Slave 1.5 - an MHS build

[Darkmatter73]

Hi all.
A couple years ago I built the Fine Molds Slave 1 kit, turned out pretty good. I had some MHS parts around, and I thought It'd be cool to try out the paint scheme on a saber.
All the same techniques were used in finishing the saber. Same exact paints too, they may not be 100% to the movie, but that's ok. The chipping and weathering effects are done with masking fluid, weathered more with pastels. Also gave it 2 coats of matte clear at work, the finish is very durable.
Some areas have up to 4 layers of paint, also added some kill stripes ala Fett's helmet. I tried to keep the lines and patterns fairly asymmetrical, as it is on the ship.
There's a black triangular pattern in black on the emitter opposite the kill stripes, but it doesn't contrast well with the gray there ( it was an afterthought anyway )
The 4-40 and 8-32 screws are just decorative, but they give a cobbled together and repaired a bunch kind of feel. Anyway, here goes.
Tri-cree RRW
NB 2 / pex
red AV
recharge port
stock MHS parts























Thanks for looking
-Darkmatter73

[darth_chasm]

Love it.

Ive been thinking about a theme build for a while and this makes me want to do it even more. I may go R2

[Greenie]

That's real clever. I like very much

[Generic Jedi]

Wow! Awesome color scheme.

[Darth Vislir]

Now that's a paint job. Well played sir, well played.

[rlobrecht]

Very nice

[Starwinder]

Fantastic paint job!

[Darkmatter73]

Thanks very much everyone! I'm always nervous to post my own stuff, since most of the stuff I see makes my jaw drop =)

[Kreyhn]

Absolutely gorgeous painting. It immediately conjures to mind Boba Fett, so well done!

[Avidgrant]

What kind of paint did you use? Did you prep with any special primer (self etching)? Looks awesome!