BeastProwl wrote:Ive been fallowing all your advice carefully guys, and ive finally made my first custom. He was just for learning though, an experiment, thats all.
I think Im ready for my first project. I'm going to turn Animated Rodimus into a TF Prime version of the Vehicon Thrust. I bought a can of purple Tamaya Spray Laquer, masking tape, sandpaper, and a ton of Testors Acrylics ive already tested.
I want to know the best way to proceed.
Its my first custom, I want it to not be horrible.
BeastProwl wrote: I didn't buy any primer because its an animated figure. I figured sanding it would be enough since the plastic is so soft. I'll go out and buy some if im wrong though,
BeastProwl wrote:As for the tape, its not name brand high end stuff. Its my main hurdle because looking at Rodimus, there is alot I dont want painted besides just the windows. What do cover the wheels up with? The lights? Just really small exacto-knived strips of masking tape...?
BeastProwl wrote:And a side question, why are some paints so easy to apply, while others take like 4 coats? I thought they all needed multiple coats? I only need to apply one coat of black and its perfect, but gold takes several. I was planning on doing some gold detail work, but its so runny...
BeastProwl wrote:The headlights are molded and painted on, so I need to cover them beforehand. They are molded on in such a way that they look just painted on to the naked eye, but they pop out ever so slightly, wich means if I painted over them, it's look like TF Prime Wheeljack's headlights. They wanted it to look cartoony but they wanted the detail to pop at the same time.
BeastProwl wrote:I'm going to paint alot of the details on beforehand, wait for them to dry, then coat him with purple, then apply finishing touches... Hopefully that'll yield ideal results...
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