Ranger's Skyrim Stahlrim Build

[RandomRanger]

Finally had the opportunity to test paint some real stahlrim texture, here's how the experiments turned out

Textured with wall-texture spray paint, painted with acrylics only

Here's the same as above, but after being hydro dipped

The left side of this one has no texturing done to it, and the right was hit with a dremel (this one's my favorite so far)

Same as previous one, but after hydrodipping it

There's a video here that should show the colorshift if I'm lucky

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[he4thbar]

That Dremel one is looking great!

 

[RandomRanger]

For reference, this is what it should look like

 

[RandomRanger]

That Dremel one is looking great!

Thanks! That's the one I think I'm most excited about. I'm thinking if I just fine tune the painting a bit, and sculpt an actual structure in rather than the quick random carvings I did there, it'll turn out quite well! I'll probably experiment with that tomorrow. Maybe I'll try to make that rock above.

 

[OttyrCosplay]

Your test looks sooo good! Definitely looking forward to seeing more progress!!

 

[Sean Anwalt]

I think the dremel is the closest. I think it can be improved upon by using a round sanding stone on the dremel and not leaving any surface actually FLAT, and you're golden.

This is coming along great, man. Keep it up!

Are you going to put a HUD in this helmet as well??? ;P

 

[RandomRanger]

I think the dremel is the closest. I think it can be improved upon by using a round sanding stone on the dremel and not leaving any surface actually FLAT, and you're golden.

This is coming along great, man. Keep it up!

Are you going to put a HUD in this helmet as well??? ;P

Thanks for the part recommendation, I'm definitely still learning what all the different bits are good for.

Thanks!

Lol, no, this helmet doesn't even have a visor xD. You silly


Tonight I'm going to try to recreate that reference Stahlrim rock as accurately as I can.

 

[Dire]

I agree with Sean Anwalt a round stone would make it look sexy! Also looks damn good sir

 

[RandomRanger]

Anyone know a good trick for cleaning gunk out of my dremel bits? One of my stones is a little smoother than I'd like already

 

[Sean Anwalt]

That happens. I myself had that problem A LOT with my MK VI. If the bit is still hot you can get a lot of the melted foam off, otherwise I had to chip it off with a knife blade. That's about all I know about it. Maybe TurboCharizard or PerniciousDuke know more than I do about cleaning the melted foam off dremel bits?

 

[he4thbar]

That happens. I myself had that problem A LOT with my MK VI. If the bit is still hot you can get a lot of the melted foam off, otherwise I had to chip it off with a knife blade. That's about all I know about it. Maybe TurboCharizard or PerniciousDuke know more than I do about cleaning the melted foam off dremel bits?

Thanks this will help me too!

 

[RandomRanger]

For some reason this one turned out darker... despite using more white paint than last time, but other than that I think it's going well.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

That looks good. If i might offer a critique? Where you've run the dremel, there are troughs. If you practice making the troughs disappear, it'll add to the effect.

 

[RandomRanger]

That looks good. If i might offer a critique? Where you've run the dremel, there are troughs. If you practice making the troughs disappear, it'll add to the effect.

I'm not 100% certain what you mean about troughs, are you talking about how there appears to be a 'depth floor'?
Also, if anyone has ideas on how to tweak the color lighter beyond 'add white', I'm all ears.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Yes. The depth floor. Don't push the dremel all the way down so far. It'll take some experimenting because my words are broken, but you can due itt.

 

[RandomRanger]

Yes. The depth floor. Don't push the dremel all the way down so far. It'll take some experimenting because my words are broken, but you can due itt.

It sounds like you've been enjoying yourself tonight xD. But yeah, I'll give it a shot on Test #3, thanks for the suggestion

 

[Sean Anwalt]

sounds like you've been enjoying yourself tonight

I introduced my buddy to a flight simulator called DCS. It's very complicated and takes forever to do anything but it's rewarding and I enjoy it.

 

[PaiganBoi]

May I point out an observation? It's not so obvious in the refernce image but, in your tester it looks like your 'peaks' are too broad or wide. In the reference it looks like the peaks are more pointy/sharp.
Maybe with a rounded stone bit you could grind it down a bit to get those more narrow peaks.

 

[PaiganBoi]

Another suggestion. You mentioned that it looks a little dark. Besides adding with paint to your colours, try using a fine tipped brush and use white paint along the ridges to create highlights. Or if that doesn't work try dry brushing the edges of the ridges with white like you would your Spartan armour when weathering.

 

[xXDashIVXx]

May I point out an observation? It's not so obvious in the refernce image but, in your tester it looks like your 'peaks' are too broad or wide. In the reference it looks like the peaks are more pointy/sharp.
Maybe with a rounded stone bit you could grind it down a bit to get those more narrow peaks.
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I think the best way of doing this is using a spherical bit the size of a golf ball and dragging it in some places and just touching down in others. It would even out the space and give the look aimed for if not pushed too far down, but I dont know if you can get a bit like that