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Q/A & Help Group 9 years, 6 months ago Hey guys! I have a HG Sinanju I’m building at the moment and I’m thinking of painting it in metallic colors. I have the Tamiya Acrylic silver paint as a base, then going over it with Tamiya Acrylic transparent colors. That takes care of the red (and gold metallic for the trims and such, which is gonna SUUUUUUUCK to do), but I have a question about the black. Does Tamiya make a black transparent acyrlic paint? I haven’t seen it at the shop that I get my paints from. Anybody have any experience doing this metallica shiz? Any and all help is appreciated!
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I don’t think they do make it, I’ve looked at their paint list quite a bit. The closest I think to a clear black is smoke. Closest thing I could find in a few seconds of googling was http://www.testors.com/products/573560
Thanks! That seems to be an enamel, which may end up taking a bit longer to dry than I’m looking for. Thanks though. I didn’t think they made a transparent black unfortunately.
honestly trans black in acrylic is rare as…. it’s the nature of the medium, closest i;ve ever seen outside autoborn airbrush paints Is tamiya’s smoke, which has to be laid several layers to work.
Also, depending where you are, try Krylon premium chrome vs tam’s silver. MUCH nicer finish long as you mist it on
I actually found transparent black in the Tamiya sprays when I stopped by the hobby shop near my house a couple days ago. Ended up getting the gloss black so i’ll see how that looks in comparison to the chrome silver base (with clear red on top) on the rest of the body. I may end up getting semi-gloss, or thinning down the gloss black A LOT on top of the chrome. man, the choices are a-plenty! one of the things I love about these models
Hiyo, have you tried just using tamiya X22 and tinting it with X1?
I guess you are going for a “titanium” look? A good alternative would be to use a gloss aluminum or silver leaf, tint it ’cause you want it much darker. Use dark mica blue on top, and finish with topcoat. It will be a really deep rich blue, almost black, but still have the shimmer effect you might be looking for. Give it try on a spoon 🙂
You can try the Reverse Wash Technique for the gold trims,. 🙂