Step twenty-six: Remove the tape and newspaper from circling the blue.
Step twenty-seven: Re-tape the shield so that the line that is to be painted silver is exposed.
Step twenty-eight: I used the Dupli-Color Universal Silver spray paint for the silver. Paint the stripe. I did one layer of primer and three layers of silver.
Step twenty-nine: Once the stripe is dry flip the shield over and prime and paint the interior. I did one coat of primer and three of silver.
Step thirty: De-tape the shield and admire the colors and taste the patriotism! (There's a picture of me holding the shield as I taste the freedom and loyalty)
Step thirty-one: The star! I bought a half inch thick sheet of aluminum sheet metal to use as the star portion. I went to Google and typed in "how to draw a perfect star" and then used the wiki-how tutorial. And then came to the realization that among my families many belongings, a protractor is not among that list. So instead of draw one, I copied the picture from the wiki-how page to a Word document and printed in a full page landscape page. Then cut it out with an X-Acto Knife and traced it onto the sheet metal with a sharpie. I tried using a razor blade, X-Acto knife, dremel, and tin snips. I found that the tin snips worked best, despite the curling affect on the metal. After the star was cut out I took a rubber mallet and flattened the edges of the star.
Step thirty-two: I painted the star with the same Dupli-Color Universal Silver spray paint as the stripe and interior of the shield. I did three layers.
See y'all soon!
No comments:
Post a Comment