Jin Saotome wrote:Just a quick disclaimer, this painting guide isn't meant to step on any toes or rewrite the ways of painting TF figures. There's no right or wrong way to paint and this is just a step-by-step guide because people have been requesting I make one. I've recieved well over 200 emails asking for this guide and numerous posts on the different TF boards. So here you go, a basic guide that shows how I paint step-by-step. The guide is split up into two parts for easy viewing. It also features my new custom Swinwave too, heh. I'll have to post a thread about him later but he's up on my site.
ENTER THE TRANSFORMERS PAINTING GUIDE
SnipeShade wrote:wow! really cool. I haven't started trying any re-paints myself, but atleast i'm learning while i bide my time with my toys. hehe.
I have a small question. I wasn't sure from reading your guide (it may be common knowledge to you all, but...) when you took apart some of the peices to paint over, did you do that completely to the whole toy? I only saw the head and the doors (?) off. The limbs and stuff were still on.
Personally, it's the whole disassembling part of the re-paint that scares the hell out of me. I took apart a camera once...and it was never the same again. XD
Sherade wrote:I wish.
Really helpful, considering I have vry little skill. Thanks a heck of a lot.
Autobot032 wrote:Sherade wrote:I wish.
Really helpful, considering I have vry little skill. Thanks a heck of a lot.
Wow. Could you be more rude? It's not his fault (or anyone else's) if you happen to lack a skill.
In the offchance that was sarcastic, I apologize, but still find the statement rude.
He offered a service for us, which he didn't have to do. The least we could do (all of us, including you) is be genuinely thankful.
Burn wrote:Autobot032 wrote:Sherade wrote:I wish.
Really helpful, considering I have vry little skill. Thanks a heck of a lot.
Wow. Could you be more rude? It's not his fault (or anyone else's) if you happen to lack a skill.
In the offchance that was sarcastic, I apologize, but still find the statement rude.
He offered a service for us, which he didn't have to do. The least we could do (all of us, including you) is be genuinely thankful.
I think you'll find Sherade was being genuinely thankful, at least that's how I read it.
Mykltron wrote:Surely it's not THAT hard to train monkeys... Is it? Maybe the monkeys were trained by monkeys who hadn't been trained properly.
G1Blaster wrote:Saying an album is ten times better than St. Anger is like saying you'd rather be hit in the head with a bat instead of kicked in the nuts.
VonSchlitzy wrote:Jin you are a scholar and a gentleman for so graciously sharing your secrets with us! 1 quick question for you. i just read your transformers painting guide and was wondering what you used to protect the windshield and windows on Swinwave when spraying on the sealer. do you use the tinfoil method you mentioned earlier in your guide? thank you again for helping all us future customizers!
Wheel_Jack wrote:Jin,
this is what it's all about man. fans for fans. Thanks for showing us your techniques and tricks. You didn't have to, but you did. and that's cool. and that makes you alright.
cheers.
DerGrundel wrote:Quick question: Using the Testors Fantasy/Acrylics paints, how much should one dilute the paint with water in order to be approximately the right consitency? One part paint to one part water? Or more paint? Thanks a lot! Your tutorial has given me confidence that a noob like me can actually accomplish something that looks good!
Jin Saotome wrote:SnipeShade wrote:wow! really cool. I haven't started trying any re-paints myself, but atleast i'm learning while i bide my time with my toys. hehe.
I have a small question. I wasn't sure from reading your guide (it may be common knowledge to you all, but...) when you took apart some of the peices to paint over, did you do that completely to the whole toy? I only saw the head and the doors (?) off. The limbs and stuff were still on.
Personally, it's the whole disassembling part of the re-paint that scares the hell out of me. I took apart a camera once...and it was never the same again. XD
I mentioned that in the intro to the guide, nope, I don't take them apart. Just pieces on ocassion like you saw but never the whole thing.
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