I'm a noob and have a question
I'm a noob and have a question
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Custom WorkstationHi guys, I'm completely new to this whole thing. I have painted a couple of my figures to change their attire etc, but to be honest they look pretty crappy when up close. So my first question is about paint, I am wanting to customise a new figure and ofcourse I'm wanting it to look as good as it can be, what suggestions do you guys have on techniques of painting? I just seem to get air bubbles and clumps and uneven paint so far and it's really bumming me out.
Second of all, I am attempting to customise a wrestling figure with hair at the moment, and the wrestler I am wanting to change him into wears a mask and has no hair.......or if he does it must be REAL short lol. The figure itself at the moment has quite short hair but it is still noticable if I were to just try and paint over it. I'm wondering if sanding the head down will work? And if so what types of techniques/materials am I to use etc? I have low funds at the moment aswell so power tools are a no no for the time being.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
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I meant everything I wrote though, it's hard to explain to people how to do things like this, I mean, I can tell you to water your paint down to "the consistency slightly thicker than milk", but that doesn't help you much because you don't know how much water it takes to do that and we can't tell you exactly how much you need either because different paints have different densities or whatever
Seriously, experiment, you're going to be kind of hard-pressed if your cash is limited though, quality supplies are pricey, but luckily you'll find ways to improvise the more you customize.
I don't appreciate the simile on sand paper by the way, I am not an idiot and do not wish to be insulted. I asked a couple of innocent questions as I am actually COMPLETELY new to this and have no experience with paint or sanding or moulding and also pretty much no funds to go all out and buy loads of different moulds, plastics, paints etc. This is something however that I would like to carry on doing as a hobby and I don't feel like your comment was the most constructive. I can only assume you felt slightly insulted by my comment on the tutorials, which was not intended to be seen that way, and was merely a point of why I asked for a more in depth response. At the end of the day, I only want a little help as I'm new to this, not hassle.
Painting is explained pretty well, just water your paint down. It's impossible for someone to explain that any further because everyone will water it down differently to different consistencies which will need different ways of application. Like, if it's too watery then you have a wash, if it's too thick then you might be able to use it as a dry-brush, experiment, that's where all the fun is!
http://www.figurerealm.com/customtutorial.php
The hair issue: Sand or dremel (carefully) down. If you take too much off, you can always go back over it and shape and smooth with some Apoxie Sculpt.