"Painting blood red skies planes" Topic
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| barcah2001 | 18 Apr 2018 2:07 p.m. PST |
Just received my game and realized I've never painted plastic figures. Anything to keep in mind? |
| GROSSMAN | 18 Apr 2018 3:09 p.m. PST |
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| barcah2001 | 18 Apr 2018 4:34 p.m. PST |
Didn't have a choice — plastic comes with the game |
| foxweasel | 18 Apr 2018 5:18 p.m. PST |
Ignore Grossman. I would recommend a very light primer, then base coat medium green, brown camouflage on top followed by a thin brown wash to pick out the panels. For the underside any light blue or duck egg colour is fine. For the Germans, something similar but a lot more grey and yellow nose. |
| barcah2001 | 18 Apr 2018 5:48 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions which I'll follow |
| Vigilant | 19 Apr 2018 1:15 a.m. PST |
Before painting probably worth washing them in a mild detergent to make sure there is no residue left from the mould. Other than that plastic is easy to paint. |
| axabrax | 19 Apr 2018 7:54 a.m. PST |
These should do well with very moderate weathering. I recommend some enamel based washes from AK47 or just regular acrylic wash if you don't want to deal with the enamel. You should be able to use masking tape for the camo. You can also buy some purpose mixed paints from Mig or AK for the various aircraft which will save you some time color matching. |
| cartertm | 28 Apr 2018 9:13 p.m. PST |
I learned to leave these planes on the flight stand to paint them. After holding them in my Index finger and thumb the wings rolled up. The plastic seems similar to the old Wizards of the coast Star Wars minis. |
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