I FF before and after water slides and that works fine. When I finally put a flat coat on top, to me the water-slides look totally integrated into the kit and look real.
1. Sand where necessary, say to remove a nub mark or a moulding line. Otherwise undercoat as necessary. Some paints can go on straight, some benefit from undercoat and some require undercoat.
2. Airbrush.
3. Future Finish
4. Yes, Alclad metallics need just a single (often light) coat on top of their gloss black primer to work wonderfully. They…[Read more]
There’s not much in the way of traditional panel lines on the kit, but there are some indents that do benefit from some lining. I’d just do what you feel works well.
Thank you,it took its time ,and still not finished!!I am on squirts and backpack modifications for the moment..Still thinking about armor paints and designs.
Your work on the Sazabi ver.ka is amazing ,just seen a couple of pics for the moment but it looks brutal,!So clean ,so good…Awesome work on it.I’ll have a close eye on your wip.
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plus apparently you can hand brush the vallejo liquid gold, which is a plus for some. Be careful though, you have to keep it moving in your airbrush as the particles will block your airbrush if left to settle.
compared to alclad old gold, its pretty damned close, I imagine with a nice gloss topcoat it’d look amazing. I got 5 different shades of these liquid golds on sale for about a pound each when modelzone was closing down.
plus apparently you can hand brush the vallejo liquid gold, which is a plus for some. Be careful though, you have to keep it moving in your airbrush as the particles will block your airbrush if left to settle.
Top coat will seal your marker in so it won’t rub off. A flat top coat will take the plastic sheen off the kit and make it look more “real”. If you’re using stickers or water-slides a good gloss coat works well to ensure good smooth adhesion and lack of visible edges. You can then follow up with a flat coat.
Yay!! They took my money straight away, so I hope they ship soon.
I do like HLJs way of doing business by not taking your money until they’ve got the physical product squirreled away for you. Looks as though Hobbymate have no qualms taking your money straight up haha!
Thanks for the heads up man.
I put some hints and advice in my blog on the build here: http://www.graemenattress.com/wp/1100-kastrysha/ – hopefully some of them might save you some frustrations.