That's cuz i explained it(questions) in detail =p

no worries, mr surfacer means no harm.... apply any color on grey or white mr surfacer.... the color will be vibrant also... no worries...

no la... tipu makan... tipu makan only...

Mind explaining what mr surfacer does....?
I watched the vid and saw this fella spraying mr surfacer on a green+white body.
After spraying, the body's color is now whitish grey

all of this talk about painting and coating really make me GATAL TANGAN... wanna learn how to, tapi a bit scared... ahahaha...

as the name of the product might reflect... mr surfacer is a solution that will make the SURFACE of the model smooth and 'paint-able'... mr surfacer is also something like putty, it can covers pin holes as well as majot microscopic holes...

do not be afraid my young padawan... I too had my first attempt on my ever-favourite Astray Red Frame... with a little bit of care and creative... it turned out WELL...

apart from acting like a putty covering some small holes or scratch..it also hold the paint better. meaning the paint stick on your plastic surface better.

u need to learn, try and practice.if you scared..you wont get anywhere..
reading tips from here only wont get you anywhere..you need to try it..first try sure can be screw up one..but keep on practicing..you be a gundam master in no time

i really want to paint my gunpla... but i got no airbrush and no money to buy one...

how about hand painting? is it possible? any tips?

of cause its possible..

drybrush always have a nice effect..
you can start with spray can also for larger paint area.

my incomplete aile strike



This post has been edited by Lurker: Feb 28 2007, 11:15 AM

hand painting is possible... read below

yes, drybrush is an exciting attempt... you can try drybrushing the inner parts with silver and metallic color to make the entire model... look metallic

im getting mine soon too... keke... currently got 3 1/100 strike (aile, sword and launcher)

Good picture though. You flat coat the surface?

Hand Painting's nice

Just make sure to get decent brushes (dun need to be the expensive branded ones, just decent ones will do.)

A size 8 for general purpose painting, a size 4 for the smaller areas, a size 000 for the lining, and another size 8 for the dry brushing.

For paints, I use a mix of Tamiya and Citadel (50% paint mix ratio). The Tamiya allows for the paint to flow off the brush and coat the plastic better, and the citadel mix in the paint allows for a nicer finishing compared to using Tamiya alone.

Here's a pic of a hand painted model, the MG Gyan:

This post has been edited by fyire: Feb 28 2007, 01:00 PM

hand painting is good when you wanna do weathering also

now i gatal already. ahahaha. ok, can u estimate the cost for the brush and paint. and whats dry brushing?

for spray can, it does have the special spray can for model kit, right? i've seen it somewhere.

i know some of the MASTER dont even used airbrush...

and i heard some also used gundam marker to paint? is this doable? hows the result?

U can try TM (Lvl 7) at BTS... they have a nice range of brushes, paints, sand papers... but compar price with XL Shop (Lvl 4) before u decide which to buy

gundam marker to paint the entire model? cost u a bomb... u will NOT get a very smooth looking paint... muahaha

anyway, i dont use airbrush but me aint Da Master yet... keke...

i've been to TM before, and saw a lot of paints.

andyxp, show us a few of ur work man. maybe dat will BAKAR me more to paint my model... ahahaha...

Brushes r pretty cheap, and can last quite a while if u take care of it well. The price varies, depending on the size. The size 8 that I use costs about RM4 each, or if u r to go for the fabel castel ones, RM8 or so. The smaller ones r cheaper.

To make the brush last, soak them in thinner and wipe clean every few hours or so.

For paints, Tamiya costs RM10 per 10ml bottle, while Citadel costs RM10 per 12ml bottle. U can get the Citadel paints from that hobby shop that does the warhammer stuff over at 2nd floor Amcorp.

for dry brushing, check here:

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/howto/drybrush.htm

and for picture of lyn member collection..you can visit here

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/412850

show off your gundams also..

no need to get those tamiya brush also can..just normal cheap brush will do..

now i understand what drybrushing is.

ok, for a MG kit, a bottle of paint is enough? let say if i want to paint my rx93, white as a major color. will a bottle of 10ml paint be enough??

sorry for so many question, just brought up my interest of painting my kit. gile gatal...

for dry brush..one bottle can last for few MGs i think..correct me if im wrong
but for AB..one bottle can last only for 2 MGs..for mr.color bottle that is..never use tamiya before