In this part III review of the HGUC 1/144 Sinanju by Meister Morishita, his focus is on the methods used to paint the gold emblem parts. (View HERE)
HGUC 1/144 Sinanju (Release Date: Oct. 2010, Price: 2600 Yen)
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The paint products used:
- Gaia EX-02 EX Black
- Gaia 122 Star Bright Gold
- Tamiya X-1 enamel paint
Personally, I would choose not to use the enamel product in this way. Enamel paint when used to fill a wide empty space usually ends up with a coarse texture, as seen above. I probably would had airburshed the entire part in black as he did in the first step, then use the gold color paint extracted out of a 'Gundam Marker (GM04 -200) Gold' onto a paint dish. Then carefully hand brush in the gold emblem area.
The paint in a Gundam Marker is already retarded, meaning even when hand brushed in... the result would be very consistent (no lumps) and not coarse. The same effect can be achieve by mixing regular bottled paint with Mr. Retarder. Well.. That's just my 2 cents.
Nice technique XD.. might try it when I got HGUC Sinanju >_<
ReplyDeletepersonaly I would do the same thing as you, I wanted to see how reverse wash works and did it on SD Kanpei... have to say I prefer handbrushing details anyday...
ReplyDeleteyou could have instead, air brush the enamel black onto the whole piece, and use an ear bud with enamel thinner to reveal the gold underneath since the thinner will not affect the gold paint.
ReplyDeleteToo shiny. Lacks detail too. I think panel lining the model would do some justice.
ReplyDeleteHm...may I ask, what is the difference between mixing paint in with a retarder than with thinner?
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice technique Morishita uses - I went the other way with my MG Sinanju and masked the black parts and spray painted the raised details chrome silver then gold. Even as a 1/100 MG, those details are a bitch to mask properly. Masking is my least favorite thing to do in modelling, but I can't deny the results look great when done right.