77306: Translucent Slimes and Tamiya Clears

[Twalrus]

Thanks for the pictures. What happens if you paint the clear gloss over one of the coloured clear paints?

[kristof65]

31 minutes ago, Tjrez said:

great work. i wonder if the Reaper clears work as well. I never painted a translucent yet

According to ReaperBryan, the Reaper Clears are not the same thing as the Tamiya Clears, and won't have the same effects. I don't have any Reaper Clears, and so cannot test. 
 

17 minutes ago, Twalrus said:

Thanks for the pictures. What happens if you paint the clear gloss over one of the coloured clear paints?

I will be trying that to a lesser extent on my Invisible Kyphrixis dragon that I'm doing with the clears. I'm also experimenting with some blending of the colors on that. 

That WIP thread is here:

 

[OneBoot]

42 minutes ago, kristof65 said:

1 hour ago, Tjrez said:

great work. i wonder if the Reaper clears work as well. I never painted a translucent yet

According to ReaperBryan, the Reaper Clears are not the same thing as the Tamiya Clears, and won't have the same effects. I don't have any Reaper Clears, and so cannot test. 

 

I have the Reaper clears, and can confirm that they are NOT like the Tamiya clears. The Reaper ones are basically regular paint, except that they are just a single pigment. Pure would really be a better name for them than clear, since they aren't transluscent like the Tamiya ones. 

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[Club]

They work great with an airbrush; so does the rest of the range. Make sure to thin them with isopropyl of 90% or greater. 70% makes them dry with a texture, in my experience.

Get a half mask with organic vapor filters. A standard paper mask will not cut it with this stuff, and breathing the isopropyl will trash your liver over time.

Also, consider getting a small fire extinguisher. I've never had a problem, and it's not much worse than spraying flammable hairspray, but it's bad enough.


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I've always found them readily available in my part of Canada. I can think of five stores that carry them (or mr. hobby/mr colour, which is a lacquer version by the same people, Gunze) in my metro.





 

Edited December 5, 2017 by Club
changed info; was very wrong

[Granite26]

One thing I wanted to note that worked really worked for me with the clears was, especially on the flat slime, was to paint the slime with the green clear, and then paint the bottom with the Dungeon Slime green.  Painting the bottom like that changed the whole tone and depth of the green, but it's not obvious what happened when it's sitting on the table.

[kristof65]

I'll have to try that. I don't believe I painted the bottoms of any of mine.