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Thursday, 3 May 2012

Golden Boy

A recent spring clean of Mars Base meant a redeco of the living quarters. Part of the new colour scheme was to be a gold accent. One tin of gold spray paint later, I had a nice new ornate picture frame and half a tin of paint left. Hmmm, what looks good in gold... One of the astronauts I got in a job lot from ebay sprung to mind and voila! GA is all growed up!

Addendum: Ahh - I should have guessed. No sooner had I posted this than there was a ruckuss in the alien quarter - my namesake demanded a redeco too!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That looks brilliant, Wote!

But is it as brilliant as the plating on the real thing? And which brand paint was it btw?

Best
--
Paul

philotoadia said...

Oh, awesome, Wote!

I'd like to have one like that. I don't suppose? ...

WOTAN said...

It's slightly misleading as the coat has reflected a bit of red sheen from the red body of the camera. Final finish is glossy and reflective, but still slightly below the real plate finish. Also it is a touch coppery too. It's Plasikote project paint, the cap showed a beatiful mirrored plate finish, but the paint isn't quite there. Not bad for a fiver though!

WOODSY said...

Fab Wote! Looks like an Oscar! As for a golden Wotan, what would fit neatly into those brilliantly shiney golden pincers?

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