first attempt at modding my Top Gun's side logo

[burnz]

happened to drop by an art-n-crafts shop today, so decided to shop for some paint to mod the casing side logo of my Top Gun V1.. had looked at a few gen TGs recently, so i knew the side logo needed to be painted with a darker shade of silver, kinda like a gunmetal color..

took all of 5mins to repaint the logo and let it dry.. what do you guys think?

before (standard rep factory color):

after modding with new paint:

in case anyone likes this paint job and wants to take a stab at it, i got plenty of spare paint left.. maybe i can squeeze out a few big blobs into an airtight ziploc and send it to anyone who's interested

[gtanak]

Have you guys thot of dyeing it? or rubbing some dirt to dirty the silver of the rep? Or dipping the logo and soaking that part into coffee haha

[prdubis]

Beautiful job, how did you manage to paint such tiny details?

And is the gen supposed to have a glossy finish as your?

[burnz]

the color is still a little off compared to the gen (see pic below), but it's supposed to have a glossy finish..

i just painted over the entire logo using a fine brush, then used a wet piece of cloth to wipe off the paint off the top surface while leaving the paint in the engraved ridges intact..

here's the gen for comparison, it has a somewhat gold tinge to it instead of being just pure metallic silver.. still not close enough yet, so maybe i still need to hunt for a closer colour to match it...

[krpster]

Looks great. Nice job. What is the spec of the paint you used?

[prdubis]

the color is still a little off compared to the gen (see pic below), but it's supposed to have a glossy finish..

i just painted over the entire logo using a fine brush, then used a wet piece of cloth to wipe off the paint off the top surface while leaving the paint in the engraved ridges intact..

here's the gen for comparison, it has a somewhat gold tinge to it instead of being just pure metallic silver.. still not close enough yet, so maybe i still need to hunt for a closer colour to match it...

Yes you're right, something like bronze or pewter...

[Francisco]

very good job. congratulations!