Hi all, i wanna ask some painting technique...

I wanna do the shading effect, which looks like this:



But I do not have air brush + compressor, hence I only use those Gundam color spray (those small tin can which dedicated for gundam color one)

May I know if it's possible to achieve such effect via gundam color spray? can give me some tips on it?

Thanks !

Hm... ... sounds good but goota waste a lot of spray, but what to do i dun have air brush (and no plan to buy 1) so mah try it out !

guys i need some opinion... ...

alright i bought the PG strike freedom, suppose it was an extreme happiness but due to too much bashing and knocking in the forum now i feel i'm a dumb coz i bought this.

anyway dun care, i luv strike freedom so no matter how i will support this kit...

okok sorry my question is, frankly speaking the front skirt armor plate for PG strike freedom looks quite boring... so plain...


I'm planning to do some modding on it to make it look nicer, but i'm so n00b to physical modding and i scare i screw up the whole thing...

so may I ask:

1) if I just wants to cut some line on it, which tool will be useful on gundam kit?

2) if I wants to re-shape the front skirt plate, do I jsut sand paper it until it reach the shape or use some cutting tool?

3) any suggestion on front skirt armor which suitable for strike freedom

thanks!

thank you so much!

whoa this link shows almost everything i need... just that he didn't explain the step on sawing... i might need that as well...

this is AMAZING mod for strike freedom, and he gave me a VERY GOOD color reference. (coz I planned to replace the dark blue to dark grey, light blue to medium grey, make it looks like white-grayish strike freedom)

thanks for encouraging me man, I remember last time when PG 00 Raiser is out, I dun like it but never say anything, instead congratulate those who have it...

anyway that front skirt paneling is really cool! i gotta copy--pasta it also some metallic color at the back~~~

Guys, I have a kinda n00b question….

For the protection coat which we spray on the kit upon completion. I believe ‘flat’ type means not reflecting any light on it. So in such case, if I’m building Strike Freedom which have golden an dshining part on it, if I spray the ‘flat’ type protection coat on it, will it cause it to lost it’s shining-ness? My question is, for such model do I need 2 type of protection coat, 1 gloss and 1 flat?

Thanks!

somebody help plz~~~~

er... that's not quite what i asked.. but still, thanks for trying ot help

This is EXACTLY what I need to know, thank you so much for clarify this to me Alright confirmed, I need to go buy 1 more gloss protection coat.

(er... usually u all do the lining b4 or after spraying the protection coat? I b4 right? so can 'cover' the ink inside?)

This post has been edited by Vorador: Dec 15 2010, 01:52 PM

ow... so the first layer of gloss coat wont affect anything... cool.

alright got it looks like gotta spend LOTSA money for it

many thanks for ur advice

but i wont simply saw it like that, will built it first and see how I suppose to do it. and the only part i will do the mod is SF's front skirt, any may be sand the leg armor a bit to make it looks more details.

anyway i shall do experiment with a small box of SD zaku here... or may be i will go buy a box of bendi gundam to try

guys... long time no see~~~

Hey guys can give me some comment? (And flamming are welcome too!)

PLease see the pic below, got the 'feeling' of shading effect? (Ofcoz... i not dare to say it's 'close' to shading effect)



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Yeah please tell me very straight forward opinion so I can improve next time (Since this is skill-related)

Note: I haven't spray the non gloss protection coat.

Also, I did only 1 hand... wanna see how can I improve in next part.... (beside buying air brush + compressor)

Ok guys... technical questions... I was asking about top coat on painted gunpla...



Here's some part I tried to apply the abovementioned technique... This one the shading is not obvious because I itchy hand go and spray another layer of color on top of it... then topcoat...

ayeeeee.... forgot to mention... my goal is to achieve shading effect without air brush... in fact, I don't have an air brush...

btw so I mah change it to:

1. spray the color itself
2. use the weathering tool to draw the shading effect. (I tried... not very hard as long as got a layer of spray on the surface)
3. semi-gloss top coat?

I'm using the white color tin of Mr. Color top coat. Flat one. I will go buy another can of semi-gloss this week.

Actually, I do achieved (ok... may be I should say... 'mimic') the shading effect by using paint brush before. Only this time feels like trying tamiya weathering tool. (Far easier than using paint brush).

The shading method instructed from that post looks a bit risky... because it might spoilt the painting anytime... with my skill I better play it safe.

hoo hoo~~ thank you so much for the info! Will try out and share the result here.

BTW, this is my previous result, mimic 'shading' effect via paint brush.... (and it's a painful process!)

may be that's the only source of power that moves me to complete the whole thing...

coooool man, so just a bit of gloss top coat, after applied the decal then 1 more layer of semi gloss again? (wont affect the decal I assume?)

coooool man, thanks for the tips! can't wait to try out this weekend (coz I have to go buy the gloss topcoat)

btw, i used the mr. hobby's 1200 premier, I think I kind of hate it... first isn't smooth, need to sand a lot afterward. 2nd it makes my floor ultra dusty after the work

ooo i watch some online tutorial for applying decal (yes last time all I did is simply apply it with WATER ALONE, so when came to 3rd party decal... the decal fly off next day...) with help from mark settler and mark softerner, the decal can be applied on rough surface!