Custom Ricochet/Stepper

[M-bot]

WIP.

As the price of a Stepper repaint of RTS Jazz is way beyond my willingness to pay, I decided to make my own.

I'll post up WIP picks along the way, as some (like me!) seem to enjoy the process as much as the finished piece.

Firstly, I took him apart as much as I could, without removing pins, which I find to be more effort that it's worth. Each piece is cleaned before painting.

DSC_0261 by M-bot2011

Next is masking and painting the pieces that will be gold with a gloss black base coat (using Alclad II lacquers).

DSC_0270 by M-bot2011

DSC_0271 by M-bot2011

The pain about this model is that the black and whites on Jazz are reversed for Ricochet. No problems painting black over white, but white over black is a bit more difficult. Almost impossible to make it look really good without an airbrush in my opinion. I managed to get 3 ultra-thin coats of white in today, I estimate it will take about 8 coats to get the white looking perfect.

DSC_0275 by M-bot2011

More soon! Let me tell you, after doing a couple of titan-class toys, doing a deluxe is child's play.

[MayzaPrime]

Love your work M-Bot, I can't wait to see how this turns out.

[UltraMarginal]

gloss black and Alclad II lacquers this is going to be one shiny Stepper! looking forward to the process as much as the finished result

[M-bot]

gloss black and Alclad II lacquers this is going to be one shiny Stepper! looking forward to the process as much as the finished result

Not too shiny - it's just that the Alclad II metallics need a high gloss black base coat to really shine nicely. I'll probably be painting the black pieces a more semi-gloss so it doesn't shine too much. I want him blending with my other classics.

The gold (Alclad II Pale Gold) has gone down over the gloss black today. The results:
DSC_0278 by M-bot2011

The face:
DSC_0279 by M-bot2011

The grill, still masked:
DSC_0280 by M-bot2011

Unmasked:
DSC_0281 by M-bot2011

I really love the Alclads, they took a bit of getting used to, and they are not cheap, but the results are impeccable, when done well.

[gamblor916]

Very nice. The gold looks really smooth.

[AJ_Prime]

Yeah that looks brilliant dude!

Your masking jobs are incredible! I don't know how you get the lines so clean!