So today had me working on my gundam tryon 3 for a friend of mine and I have to say the kit has impressed me so far. Looking forward to painting this one once I finish my degree at university. View
Hi guys! I’ll post the same question on a few threads here so that it’s easier for it to become an attention grabber. I’m looking for the best high gloss varnish that I can get. Also, I’m thinking about Liquitex high gloss varnish. Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
I have a bit of fear towards lacquer based coats. Don’t get me wrong, I believe their top coats are premium quality however, being a lacquer made me worry of the effect it may have on enamel and/or acrylic paints I may use. I did read somewhere that their top coats are a lot weaker than the normal lacquer paints, not eating through the paint of…[Read more]
Not sure how it behaves unfortunately, was just a thought since it looks nice as a finish. The only other stuff I had used is Testors gloss spray can, no idea if you can buff that up or not.
Thanks anyway. As I’m in no position to buy myself a test stock and just test these varnishes and top coats this kind of heavy research has to be done. I’ve bought myself a bottle of Liquitex gloss, it should be as close to Future, without the yellowing part and I’ll start from there. I’ve watched a review of Alclads high gloss regular lacquer…[Read more]
I only recently got a decent airbrush (Iwata neo) and I’ve been experimenting with it a lot – get messy, make mistakes as Miss Frizzle would say. But I’d like to use it on my HG Sengoku Astray to help me get the right kind of reflective red/black sheen the gundam has in the anime. The flat red plastic just isn’t doing it for me. Any advice?
like this perhaps? http://www.graemenattress.com/wp/10/ – the effect is a “candy coat”. The basic idea is you lay down layers of paint to produce the effect. For that I used Alclad gloss black followed by Alclad chrome followed by Tamiya clear red. Once my Sengoku arrives, I plan to do something similar with it….
A lot like that yeah. I think the Sengoku’s black shows through a lot more, but I realize the anime is gonna do things that can’t be perfectly replicated. I should have picked a model that was less tricky with it’s paint! I’ve bookmarked your site and I’ll be watching and looking forward to your Sengoku build.
I’ve ordered the MG Sengoku, but I’m sure the paint ideas will be applicable to the HG version too. But be warned, I’ve got a large backlog and won’t be getting to it for a while.
Have you looked at any of the alclad gloss coats?
I have a bit of fear towards lacquer based coats. Don’t get me wrong, I believe their top coats are premium quality however, being a lacquer made me worry of the effect it may have on enamel and/or acrylic paints I may use. I did read somewhere that their top coats are a lot weaker than the normal lacquer paints, not eating through the paint of…[Read more]
Not sure how it behaves unfortunately, was just a thought since it looks nice as a finish. The only other stuff I had used is Testors gloss spray can, no idea if you can buff that up or not.
Thanks anyway. As I’m in no position to buy myself a test stock and just test these varnishes and top coats this kind of heavy research has to be done. I’ve bought myself a bottle of Liquitex gloss, it should be as close to Future, without the yellowing part and I’ll start from there. I’ve watched a review of Alclads high gloss regular lacquer…[Read more]