[46 Zone]

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Originally Posted by ARBCO Avenue

That’s a really nice combination for an ultimate Scarlett

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Originally Posted by Clockwise

That turned out well.

Thanks!!!

[46 Zone]

I was looking at the card art some more when I found out I messed up a bit on her. Looks like I forgot to paint the upper chest and neck part. Now she is finally Ultimate I guess:

[Adventure Fun]

Looks great, but damn son, you gotsta thin that paint down. Something to help break the surface tension like Pledge Classic with Futura (or whatever it is called now). A trick I have found is that you need to let it intermingle with the paint for a few minutes before it forms nice layer. No water needed. The mixture will dry to a smooth surface if applied carefully. It the paint is matte it ends up a nice non glossy satin.

[dereksmith2003]

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Originally Posted by Adventure Fun

Looks great, but damn son, you gotsta thin that paint down. Something to help break the surface tension like Pledge Classic with Futura (or whatever it is called now). A trick I have found is that you need to let it intermingle with the paint for a few minutes before it forms nice layer. No water needed. The mixture will dry to a smooth surface if applied carefully. It the paint is matte it ends up a nice non glossy satin.

Can you expound on this a bit please?

[jscott991]

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Originally Posted by Adventure Fun

Looks great, but damn son, you gotsta thin that paint down. Something to help break the surface tension like Pledge Classic with Futura (or whatever it is called now). A trick I have found is that you need to let it intermingle with the paint for a few minutes before it forms nice layer. No water needed. The mixture will dry to a smooth surface if applied carefully. It the paint is matte it ends up a nice non glossy satin.

I've been told this before too and I have no idea how to do it properly. I tried putting a drop of Pledge in and it just doesn't mix that well with the paint. Maybe I don't use enough paint at one I time. I don't know.

[axonrey]

I just use water to thin

[jscott991]

I find Vallejo paints tend to be too thin already. But I do get the same, not smooth, final look that the poster was talking about.

[46 Zone]

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Originally Posted by Adventure Fun

Looks great, but damn son, you gotsta thin that paint down. Something to help break the surface tension like Pledge Classic with Futura (or whatever it is called now). A trick I have found is that you need to let it intermingle with the paint for a few minutes before it forms nice layer. No water needed. The mixture will dry to a smooth surface if applied carefully. It the paint is matte it ends up a nice non glossy satin.

Thanks. I had to apply a lot of paint as it wasn't covering, and the color underneath was coming through. I didn't use any primer, as I find, I need to apply that in multiple layers to cover the base color, that leads to the same thickness as above.

Maybe I'm just too impatient and don't want to wait for multiple thin layers to dry. That's probably why my paint jobs are so thick.

[axonrey]

It’s hard to lay down yellow without any primer.