Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[pengbuzz]

4 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

A few paint/color tests this weekend 

Looking REALLY sharp there, xigfrid!

[Xigfrid]

11 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Looking REALLY sharp there, xigfrid!

Thank you, I would really like to make better paint job but spray cans only are allowed in the house

[Kylwell]

Tamiya clear coats are a synthetic lacquer which while safe to use on acrylics can re-activate solvent based enamels.

[pengbuzz]

9 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

Thank you, I would really like to make better paint job but spray cans only are allowed in the house

Well, I've been able to get pretty decent paint jobs out of the "rattle cans" myself. I don't know if you mentioned it earlier, but what issues are you having now with your paint?

[Xigfrid]

I would like to make thin paint layers ala airbrush but most of the time spray cans just make them thicker than expected. Fortunately tamiya sprays self level when drying. 

[derex3592]

Had to work today, so preshading will have to wait, but we are (sub) assembled, primered, and ready for the paint bench! 

[pengbuzz]

37 minutes ago, Xigfrid said:

I would like to make thin paint layers ala airbrush but most of the time spray cans just make them thicker than expected. Fortunately tamiya sprays self level when drying. 

I've run into that with most cans myself. I found that Krylon works better than most when it comes to paint thickness. That said, I usually work in 3 layers, standing a little farther away from the piece so that I'm not piling so much paint onto it.

[wmkjr]

2 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

I would like to make thin paint layers ala airbrush but most of the time spray cans just make them thicker than expected. Fortunately tamiya sprays self level when drying. 

Do you warm up the cans before you spray?

[derex3592]

i put my Tamiya spray cans in the sunshine fora couple of minutes when possible. It helps things greatly, Don't however get the bright idea to sit them on a lightbulb....i did that and forgot to remove it when the phone rang...LOL..almost had a disastrous outcome 

[Xigfrid]

Nice tip! I will try that: the sun shine trick, I would be scared to put it in the oven and have the risk of my kids copying me later...

Perhaps with a hairdryer, would it work?

Edited May 22, 2017 by Xigfrid

[chyll2]

I use warm water and dip the half of the can. Or if the water has gone cold, I usually rotate and expose to the sun the next SprayCan I am using.

[wmkjr]

You can put it in water that's hot enough on your hand for a couple of minutes too. Definately not the oven and not too hot. 

Edited May 22, 2017 by wmkjr

[Xigfrid]

I like the hot water method  

[arbit]

OMG. Dont spray cans indoors please. Or heat in oven. Or light bulb. Or on the stove. 

Edited May 22, 2017 by arbit

[Thom]

18 hours ago, wmkjr said:

Do you warm up the cans before you spray?

If your central heating unit is on, set in on the vent and let it warm that way. Or as stated above, sit it in hot water.

[derex3592]

"I see an AT-AT and i want it painted black...." da daa da da da da da daa da da da daaa... yeh.. I need sleep.. LOL! 

[derex3592]

ohh... and hers what happens when you OVERHEAT a can of Tamiya spray paint on a hot ass light bulb...luckily, it didn't explode, after it cooled off, it was fine... LOL 

[Xigfrid]

Nice paint derex, but I don't recall seeing a dark at-at do you have a screen caption of it or just a wish you had ? 

Your can is scary! 

[arbit]

Derex, I look forward to see how you do the paneling on the At-At after your last work.

[pengbuzz]

Okay...I got bored:

 

 

[Xigfrid]

That small LED is a nice find! where does it come from ? Is your computer is back to normal, we still have a business to finish!

[pengbuzz]

That is a "finger LED" that you can buy in a 5-pack at the dollar store. As for my computer: been waiting on a friend to ship me Norton Ghost so I can clone my hard drive. UPS has it scheduled for Thursday delivery, after which I'm hoping to have my PC back up.

 

Yeah, it's been WAY too long. And I miss being able to do artwork on my computer. Not to mention I still need to get you the artwork I promised bro.

[Big s]

Dude, pengbuzz. When I said keep up the crazy I would never have expected that.

Its now just absolutely epic.

Now you just gotta fit a sound system.

[pengbuzz]

9 hours ago, Big s said:

Dude, pengbuzz. When I said keep up the crazy I would never have expected that.

Its now just absolutely epic.

Now you just gotta fit a sound system.

Okay...what sounds am I looking to put in btw? O.o

[Big s]

Maybe some sound effects for weapons or thrusters or maybe the signature macross mecha metallic stompy echoes from walking.

[anubis20]

Started working on a Yamato Fan Racer last night. With the long weekend coming up I can hopefully get most of it done by Monday 

[Xigfrid]

Ho... nice little thing! 

I have a question, generally for white i would stick with the White fine Primer as base and apply 2 gloss coat and call it a day. Unfortunately I am trying to color match the somewhat bright and pinkish white from yamato/Arcadia and found that the primer color is more in the yellowish compared to that white. 

I was wondering if I should go with Tamiya Ts-27 or this one will not be as near as VF-1 white? Or if I should reprint the whole Vf-1 in white primer...

[wmkjr]

I'd say primer and paint the whole thing to make it uniform. More work to do but I say if you put in all that effort to make those parts, you might as well go all the way to make it really stand out.

[Xigfrid]

You know I am really lazy...

[wmkjr]

You're just trying to color match the head and rear leg parts only correct? Would spraying a red base then fine layers of white over it give it that pinkish hue?  

[Xigfrid]

I have been trying to make a few layers of white wash on these, probably I can try to add some red in it. 

I think I will give a try to the ts-27 first then probably the easiest way is to have the head and rear leg parts to be a light grey instead of white

Edited May 24, 2017 by Xigfrid

[Xigfrid]

Strangely artificial light reduces a lot the issue...

 

 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2017 by Xigfrid

[Chronocidal]

Just out of curiosity, do your parts on the legs mount at different angles than the original super packs?  I only ask because the profile shot from a couple pages ago looks like everything is sitting at a slightly different angle, with the legs bending downwards a little. 

The whole thing looks absolutely amazing though.  One of these days I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get a stereo lithography printer and really go to town on making custom parts.

I do wish the material Shapeways uses was more friendly to finishing though, that stuff is really hard to sand.

[sh9000]

4 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

Strangely artificial light reduces a lot the issue...

 

 

 

 

That's looking great!

[NZEOD]