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Intermediate Modeler – Modeling Competition 2013 9 years, 3 months ago i was testing some colors, i’m having trouble getting the red to look red. i used a grey primer and now a mr.color red. do u need to use less thinner or use white as a base ffirst. its looking kinda wierd. and im trying to paint it char color but i cant seem to br able to mis he dark red from the red comet zaku? any help would be great. thanks
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Intermediate Modeler – Modeling Competition 2013
sry for bad grammar.
If you use white primer yhe red would look pinkish at first but you would need yo apply yhe red in layers.use dark primer will make the red look darker do once again will need thecred building up in layers again.personaly I would have said either but you can get pink primer, I know as I am using it on the build I am doing now, ferrari f1.
Red can or could be classed as a middle if the road colour.its neither dark or light, somewhere inbetween.
General rule is, if the top coat is a light colour use a dark primer, if its a dark colour use a lighter primer.your kinda stuck inbetween but you can make either primers work.
Just a case of building up yhe colour in layers.tamiya paints are usualy good, applied in thinned layers, usualy 3 layers.but paints like citadel are realy realy good for brush work but their colours are different.
cool, i didnt know that about light with dark and dark with light. but ya im gonna add more layers to it and see how it goes than. its been hard trying to get the color i want. but ya thanks for the help.
Just be careful not to apply too much colour in 1 go or you will get runs as gravity will pull the wet paint if theres too much.usualy a plastic kit like a gundam can take a primer then 3 coats of thinned down paint, I tend to use tamiya thinners for my hand brushing with either tamiya or citadel paint.also I tend to use flat colours, especialy if you need to or know you will be touching up.
If you use gloss coat it has a glaze.if you touch up again ontop of it you will end up noticing the touch up as you will see where the new paint us, so flat paint is best, then do your touching up, then hit it with your gloss clear, 2 coats should be good.then you get the even looking paint even after touch up and the clear shiney finish of gloss.
cool, thanks man ill give it a try today.