tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post7532763952247911952..comments2024-03-19T20:31:36.080-07:00Comments on Sean's Wargames Corner: Fixing blotchy flesh colorSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-40335950366306593922013-03-20T07:18:42.889-07:002013-03-20T07:18:42.889-07:00I've never stripped paint before because all o...I've never stripped paint before because all of my figures are of course perfectly painted (yeah right!) I have a couple of old ones I was thinking of experimenting on.<br /><br />With the old GW hard plastics I always treated them the same as metals for painting etc and I don't think there were any problems with that approach. With the softer 1/72 plastics tend to bend and flex, chipping the paint. They also seem to have a little bit of a problem getting the paint to stick. That is why I mix glue with the primer coat.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-80250303698905838892013-03-20T05:43:43.262-07:002013-03-20T05:43:43.262-07:00This definitely works better and I like that Citad...This definitely works better and I like that Citadel colour. I've not painted plastics yet, but I will have to learn to as I've got some on order. One of the things I'll need to learn is how to safely strip paint from them. It's not unusual for me to strip the paint off a mini 2 to 3 times before I get it the way I want it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-61755298551904707262013-03-19T05:23:42.190-07:002013-03-19T05:23:42.190-07:00Glad to be of service. That's why I blog, to f...Glad to be of service. That's why I blog, to find and share information.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-1010286844288193522013-03-19T04:21:55.605-07:002013-03-19T04:21:55.605-07:00That's useful. All of my plastics have blotch...That's useful. All of my plastics have blotchy skin colour :)Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-36772013098581324532013-03-18T15:02:50.823-07:002013-03-18T15:02:50.823-07:00That's what I'm thinking. It's just tr...That's what I'm thinking. It's just trying to think of what the main color will be. For Confederates or Germans, some kind of gray. Union or Prussians some kind of blue. I'll have to think more on it. I'm trying to re-establish a style.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-88402159000566237882013-03-18T13:00:11.935-07:002013-03-18T13:00:11.935-07:00Never used some of them paints before. Why not und...Never used some of them paints before. Why not undercoat them with the ochre paint. I've done that before, on my NYW brits, using a srpay red undercoat, that's most of the figures done just with the undercoat.Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-65823926163885362332013-03-18T12:33:03.476-07:002013-03-18T12:33:03.476-07:00Thanks Colgar,
I think that the brighter colors...Thanks Colgar,<br /><br /> I think that the brighter colors tend to have coverage issues, especially over dark priming. It may just be that black primer isn't for me. I think it is looking fine on orcs but not really what I want for the Saxons and Vikings. I may yet splurge on some vallejo at Hobby Lobby. I'm now obsessed with getting some better brushes.<br /><br /> I'm also staring to seriously emulate what I'm calling the Tamsin method. She gets a very nice result and works fast. The primer is followed by a base color block to lay a foundation for the color you want. I think that in the past the only thing I did was paint things I wanted gold, brown first. I also used to paint areas where I wanted bright colors a coat of white.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-42626525681504321692013-03-18T12:15:06.007-07:002013-03-18T12:15:06.007-07:00I've been using "craft" acrylic rang...I've been using "craft" acrylic ranges like Delta Ceramcoat for years now and the coverage is very unpredictable. Some shades are just fine, but others (especially reds and yellows) are almost transparent :-( .<br /><br />Since then I've bought a few "model" paints (Vallejo, in this case) and the difference is quite marked. Definitely worth considering; even though they're more expensive, they last much longer due to the smaller amounts needed (the dropper bottles help here!)Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.com