Lambent Darkness 7

Yes sand the case with 1500 then 2000 then your actually "rubbing it out" with the rubbing compound then polishing it with turtle wax compound in the pic. you should follow up with a nice liquid polish safe for new paint to take out the swirl marks.

My panel was the result of lots and lots of sanding, you don't have to do that much by any means. But I would have to see a pic of your panel to see how matte it looks and the texture of the finish to recommend if color sanding is nessescary or if you can get by with just rubbing it out and polishing it. Remember to put the pic in your OCN album and then post it here, other wise I wont be able to see it because im at work now.

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This is looking cool CR. Feels like I havent posted in years. I've been lurking around and hardly posting.
I cant wait to see this clear coated and all done

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The Intelligence - Day44.4 - mini update - bottom half clear, top half lettering

Here's the case bottom half that got the clear a few days back. Never showed pics while wet, so since its dry, here's a few ...





If I am going to get the case lid cleared and done on friday (65F temps expected) then I needed to get the letter stencil stuff done. Last night, at some pretty late hour for a work-day, I got busy. I cut the stencils into the cover of a magaizine

angled it and taped it onto the case lid, then masked off for overspray

after 2 light coats of spray, and letting it sit for about 30 mins, I pulled off the masks, down to the stencil mask (bites nails)

pulled off lettering mask...



If I had to rate the lettering I'd give it a 7/10. I think it came out ok, it could have been better but it could be much worse too, so...

theres a bit of overspray around the letters but it almost looks like it belongs somehow. On friday I will re-assess the overspray and if its too much I can get in there with some 1500 and get rid of most of it.

Also youll note I decided to keep the stencil gaps in the O, P, and R. I looked at it long and hard and decided it wasnt worth taking the chance of freehand brush action to close the letters, vs how they look as is.

Overall I dont hate how it came out. The perfectionist in me wishes I did better, but the realist in me says it is good, and dont go mucking it up at this stage in the game. I am listening to the realist more closely lately.

More on friday - thanks for watching



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Dragoon

Awesome job on the lettering, looks really "realistic". After dried up it should look better. You could post a photo of it after dried up.

And just a 7/10? If it came out straight it wouldn't look so... so... "natural"? lol

Keep it up!

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The lettering looks good - any cleaner lines and it would be almost too perfect. How does it compare to the in-game version?

Dragoon

Looks pretty close imo.

EDIT: That would make one hell of a siggy.

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CattleRustler

thanks Dragoon

I guess it does have that "quick and dirty" military oversprayed look, except the real case has clean sharp letters

thanks for the encouragement guys
Ill assess when its dry. I cant say I'd be displeased if I left it as is, but we'll see.

cheers

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nategr8ns

That's exactly what I was going to say! Honestly, I think it looks like some military engineer was told to paint it on, and so he made a stencil and sprayed it .

I think you should keep the gaps, it adds to the stenciled look (which is exactly what it should look like IMO).

All I can say is: F YES

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