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I agree, having some shine is a good thing. However dragging some 80 grit across parts of your suit will catch some of the paint and give the "lived in look"
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Thanks for the consern on the sand comming off. The hairspry is just used to get the sand to stick long enough to hold it for the wipe stage. Once I got the look I wanted I sealed the parts with a clear matt spray. I have rubbed it real well and its like tough sand paper. the added sand does not come off. I did try a few methods on one of the hand plate to see if I would be able to get it off if I wanted to change the look. I found that soaking the part in warm water for a few hours allowed me to scrub it off with a cloth, but again as it is its not comming off with a bump or by brushing along something.
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Fist I would like to thank everyone here for posting the suits they have completed and how they did them. For my TD I used a couple of different methods to get the effect I was looking for. This whole build and weathering took place over three days. I started off with a set of RT-MOD and had the ab modded for a TD.
I used burnt umber and the dawb method for all of the parts.
Following the instructions from the same thread, I first used paper towel to wipe off the excess. This proved to be harder than I thought. I switched to a damp face cloth from the bathroom across from my den and was very impressed at the results.
That was the last of the paint method I used. I did this build while home on leave from Afghanistan. With that being said I brought back 500ml of real desert sand. I boiled it and let it dry on its own.
Next I ground up about half of the sand in a mortor to get the fine dust that coats everything there. This is where boiling the sand helped, it crushed up very easy.
Next using a very high grade spray booth, I coated one part at a time with very tacky hair spary (guys ask your ladies what is the worst stuff out there and use that).
Next in a large trash bag I placed the part and poured the sand over the sprayed areas.
Once I had finished coating the last part, the first was dry and ready to be "cleanedoff". For this I used the same facecloth from the paint step. My wife wasn't too happy about the use of the first one and not willing to ruin a second. Guys don't use whatever is handy in the bathroom.
The last step was to head out to the garage and seal the sand and paint. For this I used a clear coat spry with a matt finish. I did two coats and used a hairdryer inbetween to help with the getting all of the cracks and to speed up the dry time. There was a trooping for MS the next day I wanted to goto. So after all was said and done, this was the result.
Once again, a big thanks to all who have posted and please feel free to make suggestions.
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Heres a spot to get em...
http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/p-17 ... n-unit.asp
Have you tried using REAL SAND?
in Weathering
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I used real desert sand for my suit. I have had no problems with it rubbing off and have had many people touch it. Here is the post.
http://www.mepd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2933