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So I'm building a drop pod. ( dark angels ) I already primed it white, I'm not sure if i should use a brush to paint it, spray paint or what? can someone help me out, give me some tips and what not to use

Anything will work, just don't apply too much.

Spray or airbrush will be much quicker and will likely get a smoother finish, but you can get good results with a brush, just make sure it's a decent size or you'll be there forever.

Personally I would have under coated black and airbrushed it with the green, but there's no right way to do things of they give you a result that pleases you that's all that matters.

I tried airbrushing, but it didn't come out too well. is there any kind of spray paint i should be avoiding?

Yes.

Stick to acrylic paints, which is most tbh, but if you were to buy certain auto paints, for instance, they may contain solvents which could melt the plastic.

Check out army painter, they have coloured sprays that broadly match some of the most popular GW shades.

thank you!

A good way to make an uneven coat on a vehicle look good is through weathering, by adding rust, mud or scratches. Just dry brush the edges silver and add in pathes of drybrushed silver all over the model, then add bits of the original cover overtop for chipping effect and wash it. For rust spots just drybrush the area silver then brown then a mix of brown/orange then just orange and wash. Looks great. For mud on the bottom just dryrbush an area brown and add clumbs of brown flock and paint the whole area like mud and wash brown for that wet looking effect.

Share it with us after you have finished. We would like to see your work .

walkiflalka wrote:
A good way to make an uneven coat on a vehicle look good is through weathering, by adding rust, mud or scratches. Just dry brush the edges silver and add in pathes of drybrushed silver all over the model, then add bits of the original cover overtop for chipping effect and wash it. For rust spots just drybrush the area silver then brown then a mix of brown/orange then just orange and wash. Looks great. For mud on the bottom just dryrbush an area brown and add clumbs of brown flock and paint the whole area like mud and wash brown for that wet looking effect.

I'd second that.

I decided to do hazard stripes in a V on the siege shield on one of my vindicators. Now, due to detailing etc.. the area isn't symmetrical and, even having measured it out etc the stripes, while being technically correct, didn't look right. Having made multiple attempts to get it looking right I give up and weathered the feth out of it. Looks awesome now!