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Originally Posted by ldf333  Hi everyone im larry and im new  . Anyway ive painted a few models before... mainly cars and some figures but now tanks have caught my interest.
I was wondering what types of paint (matt, satin, normal, and gloss) you use and when, when it comes to tanks (im using humbrol).
I recently got myself a tiger 1 and am unsure as to what to use and where. With cars i just used the normal glossyness but im not sure about tanks. I was thinking perhaps satin would do the job. With matt for the clothing of the figure coming out of the top hatch.
Any comments or/and help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks, larry |
Hi Larry and a warm welcome to the forum. I think it is worth bearing in mind the scale when painting such things as military vehicles and hence how the paint finish would look. The real vehicles would be painted with a paint that has a satin or semi-gloss paint finish and so for a large scale model such as 1/16th or 1/35th I might use a semi-gloss paint. For a smaller scale though such as the old Airfix HO-OO stuff a satin finish would look odd and too glossy so I would use a Matt finish for those.
GW is obviously quite correct in his warnings regarding transfers though however, especially with small scale models, you might want to paint the area of the transfer only and not the entire vehicle with your gloss coat to prevent filling in detail. A very popular medium for this is Future/Kleer floor polish, which is basically an acrylic gloss coating. Paint that where the transfers are to go, apply your transfers with a softening solution such as Micro-Sol, coat with a setting solution when they are dry such as Micro-Set and finally a dusting with a matt clear finish such as Humbrol or Testors. You will have to coat the entire model at this stage to prevent slightly differrent surface textures becoming noticeable.
Figures very definately Matt, there is nothing worse than a slightly glossy army uniform!!! You can also experiment with slightly different texture with clothing by adding such things as talcum powder to the matt paint for one garment.
I hope this is usefull for you.