not quite as glossy as I had imagined, but looking at it now I recon its just the perfect amount if gloss. Its not a mirror, but it really pics up the shape out the outside.

orderoftheflame · 1 Oct 2006 at 20:01

looking good

ChoÞÞer · 1 Oct 2006 at 20:33

messiah khan said:
And finally a random picture of me taken sometime ago looking like a buddhist monk, covered in a dust sheet, sanding away.

buddhist.. nah... its jesus

look at what hes wearin

KizZ · 1 Oct 2006 at 20:35

Looking great

VeNT · 1 Oct 2006 at 20:36

question
why black then white?

Messiah Khan · 1 Oct 2006 at 20:40

Black on the inside, white on the outside. No real reason as to why i did it in that order.

Messiah Khan · 1 Oct 2006 at 20:41

ChoÞÞer said:
buddhist.. nah... its jesus look at what hes wearin

Hehe. You should have seen me when I had my long hair and beard then. I really did look like Jesus.

VeNT · 2 Oct 2006 at 12:22

messiah khan said:
Black on the inside, white on the outside. No real reason as to why i did it in that order.

so its not some mad way of getting a better looking white layer?
you use gloss or matt for it? going to spray it with a varnish to stop it getting damaged?

Messiah Khan · 2 Oct 2006 at 12:44

VeNT said:
so its not some mad way of getting a better looking white layer?
you use gloss or matt for it? going to spray it with a varnish to stop it getting damaged?

No, each side was masked off in turn as I painted each colour. Its matt black and gloss white. Im not sure about putting a few layers of varninsh on. I should really, but I would need a gloss varnish on the white side and a matt varnish on the black side, and I would need to mask it all off again. I have however bought two small pots of the paint I used so that I can go round the edges and neaten it all up with a paint brush.

red11 · 2 Oct 2006 at 12:58

YAY the paint has arrived!! btw, you should let that altar boy go home now, I'm sure his family are missing him.

Looking great!!