After the black was sanded, and the latex was taken off, I would apply a brown wash to the piece, getting in the crevices. before applying a matte clear coat, and calling it a wrap of the piece.
After applying the liquid latex, I painted it a gloss red, then applied a matte black, the black acted weird, so I ended up sanding it down abit and decided to blend it weathering.
For today, I finished sanding with 800 grit sand paper, then after wet sanding, I sprayed it with kyrlon filler primer and will be painting the base with a krylon metallic aluminum color.