Monster March 4 AT Warlord Titan - Crisis Averted

Greetings.

For those who read my last Monster March 4 post, I mentioned goofing up on the leg armor which was intended to be painted opposite so that the hazard stripes would be on the outside panels of both legs. Instead, I painted both panels identically. Well after considering options and taking action I can report that we're back on the rails with correct panels as shown above.

Ah.  Back to a clean panel ready for primer once again

In the end, the panel required a bath in Simple Green. I first tried repainting the panel but that quickly went awry.  I should have primed the old hazard stripes black for one thing.  I worried about too many paint layers, and decided to spray the red directly over the old stripes instead.  This approach revealed two glaring issues.  The lines/shape of the stripes were still (faintly) visible under the red due to the masking and my likely heavy handed layer of yellow.  And second, the red came out much brighter than it did over black primer coat making the panel look obviously different than all the other panels.  Both issues combined to force me to strip the panel and start over.

Like nothing ever happened...

In the close up above, I brought the newly painted panel back up to the level of the rest of the armor currently and the results are plain.  The panel now matches the other panels with no sign at all that anything ever happened.  I lost a little over all time on the project, but not enough to set me back.  I'll complete on schedule.  And I also won't be looking at this one panel knowing it wasn't right, or that I took short cuts with it.

Later in the week I'll post up more overall progress on the titan. To date I have cleaned up the red over-spray on the metal skeleton (legs and torso) but that's about it. I'm beginning to remember how much time is needed for the weapons and how much you can spend on the torso with all the little details, highlighting, and what not.  It's going to be a push, but I believe I'll complete on target.

Check back later to find out.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!