{"id":3948,"date":"2010-09-12T18:34:13","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T23:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=3948"},"modified":"2010-09-12T18:42:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-12T23:42:56","slug":"in-progress-%c2%bb-%e2%80%98futuristic%e2%80%99-prototype-01-vincent-%c2%bb-chrome-%c2%bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-%e2%80%98futuristic%e2%80%99-prototype-01-vincent-%c2%bb-chrome-%c2%bb\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress \u00c2\u00bb \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFuturistic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Prototype 01 Vincent \u00c2\u00bb Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"vincent-13\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-13-460x388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I masked and sprayed more chrome onto the blue parts today and finished the shoulders and &#8220;hips&#8221;. The &#8220;1&#8221; emblem was painted over with red oil paint then wiped away to show the raised chrome parts. I painted rust-colored Vallejo paints onto the inner-torso parts then masked with liquid mask and applied more gloss black and chrome. It turned out so nice and flaky around the edges that I wish I had done that to all the chrome parts from the start. Live and learn and I have more techniques up my sleeves to age the chrome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"vincent-14\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-14-460x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The eyes for Vinnie&#8217;s head were painted in Tamiya Clear Red then polished with the fine polishing compound. The eyes are just sitting there for now and I&#8217;ll attach and align them properly after the weathering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"vincent-15\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-15-460x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The added half-round for chrome trim around the arms turned out nice and hides some hard to reach seam lines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-16.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"vincent-16\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/vincent-16-460x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffichtenfoo.net%2Fblog%2Fin-progress-%25c2%25bb-%25e2%2580%2598futuristic%25e2%2580%2599-prototype-01-vincent-%25c2%25bb-chrome-%25c2%25bb%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=trebuchet+ms\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 3px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I masked and sprayed more chrome onto the blue parts today and finished the shoulders and &#8220;hips&#8221;. The &#8220;1&#8221; emblem was painted over with red oil paint then wiped away to show the raised chrome parts. I painted rust-colored Vallejo paints onto the inner-torso parts then masked with liquid mask&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-%e2%80%98futuristic%e2%80%99-prototype-01-vincent-%c2%bb-chrome-%c2%bb\/\"><span>Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,56],"tags":[86,525,44,543,523,256,541,538,490,60,528,526,524],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3954,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions\/3954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}