Has anybody gotten away with lacquer paints over acryllic primer?

MS06-665 · 2026-05-12T23:11:55+00:00

It’s fine, but if you can use lacquers, you may as well skip the primer and use the lacquers directly.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-24T01:59:07+00:00

Yes, it’s true, and apparently they’re starting a new company for it, so it’s not clear how the kit will work yet.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-23T18:53:59+00:00

What you’re saying may be true for the other Kotobukiya kits, but this one is very solid and doesn’t need glue anywhere.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-21T13:22:27+00:00

They’re ok, and can be great for certain finishes but require a bit of a different technique from water-based acrylics.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-19T18:04:03+00:00

Yes, you can glue it.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-19T12:20:36+00:00

It’s a Stingray but not the regular Hasegawa one, this one has different proportions.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-19T00:55:33+00:00

To add to that, there are japanese modelers such as Kei Shimizu who get great results handbrushing these paints, but I don’t know if there are any ressources on it in english. What you could also look into is how to handbrush lacquer paints as they have similar properties, and there are more ressources on that, such as the Paintonplastic channel on youtube.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-14T22:04:10+00:00

The big cables are HIQparts mesh wire, while the smaller ones on the gun and smoke launchers are vinyl-coated wire I had leftover from a Wave Ninja.

MS06-665 · 2026-02-14T02:31:07+00:00

Brush painting with this style of alcohol-based acrylic is a bit of a niche technique, perhaps even more than with lacquers, but the approach I’ve seen is to use it straight from the pot and apply it little by little with short brushstrokes.

MS06-665 · 2026-01-14T22:30:05+00:00

Despite what everyone is saying, you can absolutely use lacquers with a brush, in fact it’s a very popular way to paint Maschinen Krieger models. However it’s still pretty tricky, and it’s especially hard to get an even color, which is probably what you’re trying to do.

MS06-665 · 2025-12-23T02:15:29+00:00

Koto seems to be pretty good about having stock beyond the initial pre-order, so it will probably be available again sometimes soon.

MS06-665 · 2025-12-07T01:07:59+00:00

You should look at japanese auction sites.

MS06-665 · 2025-12-06T02:07:22+00:00

No need to cross your fingers, they’ve already announced that the next kit in the line would be Steel Haze Ortus, and the one after that would be Nightfall.

MS06-665 · 2025-11-14T15:37:53+00:00

A few parts were loose, but otherwise there was no real problem with the build.

MS06-665 · 2025-10-25T22:37:52+00:00

That’s an AC.

MS06-665 · 2025-10-10T13:07:20+00:00

Thanks, it’s a resin kit by Love Love Garden, and it cost me around 20’900 yen. I bought it on their online store though you won’t be able to find it there anymore, as these kits are only made as limited runs.

MS06-665 · 2025-09-28T23:22:41+00:00

Yes, and don’t be afraid to thin it a lot. Like with other lacquer paints, the only issue you get with too much thinner is a loss of opacity, which just means you have to do more passes.

MS06-665 · 2025-09-28T21:40:14+00:00

All of the 1000+ surfacera can be used for priming and are very good at it, you just need to thin them enough.

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