1/6 HT Iron Man; Someone who painted the eyes white?

Hi@all
First of all; sorry for my english, I speak german normally

Are there any People here, who painted the eyes and repulsors of their IMs white?
Actually I like the light-up-function of the figures. But, if I've displayed my figures once, I do not touch them anymore. So the lights are of about 99%.

I have a Mark VII here and I tried to paint the eyes and the repulsors. The white eyes look great imo, but the repulsors do not really look "bright".

Maybe some of you have better ideas to paint that? I look Forward to your pics.

Chris

why not just use stickers or glue some paper over the hands?

Hi,
Thanks for the hint. Stickers are a good idea, but I have not found any stickers that shine so far. I thought that shiny/glossy color would represent the light-effect better than matte paint.

Maybe just use a piece of glossy photo paper under the chest and face plate?

I've tried this, before I decided to paint it. But I was not happy with the result. So i tried the spray-option with the BD-parts. And the result was much better (brighter) than the paper-thing. Yesterday I've found little round memo stickers in my Office. They fit perfectly for the hand-repulsors. So I tried these on the Mark 42 PPS. As the faceplate of the Mark 42 PPS can not be removed (and I'm not a good painter), i've used these stickers for the eyes too. What can I say... Looks much better than expected.

So, i have to say thank you guys!

Chris

Show us some pictures

Here we go...

First was Mark VII (Eyes and Repulsors painted)

This pose Looks horrible in this picture. Pretty sure it's just a bad angle



Second one was Mark XLII PPS (Stickers)




Third was Midas (Eyes painted, Repulsors Stickers)






Next will be Mark V.

Currently they aren't in the final display cases. The Stickers from the chest-repulsors are to small. I've ordered bigger ones.

Chris

I did something similar to an Iron Man maquette I have, but I used glow in the dark tape I had lying around. Its like a glossy cream white/yellow color in the light, but glows green at night for a long time.

I got it from here, I think it was what they call the "moonglow" tape now, but the mid energy stuff is more white colored in daylight.
https://www.identi-tape.com/photolum-tape.htm

I like the look, and the little accent of eyes starting out at night

I think they look good!

I prefer this to the gimmicky light up feature, particularly if it would make figures cheaper. The first thing I do when I get a new armor is pop out those batteries.

That came out pretty good.

Eyes look especially good! I'm impressed.

Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate that.

Chris

Just a short update. Tonight I've completed WM Mark II.







I'm happy with the result.

Chris

Wow WM looks outstanding! Great work!

Thanks a lot.

The more I see this, the more I like it. I wonder how these would look in blue or red?

I think the painted Mark VII looks great. I don't care for the stickers on the others though.

Y4NK33 PL4N3T said:

The more I see this, the more I like it. I wonder how these would look in blue or red?

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Tomorrow I can draw a few photomontages...

GearheadSS said:

I don't care for the stickers on the others though.

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Mhm sorry, I don't understand this rate. What it means specifically? Like I said, my english is not the best...

c-ro said:

Tomorrow I can draw a few photomontages...

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Cool! The War Machine Mark II with blue or red colored stickers would look pretty neat me thinks