tombwalker Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I wanted to get the same effect you see on some cars I hope you can see the difference form the two shots. Same figure, sligthly different lighting. The red-brown is more pronounced than is shown in the pics. It just doesn't translate well under lamp light. The colour range is a little out. I've tweeked these two to show the body paint closer to what I see. (got me thinking of new paint schemes though) Colours are way off for the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidVC04 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Nice job. The green on the flyer bit looks like one of those fancy bowling balls. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Reminds me of the low-riders I saw in my high-school buddies neighborhood. Good job on getting that effect down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kutz Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Definitely something that you will want to take a natural lighting shot of in order to really make the color-shifts pop. Although I know a lot of people don't care for that type of stuff in the mini-painting community - I like it, and always appreciate more people trying there hand at it. This looks pretty good and will likely look even better with a few more sharing the same scheme. One thing of note though. Those paints really want a very smooth surface for the greatest effect. Normally I buff the mini to remove any texture from the casting process in the areas that will get the shifting paint. After that - gloss primer. Yes, gloss and primer together. There are a few companies who make a gloss primer for use on models...specifically for the color shifting and metallic paints (ALCLAD II, Testors). Helps to avoid some of the issues with molting that you see in the first and third pictures. Regular paint will stick to it just fine too...so no need to use a special primer for the flipping colors and a different primer for the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Lookin' good there! All you need now is some sweet hydraulics and maybe flourescent ground-effects underneath... oh, and spinners.. DEFINATELY needs spinners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurityThruFire Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I gotta' say the effect came out lookinf pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dks Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 To adapt a Simpsons quote: -- "Devastator Squad, be on the lookout for a metallic green Necron Destroyer heading your way." -- "I see a Destroyer, but it seems to be more of an golden-olive color. Probably a different guy. Let him pass!" Nice use of the special-effect paint. Plus, you can confuse your opponent when he walks back and forth on his side of the table. He'll start to question his eyesight and then make tactical errors. Advantage, you. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Sweet! I've been temped to try that on a CAV model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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