get some chrome silver tamiya paint. i usually use that as an base for my metallic paint jobs, but the chrome color itself is actually rather nice by itself.
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…[Read more]
@Benjamin is right. You cut the decal off, put it in the water, and then fish it out with tweezers. If it slips off of the paper in the water, it will lose it’s adhesiveness and be basically useless. Watch it in the water. Bandai decals usually take 8-10 seconds in the water to be ready. Try to use decal setter and decal solvent. Without that, the…[Read more]
I found em! I’m completely new to waterslides (and hell, I only just started doing sticker decals recently). What are the benefits to those over regular stickers? edgeless appearance? I found the sinanju waterslides and they all seemed white for the gold parts. is painting necessary first?
As far i know of using water decals for other type of models, you have to cut the decal the put it on water for about 10-15 seconds then with a paintbrush grab it apply to surface, dry extra water and let dry, after that you can apply gloss or mate barnish. Water decals look like a painted job on the model, but you have to be carefulle not to…[Read more]
@Benjamin is right. You cut the decal off, put it in the water, and then fish it out with tweezers. If it slips off of the paper in the water, it will lose it’s adhesiveness and be basically useless. Watch it in the water. Bandai decals usually take 8-10 seconds in the water to be ready. Try to use decal setter and decal solvent. Without that, the…[Read more]
Yep. HLJ. A titanium paint job is pretty risky. Are you going to use a paintbrush for it? Prime92 inspired a lot of people! I look forward to seeing it.
I found em! I’m completely new to waterslides (and hell, I only just started doing sticker decals recently). What are the benefits to those over regular stickers? edgeless appearance? I found the sinanju waterslides and they all seemed white for the gold parts. is painting necessary first?
As far i know of using water decals for other type of models, you have to cut the decal the put it on water for about 10-15 seconds then with a paintbrush grab it apply to surface, dry extra water and let dry, after that you can apply gloss or mate barnish. Water decals look like a painted job on the model, but you have to be carefulle not to…[Read more]
@Benjamin is right. You cut the decal off, put it in the water, and then fish it out with tweezers. If it slips off of the paper in the water, it will lose it’s adhesiveness and be basically useless. Watch it in the water. Bandai decals usually take 8-10 seconds in the water to be ready. Try to use decal setter and decal solvent. Without that, the…[Read more]
Yep. HLJ. A titanium paint job is pretty risky. Are you going to use a paintbrush for it? Prime92 inspired a lot of people! I look forward to seeing it.
I found em! I’m completely new to waterslides (and hell, I only just started doing sticker decals recently). What are the benefits to those over regular stickers? edgeless appearance? I found the sinanju waterslides and they all seemed white for the gold parts. is painting necessary first?
As far i know of using water decals for other type of models, you have to cut the decal the put it on water for about 10-15 seconds then with a paintbrush grab it apply to surface, dry extra water and let dry, after that you can apply gloss or mate barnish. Water decals look like a painted job on the model, but you have to be carefulle not to…[Read more]
@Benjamin is right. You cut the decal off, put it in the water, and then fish it out with tweezers. If it slips off of the paper in the water, it will lose it’s adhesiveness and be basically useless. Watch it in the water. Bandai decals usually take 8-10 seconds in the water to be ready. Try to use decal setter and decal solvent. Without that, the…[Read more]
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…[Read more]
Have you tried thinning down acrylic paints and using the capalary action technique? I noticed it isn’t pretty hard to get some pens to write evenly, if at all, on top of dried acyrlic paint
Yes, I’ve done thinned black washes before, but I’ve avoided them recently because of the mess and because of the ease of using a pen. I may have to go back to that technique though, maybe combined with the Rapidograph when it comes back from repair.
Try turpenoid. It’s a LOT safer than turpentine and a muuuuch weaker dissolver. Put a little bit on a paper towel and start (gently) rubbing it (in one direction) on the painted surface. The quicker you do it the better too. Don’t want that oil marker to dry too fast. From my experience it hasn’t weakened the plastic part at all because I use the…[Read more]
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…[Read more]
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…[Read more]
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…[Read more]
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