Painted Shim Layers, Started Painting Horseshoes, Ankle Bracelets, Prepped Legs for Painting

Today it was time to start painting the rest of the aluminum-colored areas of droid #2.

First, I needed to mask the horseshoes so that only the inside perimeter would be painted. I should probably be painting the pockets for the buttons and hydraulics aluminum-colored as well, but on droid #1 the pockets are white, and they will be for droid #2 also.



Here's the collection for today's painting effort.



I applied three coats of Krylon Chrome Aluminum to each part. I started with the horseshoe shims.



After applying a coat of white primer, I painted the inner perimeter of the horseshoes next.



I followed that with the top sides of the ankle bracelets.



I guess things had been going too smoothly, because when I painted the bottom sides of the ankle bracelets, I ran into my old nemesis, spiderwebbing.




I sanded the crinkles off, and reprimed. I will probably try again tomorrow.



I wrapped up the day by applying some more primer to all three legs.




Finally, i unmasked the horseshoes. I will mask the inner perimeter next, and paint the rest of the horseshoes white next.



Tomorrow I plan to do some more painting, and final preparation on the legs for their final painting.