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After about 4 months (!) of owning my Savage X SS I finally found the time (and courage) to paint my first lid. I did this on two days since applying and drying the liquid mask took a while. (many pics below)
What I did:
1- Drew my design using colored pen on the template sheets I made for the stock body (https://www.hpisavageforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9962)
2- Drew the design outline on the exterior protector film on the body.
3- Applied 5-6 layers of Bob Dively liquid mask on the whole inside of the body, drying it with a fan for about 1h (until completely dry) between each layer.
4- Cut the liquid mask part to be painted in black (while the body was still see-through) (make sure to use a very sharp, i.e. new, x-acto blade else you risk lifting the mask from the body instead of cutting it).
5- Applied 3-4 layers of Tamiya black (until almost completely opaque), drying the paint with a hair dryer for about 10-15 mins between each layer.
6- Cut the liquid mask part to be painted in green (I could see the cut outlines in the liquid mask so this was easy).
7- Applied 3 layers of green.
8- Backed the green with white.
9- Cut the liquid mask part of the body to be painted in grey/silver (officially grey).
10- Painted the borders grey (3 good layers).
Then it was time to ...
11- Remove the protective film...
12- "OMG" moment.
13- "Hell Yeah I Didn't Screw It Up!" moment.
14- "Awesome!" moment.
And the result is this:
Needless to say I am very happy with the results, considering this was my first lid ever and I did all the lines by hand without a ruler (I was not so sure after doing those, they looked curved with the black marker visible behind them). I think it's not bad at all! In fact I didn't expect it to look even nearly as good as it does.
:jumpers:
Way too much pics of the process and results:
What I did:
1- Drew my design using colored pen on the template sheets I made for the stock body (https://www.hpisavageforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9962)
2- Drew the design outline on the exterior protector film on the body.
3- Applied 5-6 layers of Bob Dively liquid mask on the whole inside of the body, drying it with a fan for about 1h (until completely dry) between each layer.
4- Cut the liquid mask part to be painted in black (while the body was still see-through) (make sure to use a very sharp, i.e. new, x-acto blade else you risk lifting the mask from the body instead of cutting it).
5- Applied 3-4 layers of Tamiya black (until almost completely opaque), drying the paint with a hair dryer for about 10-15 mins between each layer.
6- Cut the liquid mask part to be painted in green (I could see the cut outlines in the liquid mask so this was easy).
7- Applied 3 layers of green.
8- Backed the green with white.
9- Cut the liquid mask part of the body to be painted in grey/silver (officially grey).
10- Painted the borders grey (3 good layers).
Then it was time to ...
11- Remove the protective film...
12- "OMG" moment.
13- "Hell Yeah I Didn't Screw It Up!" moment.
14- "Awesome!" moment.
And the result is this:
Needless to say I am very happy with the results, considering this was my first lid ever and I did all the lines by hand without a ruler (I was not so sure after doing those, they looked curved with the black marker visible behind them). I think it's not bad at all! In fact I didn't expect it to look even nearly as good as it does.
:jumpers:
Way too much pics of the process and results:
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