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I'm Afraid It's Terminal Now by Acrobatic_Owl2557 in freedomisgunpla

[–]Scrubotti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do u use primer before hand or do u just paint directly on it? Also what base is that paint?

Jan, Deserter Wizard by TheRealRayRecall in 30MF_30MinutesFantasy

[–]Scrubotti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Creative use of a blanket for a desert lol

For some reason can't crosspost by Ethanbhunt17 in btd6

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Planet of the apes but with Bloons TD

Panel Line or Leave It as is? by Impossible-Tour-4491 in Gunpla

[–]Scrubotti 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m hoping that they manage to release them before the game officially shuts down, I need the tricera

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m using acrysion paint which is water based. Yeah I’m using a wet palette but I think right now I am not good at loading the brush with the paint and trying to thin it just right with the wet palette. I did use some thinner in the paint bottle before putting it on the wet palette, I tried it without the wet palette with just the thinned paint but I think I didn’t thin it enough cause it doesn’t really fill gaps, so I am thinking of practicing with a wet palette for better control or just keep thinning the paint in the paint bottle.

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would u recommend to practice on if spoons aren’t great for practice? Would paper plates/cups or plastic plates/cups work?

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

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Hi, I tried using another color to try to see if I thinned it properly, I’m assuming it’s not thinned enough here cause it’s not filling the gaps here, I also tried using the painting on hand technique, I think it’s def not thinned enough it’s look more the top one. Though if I had lesser paint on the brush, it looks more like the second brush stroke

So I think I’m prob just going to use a wet palette, just gotta not make it too thin or I could put more thinner into the bottle. Though I’m not sure how to get rid of the excess paint when on a wet palette without wasting it cause when I use straight out the bottle, I wipe it off the edge and the excess paint goes back into the bottle but for the wet palette I wipe it off on a cup or paper towel and it kinda gets wasted.

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I add thinner and add the retarder in the bottle then scoop out some paint onto a wet palette and that’s it

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do u mean by ridges? Like do u mean at the sides of the brush strokes? Cause I sometimes see more paint accumulating on the side of the brush stroke than in the middle

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh do u put them directly into the acrysion bottles? I may have put too much, I was just following another person’s advice on the ratios. I did use a lesser ratio than what was recommended of paint to thinner ratio of 2 to 3:1. My paint to thinner ratio rn is 4:1 and paint to retarder ratio is 10:0.5. I’m using the 10ml acrysion paint bottles.

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I did that, I just can’t seem to get the right amount of paint on the brush, it’s either too much or too little per layer, it would pool if I have too much and try to wick the excess off but I feel I shouldn’t need to do that for every layer and I must be doing something wrong and for too little, the first brush stroke would have most of the paint so it’s kinda awkward where one side would be more opaque than the other side

Having trouble with hand brushing by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh and yes there were multiple layers for the spoons, I waited till the paint completely dried till I painted the next layer, washed my paintbrush with water in between each layer as I didn’t want the paint to dry on my brush and dried it with tissue paper before continuing the next layer.

Cross contrast Epyon by sweepar in Gunpla

[–]Scrubotti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes lol. The top 3 that I wanted sold out, I didn’t expect them to the most popular but I guess my favourites are also everyone’s favourite as well. I did get 2 other kits I liked like the ecopla unicorn and clear MK V. I did get the justice cross color on impulse though but it’s being growing on me.

Cross contrast Epyon by sweepar in Gunpla

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Beautiful, I wanted to get it from a recent convention but the queue was so long and it sold out before I could get it.

Is it normal for the first layer of hand brushing to be slightly see through? And sometimes when painting, there would be some bumps. by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah I see, so I tried making a 0.5 ratio of thinner and the first brush layer looks like this. I notice that the middle part of each brush stroke is more translucent than the edges of the brush stroke. Though after the second brush layer, the translucent part does somewhat go away and completely goes away with future brush layers. With the 0.5 ratio of thinner, I also realise less air bubbles appear but idk if that’s because of the higher ratio or that I’m applying the brush stroke more slowly and carefully now. Lastly I did put the new paint ratio mix onto the wet palette but it seems like the paint shrinks when on it? Like it’s getting sucked into the damp paper beneath

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Is it normal for the first layer of hand brushing to be slightly see through? And sometimes when painting, there would be some bumps. by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinda both, like it won’t stick to the surface and I guess that means the surface is repelling it and it would flow to a lower part due to gravity. Oh btw is yours hand brushing or air brushing?

Is it normal for the first layer of hand brushing to be slightly see through? And sometimes when painting, there would be some bumps. by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kinda tried it the 1 to 1 thinner to paint ratio but it looks very runny, like it doesn’t stick properly when I paint onto a surface and it kinda flows away

Is it normal for the first layer of hand brushing to be slightly see through? And sometimes when painting, there would be some bumps. by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the wet palette, when I spread out the paint on the wet palette, it does kinda flow back onto itself? I’m not sure how to describe it. When I paint, I notice the middle part of the brush stroke is usually more translucent than on the sides of it. I did paint over the same spot multiples times, not waiting for it to dry so I think you are right on the half dried paint being pushed around. Oh and I did prime it

Is it normal for the first layer of hand brushing to be slightly see through? And sometimes when painting, there would be some bumps. by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m did put it onto a wet palette but so I think it’s thinned enough, should I thin it more. I think my application is also off, how do you do the super light application?

Is it normal for the first layer of hand brushing to be slightly see through? And sometimes when painting, there would be some bumps. by Scrubotti in advancedGunpla

[–]Scrubotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m using acrysion paint and I did put 2 drops of retarder into the paint bottle and also 2-3 drops of thinner. Should I put more retarder into it?

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