Hardcore Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Preferably acrylic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) It depends of what is supposed to be under the paint. Aluminium? steel? wood? fiber? Edited October 12, 2015 by Zero77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 Aluminum. Or Aluminium as we Swedes manage to pronounce it:-) I will shop Tamiya colors soon. So if you got any suggestions i'd be glad to hear them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredouille Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 It depends of what is supposed to be under the paint. Aluminium? steel? wood? fiber? +1 or Aluninium + Zinc Chromate... The hairspray technique make very realistics results. (lot of videos on youtube) @+ Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 yep, but i am past that stage. Paint is allready applied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 So are you asking what type of paint to use to simulate chips OVER already applied color? If that it is the case, I've had decent results with a silver pencil along hard edges and some screw heads or rivets, and some light dabs of alclad or metalizers in careful spots. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) For very small chips or eroded paint effect around the panels, you can use silver pencils. It's very easy to use. Acrylic metallic paint often have pretty big flakes and the effect may not be so good than with an enamel paint. At the moment, i mostly use "Mr metal color". It dries very fast and is very thin. I think it's enamel, but strangely you can clean the brushes with alcohol, so i dont know what it is exactly. Edited October 12, 2015 by Zero77 BiggTim and CANicoll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 +1 for pencils. You may have to try a few different brands imoto find one you like, some have quite large pigment particles and it can end up making your model look like it's covered in glitter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I recommend Prismacolor premiers PC949. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I recommend Prismacolor premiers PC949. Exactly what I use. Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Exactly what I use. Me too! You can achieve some quite subtle and convincing effects with it: And here on my current build, too: Kev BiggTim and Zero77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredouille Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 It works too with a little piece of sponge soaked in a little bit of paint. Apply like a pad. Here is an exemple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzbC75r6XyM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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