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06-28-2016, 10:48 AM | #1 |
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Does anyone have any help hints on painting with white?
I just finished painting a figure with white armor and every time I paint with white it just never looks right. I've painted with every other color and the figure i paint come out looking good. but white just doesn't I usually use Tamiya acrylic. I use a air brush I use paint brushes. even just started using a new technique of using a spray paint enamel base then painting small details with acrylic then a clear coat enamel on top. I've had really good success with this technique but still white doesn't look right. I've tried gloss and flat.
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06-28-2016, 11:28 AM | #2 |
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I've never used a primer, but you could try that first. I use Tamiya flat white with multiple coats. Eventually, it will cover. I finish with Vallejo Acrylic Satin Varnish to make it look plastic.
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06-28-2016, 01:18 PM | #3 |
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i dunno shit about airbrushing or enamels, but with acrylics I've found using a primer coat that's as light a gray as possible helps a ton with white.
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06-28-2016, 08:02 PM | #4 |
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I do the same when I have to paint large areas white...
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06-29-2016, 02:32 PM | #5 |
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I use primer. I guess its more of a shadowing thing. usually i paint the hole figure a color then i dry brush on scrapes, scratches and paint small detail areas. i usually us Gun metal acrylic for this. but can't do that with white as its not a dark color. it just never looks as good as say a figure painted with black. Would anyone have any shading\shadowing advice?
as a side note i was having a huge problem with paint scratching off so i was constantly having to repaint figure every so often. Acrylic is so much easier to clean up and work with but enamel is more durable. so i did some research and testing and found i can work with both. so i do a primer a base of enamel then detail with acrylic then clear coat enamel. so far this a solved or at least made my paint jobs scratch resistant. just make sure you give acquitted dry time between the use of the different paint types. or the paint will make crackle marks.
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06-29-2016, 02:58 PM | #6 |
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I found Vallejo White covers the best.
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06-29-2016, 04:59 PM | #7 |
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An older fellow who has been building models longer than I have been alive told me that a coat of white primer, then light yellow, followed by the white works well.
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