Had a day off today and spent it painting the white pieces. Well, I only managed to paint about half of the white pieces. I underestimated how the primer would show through one coat and ended up doing two or three coats on several pieces. As a result, I went through both of my cans of Mr. Color Grand Prix White. I will have to get some more on Friday and finish the rest. As I ran out of paint, I spent the evening working on the Lafressia or whatever that thing is called. (I actually just finished watching the Gundam F91 movie so now I know what this strange this is... sorta).
I had previously gloss coated it so tonight I just did a panel wash with my gray enamel. It ran pretty good, and there are some mistakes but as I am not really concerned with how perfect this part becomes I can let some things slide. Note: I have yet to hand-paint any of these little figures that come with the gundams. One day.. one day..
what type of paint did u use for the red part? Whats your ratio for the wash? I make mistake doing washes all the time, and gets quite messy.
ReplyDeleteI didn't use any paint for the red part. I just used some red gundam marker where I cut the sprue off. I don't really have a ratio. What I do is drop some enamel into a tray and use an eye-dropper to drop in the thinner until it gets a watery consistency. Too thick and it doesn't run, but too thin and it runs everywhere. This became a little messy but a paper towel with some enamel thinner wipes away most of the mess.
ReplyDeletenice job on the wash!
ReplyDeletenice way to minimize paint work with just using marker over the sprue cut part.
ReplyDeleteIs definitely a nice wash.