I'm looking at getting mels Executor Super Star Destroyer, but does anyone have any tips for making wsf come out looking nice?
Like I was thinking of using a spray black primer and a white ive got and doing thin layers followed, up by the final grey color. From there using a brush for the rest.
Would that work?
Get some ultra fine sand paper and give it a gentle rub down to smooth out the larger flat areas. If you are careful and use a fine enough grade you won't damage any detail.
Next give it a going over with a vacuum cleaner with that brush attachment.
Then give the thing a wash in warm water with some Cif kitchen cleaner. The fine grit particles help get a good clean surface.
A final wash in washing up liquid and a rinse well. Leave to dry.
2-3 thin coats of primer is a good idea so you don't get any clogging up the detail or getting any drip marks where you put too much on.
As for painting you can use an airbrush to build up grey layers getting lighter as you go. Or you can use a mid-light grey primer then pre-shade with black paint in the airbrush before finally misting on your chosen shade of grey in several light coats. Get on You-Tube and search for "Airbrush Preshading" for details.
If using a good old brush instead paint each section in your chosen shades then mix tiny variations of the base colour by adding blank or white to add different emphasis to each panel. Give the model a wash of either GW Nuln Oil with a little washing up liquid included (5% washing up liquid and 50% GW Mat Medium). Or you can wash in oil paint cut with 90% thinners which gives you a good 20 mins to remove excess with a large stubby brush dampened with thinners. After this a gentle dry brush using a big makeup brush and hardly any paint just to catch the edges.
What sort of cleaner is CiF?
Sorry I thought it was an international brand. You can get it in several European countries. It is as scouring cream with little grains mixed in to get through the dirt.
any kitchen or bathroom cleaner should work to clean the surface and get rid of any oil or mould release agent.
Yeah nah. Not over here.
So just some variety of grit based cleaner.
prime is not base coat. on WSF more than anywhere else. I advocate a brush varnishing just after prime, then a complete base coat in dark grey if you will go for a light grey final color. then 2 heavy brush coats in progressively lighter greys, then a precise lining with your choice of dark wash, finally detailing with your light grey, and lighting bays etc plus reactors work....
if you have large areas to detail, glazing will be your thing
this is a WIP in WSF, with base in chocolate brown, 3 brushing in beige brown, mud then medium flesh, next step is lining.
did not do much preparing before prime, only soapy water
for WSF, you can not go "prime, base, brush, highlight, seal and done". It needs work, layers, redoing, rewashing then re-highlighting and redetailing, etc...
you pay less but you work more
Edited by gounour*starts banging head against wall*
15 hours ago, Mad Cat said:Sorry I thought it was an international brand. You can get it in several European countries. It is as scouring cream with little grains mixed in to get through the dirt.
any kitchen or bathroom cleaner should work to clean the surface and get rid of any oil or mould release agent.
CiF uses limestone particles, while Bon Ami Original uses feldspar and other Bon Ami products use a combination of feldspar and limestone.
2 hours ago, elbmc1969 said:CiF uses limestone particles, while Bon Ami Original uses feldspar and other Bon Ami products use a combination of feldspar and limestone.
I almost wonder how well the mechanics degreaser soap would work as a one stop wash. It not only has pumice stone in it, but is almost a gel consistently. So you could brush it on to get full coverage. Downside, all your ships are now orange scented.
