Hello and ty for replying ^^
Its hard to find good spray paints or hobby stores where i llive,and,when i do find plastic paints they normally dnt have a good variety,i havent found metallic paints yet,just gloss or flats,and even those are limited to basic colors (mostly whites,black and greys)…so yeah its good to know alternatives,the problem…[Read more]
there are a few ways to paint metallic color.
mainly in two ways: (let’s take red and let’s use spray)
1) metallic red spray can (doh~, I know)
2) spray a silver coat, let it dry up, then a clear red on top
Ty,i will try it in my Astrays,im thinking about buying the Sengoku Astray while waiting for the blue and red frame to restock,and might paint it metallic purple
sorry I haven’t been checking into hlj for a bit but to add to that you should put down a gloss black coat before the silver, most silver paints tell you this on the can, metallic paints have a bit of transparency to them and the black makes the silver just a bit more vibrant.
Also I’d probably go for a mica/pearl over a metallic if you can find…[Read more]
ahh I see well can’t really do much about the selection you have, but since you asked about metallic red I assume you have that available atleast. if you can then get a blue, silver/white, gold/yellow, and black/grey then you’re pretty much set for most things kits with Gundam in the name.
Also don’t feel that having metallic paints on the kit…[Read more]
WOW love that RG look,you definitely madde it look 500x better,and you have encourage me to work more with spray paints,since i dnt have an airbrush as wel ^^
Im going to work on a Sengoku Astray,and now i feel brave to do a custom spray paint..i just hope i can do it look half as good as your destiny (cuz ive just started on gunpla…[Read more]
😛 …thats sad,i want them so much…
i might not have the skills to do it myself,but i dnt know how hard it is until i try it lol …
i was hoping to find something at Ebay,but even there i was out of luck,maybe i find someone somewhere that gives me (or sells me lol) that Astray Striker adapter backpack
Ty,i will try it in my Astrays,im thinking about buying the Sengoku Astray while waiting for the blue and red frame to restock,and might paint it metallic purple
sorry I haven’t been checking into hlj for a bit but to add to that you should put down a gloss black coat before the silver, most silver paints tell you this on the can, metallic paints have a bit of transparency to them and the black makes the silver just a bit more vibrant.
Also I’d probably go for a mica/pearl over a metallic if you can find…[Read more]
Hello everyone ^^
I want to paint a kit mettalic red,and i dnt have airbrush…can i achieve good results with tamiya metallic red spray paint,or should i buy clear red instead and spray it over the allready red kit?
there are a few ways to paint metallic color.
mainly in two ways: (let’s take red and let’s use spray)
1) metallic red spray can (doh~, I know)
2) spray a silver coat, let it dry up, then a clear red on top
Ty,i will try it in my Astrays,im thinking about buying the Sengoku Astray while waiting for the blue and red frame to restock,and might paint it metallic purple
sorry I haven’t been checking into hlj for a bit but to add to that you should put down a gloss black coat before the silver, most silver paints tell you this on the can, metallic paints have a bit of transparency to them and the black makes the silver just a bit more vibrant.
Also I’d probably go for a mica/pearl over a metallic if you can find…[Read more]
ahh I see well can’t really do much about the selection you have, but since you asked about metallic red I assume you have that available atleast. if you can then get a blue, silver/white, gold/yellow, and black/grey then you’re pretty much set for most things kits with Gundam in the name.
Also don’t feel that having metallic paints on the kit…[Read more]
I love the Astray design so its a must have for me,and i read the manga so i know somethings about it…sadly the Astray Noir was a P-Bandai exclusive,they would look nice together ^^
I have the Build Strike,but i know that the Blue Frame have (at least i saw them in some reviews on YT) exclusive adapters for the astrays,they look alot nicer (one could say it looks like a regular backpack) than those of the Build Fighters.
Adding to what @bluecomet said, here’s a list of them. As of this comment the only kits are the MG Sengoku Astray, MG Build Gundam MK-II, MG Build Strike Gundam and the MG Universe Booster.
Oh right, I completely forgot that those existed sorry :P. I think that was only available on release. That’s the only way I know of for 1/100 backpack adapters sorry but you could always use modify pegs yourself to kitbash backpacks if you don’t like the Build Fighter one.