I’ll chime in with my two cents -
@John:
Guys, I did 4 more planes over the weekend, but I’m disappointed in them.
When I put the setting solution and decals on, it smeared my paint jobs, and it is frustrating, because they looked pretty decent for a beginning painter, but now I don’t know what to think.
The planes looked like they have been through a war.
I just have to put the matte coating on it next.
I did 2 more BF 109’s and 2 Stuka Dive Bombers.
I will post them Thursday.
I got some questions for you painters. Spitfire38, has answered some of these questions, but would like to hear others opinions.
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After you prime the piece, when you do a two or multiple camo scheme, do you paint your primary color first, and how long do you let it dry?
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Do you immediately start the second color or do you wait a day?
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Do you paint the cockpit, stripes and nose pieces first on the primer or after your paint job?
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How long do you wait to put decals on, after a paint job?
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How long after your paint job and decals, do you put your protective coat?
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What color primer is best for the different colors?
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Do you do anything special on camo striping?
Getting these questions answered can help me show you better pictures. My ultimate plan is to paint OOB and all HBG pieces for a continuous global game and beyond.
In order for me to be a better painter, I have to ask these questions, because of my inexperience.
Your expertise will be valuable to me, because I want to get better and give you better photos.
Thanks guys! I will be looking forward to your responses. :-D
John
1.) and 2.) I paint in assembly line fashion, so by the time that I am done with the current coat on the 20th piece, the coat on the 1st piece is usually dry. I wait for probably 10-20 minutes for my pieces to dry, but it would never ever take longer than 40 minutes for a piece I am working on to fully dry. A lot of the problems you describe sound like they have to do with the materials you’re using. Would you mind posting photos of the paints that you use and the decal solution you use? I think that would give some more useful information, since my experience is specific for my paints.
6.) I use a gray primer on all my pieces for simplicity’s sake. What IWillNeverGrowUp wrote is true about the different base coats for different colors. I just can’t afford that, but if you can, there are a lot of specialty primers specifically for miniature war gamers that are out there. I know that both Warhammer and Flames of War offer these.