Airbrush lessons
Okay, I screwed up on my airbrushing and sanding. Anyways, some things I've learned...
-Spray in thin layers
-Make sure paint in thinned like milk or near water fluidity.
-Don't overspray to try to compensate some area
-Don't use brush to try to smooth out bumps or else you'll end up having to sand off everything. Which I DID and ended up having to sand off the paint on the body.
-During sanding, I discovered rubbing alcohol removes acrylic very easy.
-Sand with water
-Sand at lower grits first to remove all scratches, than move to higher grits afterward.
-Vallejo Primer and Acrylic primer does not sand very well.
-Gesso paint should dry completely before sanding
Clay lesson
-Don't condition and not touch clay after a while. It gets really dry and hard to work with.
-Try to fix all problem before baking as baked clay is super hard.
Somehow I ended up working on just the nekoatsume and not my nitori figure...But I'm trying to learn on the stuff before I can screw up my figure. Also I've been watching video on Mold/Resin Casting which might be useful for me if I don't want to ruin the original polymer clay model and use duplicates to paint my figures with paint that's not acrylic. Acrylic has too much plastic look.
Here's my progress so far:
Clay sculpt
After baking
After sanding
After airbrushing primer
I did airbrush acrylic, but screwed up...so I'll take photos once I respray the body.
-Spray in thin layers
-Make sure paint in thinned like milk or near water fluidity.
-Don't overspray to try to compensate some area
-Don't use brush to try to smooth out bumps or else you'll end up having to sand off everything. Which I DID and ended up having to sand off the paint on the body.
-During sanding, I discovered rubbing alcohol removes acrylic very easy.
-Sand with water
-Sand at lower grits first to remove all scratches, than move to higher grits afterward.
-Vallejo Primer and Acrylic primer does not sand very well.
-Gesso paint should dry completely before sanding
Clay lesson
-Don't condition and not touch clay after a while. It gets really dry and hard to work with.
-Try to fix all problem before baking as baked clay is super hard.
Somehow I ended up working on just the nekoatsume and not my nitori figure...But I'm trying to learn on the stuff before I can screw up my figure. Also I've been watching video on Mold/Resin Casting which might be useful for me if I don't want to ruin the original polymer clay model and use duplicates to paint my figures with paint that's not acrylic. Acrylic has too much plastic look.
Here's my progress so far:
Clay sculpt
After baking
After sanding
After airbrushing primer
I did airbrush acrylic, but screwed up...so I'll take photos once I respray the body.