"How to make plastic look not like plastic." Topic
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| Allen57 | 27 Feb 2018 8:34 a.m. PST |
I picked up some great looking plastic starships.
link They are the same type of hard plastic used in model kits. The problem of course is that they look like plastic. I really do not want to paint them since they are molded in two colors and have some nice insignia. Has anyone put a coat of dull or semi gloss varnish on a plastic item to alleviate the plastic look? What was your experience? Are there other techniques? |
| Allen57 | 27 Feb 2018 8:38 a.m. PST |
Damn message boards I posted this once and got 6 copies of my post. Sorry. |
Joes Shop  | 27 Feb 2018 8:48 a.m. PST |
I would spray them with a mat varnish which will dull down the plastic shine. Alternatively, you could spray them with gloss, add light weathering and then follow up with mat. |
| elsyrsyn | 27 Feb 2018 10:09 a.m. PST |
What Joes Shop said – gloss, then a wash, then dull. Doug |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 27 Feb 2018 1:00 p.m. PST |
Model kit plastic takes paint so well that I would be unable to stop myself from painting them. |
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