BirdRiverCustom

Yeah, i just barely missed the cutoff.

Heres some more updates on the painting.

I wound up having to do three coats, do to the fact that i didnt mix enough dye into the first coat so i went heavy on the paint trying to get it dark enough. This resulted in some bad running on the sides and much forehead slapping. So then i had to sand down the runs and put two additional coats of the smoke burst. I used the StewMac dye, not a solid black, mixed into the lacquer. Heres a shot of it immediately after being sprayed an under a heat lamp bulb. Its black, but looks purple in the light spectrum, which makes me want to recreate that shade of purple. I also sanded through some of the green on the edges. Also forehead slapping worthy, but it will be covered up anyway with the black, so not the end of the world.



Heres an overall shot after the first coat of the smoke burst.





Also, we figured out that it was smarter to spray the sides first, then let it sit for 30 minutes, than do the top and bottom to avoid any runs from the sides getting too saturated.

Now im gonna allow it to set up and then do one final layer of lacquer (bringing the total to 5 (4 on the body, 3 on the smoke burst) and then do the 50/50 lacquer/lacquer thinner top coat.

Heres a crappy shot (some photographer i am) that sort of allows you to see the grain pattern on the back, albeit a little bit fuzzy



To Do:
Top Coat of lacquer
tung oil neck
finish sand and buffing
reassemble electronics