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09-07-2022, 10:41 PM | #1 |
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I recently bought a bunch of M4 rifles off some sellers on eBay. The first ones that I bought were painted and looked excellent. The seller said they were painted with a black primer and then had a "a semi-gloss clear matte coat" applied.
Some of their guns were unpainted. In an effort to duplicate the paint job on the guns, I used Army Miniatures Black Primer and Rustoleum Painter's Choice 2x Semi Gloss Clear coat. It didn't really work. The Semi Gloss Clear coat is almost as shiny as my Testor's glosscote spray (I actually can't tell a difference, making me wonder what semigloss means). When I use just the Black Primer, the look is very matte and duller than the painted ones from the seller. Some details are harder to see. What should I be using to get just a little gloss to highlight the details, but not to make them appear super glossy? I'm attaching a pic, but it's hard to see what I'm talking about. The top rifle was painted by the seller and had semigloss coat applied (they say). The middle has just black primer. The bottom has black primer and the Rustoleum semigloss clear coat. Thanks!
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01-14-2023, 06:00 PM | #2 |
just a Marine
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my two cents, I use tamiya metalic grey for the metal parts on firearms like the M-4.
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