WIP Hi-Nu
Dimensions
ABS plastic is very firm, so PE saws were much more useful than cutters and knife.
ABS almost doesn`t melt with plastic glue, so using putty and sanding was boring and tedious. With Nightingale it was easier with less visible seams.
First Volume of Artifacts wasn't really for painting, just for non-glue assembly, so panel lining is rather thin.
The sub-assemblies will be those, but "priming" and basic colors will be done in one piece.
The sub-assemblies will be those, but "priming" and basic colors will be done in one piece.
The actual first color unexpectedly is black. That's not because I want very dark for preshade for slapchop technique, but I need a glossy black base for metallics, and the metallics themselves self will be the actual preshade.
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6 14 July 2023, 17:09
Random PenguinActually, I want to try make pearl coating in unusual way, so there is a chance that the final result won't be great at all)
The idea is to use my approach for Nightingale's propellant tanks: Black + Sparkling (or it was Mica?) Silver as base coat, and Pearl White + Levelling Thinner as final layers. This time I want to use 2 different metallics for base coat, and 2 mixes of Pearl White + Levelling Thinner + other whites + maybe Pearl Gloss. And something similar for blue (or violet?) gradients.
1 August 2023, 20:30
Dash RendarSounds interesting, I am wondering how it'll look. You might want to try on some spare pieces first.
2 August 2023, 05:20
Random PenguinYeah, I'll do spoon tests. In worst case it will be just one pearl color
2 August 2023, 13:25
Random PenguinUsing Tamiya LP Pearl Clear as medium didn't work at all. This varnish doesn't work good as pearl varnish, not talking about mixing with other colors. Probably best way is to buy Mr Color Crystal line, but I'll work with what I have. So it will be just mixing White Pearl with few drops of other colors. Preshade works to some degree.
3 August 2023, 21:16
Dash RendarI once made a nice candy color by using metallic aluminium or silver as a base, with clear red ontop. Maybe something like that could work, too in your case. Depending on what exactly you want to achieve. Good luck! Make sure to post the results.
4 August 2023, 05:33
Random PenguinCandy is what I did with Nightingale:
Tamiya Mica Red is not exactly metallic, it`s a rather bright red with high transparency and small amount of metallic pigment, so with levelling it works much like clear red but with extra sparkling.
4 August 2023, 19:17
