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Hey!

Bought some Industrial Hive from TT Combat (see link). Now I'm having some problems painting the damn thing.. No idea of how to make it pretty. Not the best painter so I'm looking for some great easy way! Do you have any experience painting laser cut? The details are so shallow and its hard to get details stand out.

Help please!



https://ttcombat.com/collections/industrial-hive

The Terrain Tutor on YouTube have a couple of videos on how to paint them with watered down pva and grit to add texture to the surface, might be a start

MDF requires a bit of extra prep. Either glue it together first with regular wood glue or leave it in separate panels for easier paint access and glue it after painting is fine, but you need to seal it before you paint it or the paint will soak into the wood and it'll take 3x more paint AND still look awful and blotchy. You can seal it with a sanding sealer like Shellac or, even easier, use an enamel spray paint to prime the MDF. Spray the enamel in an even coat and let it dry completely. Brand doesn't really matter and they make all sorts of different colors but most are gloss finish. Once completely dry, give it a scuff with some fine sandpaper so any additional paints will stick to it and you can paint it like any other model or plastic terrain from there

 Kalamadea wrote:
MDF requires a bit of extra prep. Either glue it together first with regular wood glue or leave it in separate panels for easier paint access and glue it after painting is fine, but you need to seal it before you paint it or the paint will soak into the wood and it'll take 3x more paint AND still look awful and blotchy. You can seal it with a sanding sealer like Shellac or, even easier, use an enamel spray paint to prime the MDF. Spray the enamel in an even coat and let it dry completely. Brand doesn't really matter and they make all sorts of different colors but most are gloss finish. Once completely dry, give it a scuff with some fine sandpaper so any additional paints will stick to it and you can paint it like any other model or plastic terrain from there

I too ordered from TTcombat, I bought their MDF sealer that they sell. Happy so far, but have no real reference.

T.

Question: what tools do you have available?

I would think this terrain is an obvious candidate for airbrushing or pigment washes over the surface, but I wouldn't want to point you in a direction that's out of reach.