Yeah, I know what you mean by the sealers blurring the paint job. I've used that on a couple of my repaints and gave it that blurry look. Alright! Thanks for the advice.
some are some aren't the ones with the dremelled armor tend to rub on certain parts that i cannot avoid, typically the upper section of the lower section. The knees, elbows,and shoulders on those I prep like any custom I do. those one I pose and display The other ones I sand the joints or use a tool i made from a broken exacto knife cut to the size of the shoulder joint and shave em. Paint then glue protect with a little Zap a Gap glue. when I first started I used sealers, but stopped years ago. You don't need them if you use a quality acrylic paint. In fact sealers (build up) can blur the details on an otherwise fine paint app, seen many cool customs ruined obviously by the use of sealers. can always tell by the shiny sheen too.
depends, I sand and glue protect the joints to minimize paint rub, I have also RIT Dyed or changed out the joints for ones in the base color I'm using. I\m anal about accuracy and some figures I've done because of the parts I used to make them accurate are prone to paint rub, which for my purposes are fine because I just display mine. Welcome to SlayerDesignStudio -
use a brush, spend the money and get quality brushes and claen them properly, it makes a huge difference! same thing with paints, citadel, testors, tamiya are the brands I use and stick mnostly with flat colors as the gloss is too shiny. The main thing is to make sure you get acrylic paint, NOT enamel! Enamel never fully dries and can melt softer plastic.
Yeah, I even hear Ratfink talk about getting parts from SDS. Now when you paint/repaint what kind of paint do you use? Do you use spray can? Or do you use special spray painting equipment? Or brush?
I look for heads from other Joes, Star Wars, marvel, etc or from stores like SDS. most of the helmeted heads I use are dremelled from vintage joes. I may sculpt on details and such, but I don't sculpt them from scratch