thank you for subscribing to my channel most impressive. have you any up coming projects.are a star wars fan ?I am a big fan of star wars films and the mandolorien series. I like all marvel and dc comic films 👍
that's great news 👍. I carnt wait to see that. I like casting ..just haven't got round to getting the equipment yet. that's one of my future projects to do on my channel 👍
Hi. Thanks for the tutorial. I just got one as well from Alan. One question...he said use Jb weld to glue the brackets to the shield. Is there a reason you are using Loctite instead of what the maker suggested which is jb weld?
@@GhostForge lol thanks for the quick response. Another question..I'm about to lose my mind now trying to get a proper cut out of the star. I'm using everything you said and half the time I can't see or feel the grooves while using my fingernails. Then when I do find em and start to cut away the frog tape easily comes off or doesn't come off where I cut. New blade too.
It should even out with the more coats you put on. Each coat should be pretty light with plenty of time to dry in between coats. How many coats have you applied so far?
@@goofballproductions7629 Hmm, maybe the coats were too light and it just needs more coats. You said you restarted, what did you use to strip the initial paint off?
@@goofballproductions7629 I also had this problem when painting my homemade fiberglass shield. The red paint is slightly translucent, so too many coats will start to make it much darker.
Hey I just got one of these and I have 2 quick questions. How did you set the shield up vertically for applying the red? And when gluing the brackets did you have to bend them or hold them down at all, because mine don't quite conform to the curve. The diagonal parts do, but the center part of them I have to hold down to get them flush with the back of the shield.
I’m sure there are better ways but I ran a bolt through the middle to a wood dowel rod. I then secured that dowel to an old stand I had. As far as the brackets, I epoxied them and weighed them down with dumbbells
Finished Project looks beautiful
Thank you!
this deserves more likes
Thank you!!
That turned out very nice. Wow you put a lot of time and effort into this .awesome. how much did all the materials cost to make the shield? 👍
Thank you! I’m super satisfied with the outcome. With all the materials, it ran about $350
It's a work of art my friend. that's cool well worth it for the materials. ..awesome 👍
thank you for subscribing to my channel most impressive. have you any up coming projects.are a star wars fan ?I am a big fan of star wars films and the mandolorien series. I like all marvel and dc comic films 👍
@@nightscrapperuk13 for sure! Oh I’m a huge Star Wars fan. I’ll be making some Mandalorian Beskar ingots in the future!
that's great news 👍. I carnt wait to see that. I like casting ..just haven't got round to getting the equipment yet. that's one of my future projects to do on my channel 👍
Where do you get the shield blank?
Hi. Thanks for the tutorial. I just got one as well from Alan. One question...he said use Jb weld to glue the brackets to the shield. Is there a reason you are using Loctite instead of what the maker suggested which is jb weld?
JB Weld is probably slightly stronger but I just wanted a fast setting epoxy. If I was fighting Hydra, I would probably use JB Weld lol
@@GhostForge lol thanks for the quick response. Another question..I'm about to lose my mind now trying to get a proper cut out of the star. I'm using everything you said and half the time I can't see or feel the grooves while using my fingernails. Then when I do find em and start to cut away the frog tape easily comes off or doesn't come off where I cut. New blade too.
@@dwainsumpter123 Hmm that sounds like a pickle. Maybe you could lightly trace the outline in pencil once you find a portion of it
@@GhostForge Sounds like a great idea. I'm on it. Thanks.
@@GhostForge it's done. Not perfect as yours but so much better. The pencil was the key. Thanks.
You didn't apply any kind of prime before the actual paint...?
Nope! The paint is semitransparent so the metal underneath will be shown.
What's the glue?
Which one did you use?
I used Loctite Clear epoxy
For someone reason when I spray it with the metal cast, I get darker shades or red on areas, do you know why it does this? Thanks.
It should even out with the more coats you put on. Each coat should be pretty light with plenty of time to dry in between coats. How many coats have you applied so far?
@@GhostForge I restarted actually but I've done about 5.
@@goofballproductions7629 Hmm, maybe the coats were too light and it just needs more coats. You said you restarted, what did you use to strip the initial paint off?
@@goofballproductions7629 I also had this problem when painting my homemade fiberglass shield. The red paint is slightly translucent, so too many coats will start to make it much darker.
where did you get the aluminum from?
AW Metal Spinnings
can this be ordered online?
Hey I just got one of these and I have 2 quick questions. How did you set the shield up vertically for applying the red? And when gluing the brackets did you have to bend them or hold them down at all, because mine don't quite conform to the curve. The diagonal parts do, but the center part of them I have to hold down to get them flush with the back of the shield.
I’m sure there are better ways but I ran a bolt through the middle to a wood dowel rod. I then secured that dowel to an old stand I had. As far as the brackets, I epoxied them and weighed them down with dumbbells
@@GhostForge Ah ok. Thanks, I was worried I'd have to start trying to bend my brackets into shape.
@@jacobcenter7374 for sure! Good luck with your build