>>03: i like mixing silver too! Tried metal black + few drops of silver. Quite nice.

Cover the pain if u use hand painting . If AB dunno , coz i dont have 1.

Sorry la if this has been asked before ><
Can teach me how to do shadowing effect? Just got the vaguest idea nia. Thought maybe this weekend give it a try

u mean Shading effect?

wanto ask thinner bought from hardware shop can use or not with modelling paint? example mr.metal color

A BIG NO NO... the hardware shop thinner will eat the plastic of your gundam.. ur gundam tat time can say bye bye alr

eh, TM sell RM30 per can of spray... u guys think expensive ma?

it's like tat one the price... mr.hobby brand ma, imported.. tat's y exp...
tamiya one also RM25-30..
i buy mr.hobby spray cans until pok kai ler.. .

I a bit confuse lar now.. hope the gath can move in soon so that I can ask more question directly.

I painted my kits using those lacquer paint which is not recommended for brush painting. This time is ok lar.. I paint, wait it to dry, then repaint again.. but seems like it's very hard to cover those grey(origitnal flat base) colours...Either I :

need to paint 1 or 2 more layers? or
those paint really not suited for brush painting.

Before I go suicide buy spray can instead of paint brushing...

who say lacquer paint kenot use for hand painting ur brush painting = hand painting rite?
heck i use lacquer for hand painting but detailing la.. lol... painting the whole kit can but u nid LOTS of practice... not easy though... really nid to be good in hand painting if u wan to paint the whole kit using lacquer...
usually few layers, max is 3 i think to get smooth surface...

Dejavu question ask alot of time jor

lol i did use lacquer to paint my entire gundam b4 i got my oh AB

yea... chriswoo pro in handpainting using lacquer although lacquer more suitable for AB..

btw Shading effect can't be done by hand painting unless u are expert on hand painting even me no solution for it

unless u want to try 1 method that i experimenting handpainting with top coat Spray Can to achive this effect of shading.

This post has been edited by chriswoo: Apr 2 2008, 09:51 PM

Yup Shading effect is really hard to be done with hand painting! They usually used dry brush to create effect of shading if using hand paint! And u really got to make sure ur paint on the kit is really dried and the brush u using is really dried too! If not.........ur brush will tear off paint from ur model kit instead of adding it on to the kit!
This day ppl do shading effect on kits tat r not paint using weathering marker and sand paper! Quite nice too!

Ya, er i think so la.





Walau.... really spoil my semangat le.. If AB how? I think i read an article using the Max method. But forgot where da heck i saw it b4 ady

AB easier loh! Just spray the primary color on it first then another layer of color onto it! Settle fast and easy no need to do the parts one by one!

It can actually Although I've only used acrylics for this. The concept is pretty similar to how you do pre-shading when using an AB.

Basically, apply the base coat as per normal. Then prepare a mix of the color that you wish to shade with (usually a darker version of the base coat). In hand painting terms, this is called the 'wash', where the paint applied at this stage is very much more dilute compared to when you're doing normal painting.

Then clean up by dry brushing to get the shades to blend in properly.

Do keep in mind that I've only done this using acrylics. No idea how lacquers will take to washes and dry brushing.

aiyar... i forget is it laquer or what edi.. no mood to go tengok tengok... just it's not recommended to use on brush lar.. coz the paint fast dry... even i use retarder, also slow a few second only... but that's small quantity lar..

Just becareful with the retarded mild! Dun applied it on any ABS joint or else break or crack is unpredictable! (Personal experience!!!)

lol so far i 1st use no problem gua unless u didn't mix ratio properly or to near the fan blowing only can cause tis gua