Henkei Rockdown

Having first made his appearance here this custom has gone through a fair few revisions.

The 'worst' thing really is the rubbery plastic won't hold paint - also, wanting to make him chromey, the spray chrome isn't really....henkeiriffic for lack of a better term - so I sat down at work and at home during some free time and used Hasegawa's Mirror Finish stuff and started chroming this sucker up...

So... I suppose this is a bit of a teaser...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...eirockdown.jpg
I really like how the chrome's turned out so far though :)

wowww that is choice

How's that chrome stuff going? How are you handling the wrinkles?

That mirror finish stuff looks great. Might have to get me some of that.

Lint & 5FDP : Thanks guys! :)

gamblor : ugh - the creases - annoying as - for some of them I've managed to do it by piecing together small pieces that overlap slightly - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - but unless you're looking really closely - it's not as noticeable cause you're mainly just blinded by the bling! :D For the most part though, I'm cutting little triangles and placing them on using ... the naginata from the kotobukiya weapon parts ... :b it's a nice item to work with! the sharp points help me mould the foil to the crevices of the plastic, and make the little holes on the pipes etc - I think this is best illustrated in the following pix:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/IMG_0009.jpg
this was how it looked before ape extra chrome...


And these are where the crazy began:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/IMG_0011.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/IMG_0012.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/IMG_0013.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/IMG_0015.jpg

Yeah - I went all out with the chroming - made the gold bits gold, too! :b

Lemme know what you think peeps - I have to still do bits in Robot mode though :)

That said, I like how bling'd up he looks! Really loving this chrome stuff, but damn it takes a while :(

Looking good. The chrome really makes it pop!

Yeah I think the Hasegawa stuff is one of the best but it's still tricky to use sometimes.

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Originally Posted by gamblor916

Yeah I think the Hasegawa stuff is one of the best but it's still tricky to use sometimes.

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Totally! That's some awesome stuff. I am really impressed with the foil stuff. I haven't used that bare metal stuff u used but I only just saw it at my local hobby store so I might try that out too! What do you think of it mr gamblor?

I think bare metal is good but its not sticky enough. It's very thin though and can be buffed out to make it shine and get rid of wrinkles.

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Originally Posted by gamblor916

I think bare metal is good but its not sticky enough. It's very thin though and can be buffed out to make it shine and get rid of wrinkles.

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Wow, u can buff it?
Damn. I think I read that if you use a cotton bud to 'apply' the foil for that bare metal stuff it turns out great. I have the link on my lappy somewhere, wil have to find it.

I look forward to trying it out as well!
That said, this experience with this mirror finish stuff has been quite good and I feel like revisiting some of my older customs to properly henkeify them!!!!