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I saw this old pic from white dwarf and wanted to replicate the carapace scheme for my behemoths tyranids, i tried to do some tests. White primer, yello and orange layers, bluetac as stencil, blue paint on top. But when i removed the bluetac a lot of the blue paint came off.

Maybe this way isn't suitable for my hormas, maybe bluetac is bad for stencils, maybe the poundshop colours is what made it go wrong, baybe the paint wasn't thin enough...

I ordered some new colours from vallejo with a thinner, but I was wondering, how would you guys go at it?



This the original pic:



I tried google-fu and search-do but didn't find anything particularly useful ("15 layers should do the trick")

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Blu-tac taking paint means the paint wasn't dry enough, or you pushed the blu-tac in too hard, left it on too long, or a combinatiion of those circumstances. I'd also advise doing a clear coat before you go to the next step. The blue-tac will stick less to a flat clear coat that it will to poreous acrylic paint.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/767186/10239671.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/767186/10239671.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/767186/10239685.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/767186/10239685.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/767186/10239933.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/767186/10239933.page GMT
You (and the rest of us) spend a fortune on those man-dollies. You want them to look great, don't skimp on materials.

It's like buying a really expensive set of golf clubs and then using Lake balls, occasionally there might be a good one, but really you should respect your investment.

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Model grade paint = finer pigment, actually a higher quality.

I'd prime black/grey and then highlight in grey (on black) or white (on grey) from above - you can do this with spraycans.

Then I'd do the yellow pattern, get a solid colour from MULTIPLE THIN COATS.

Then gloss the top.

Then mask the shapes over the yellow

Then do the carapace/rest and peel off the masking tape/fluid/blu-tac

The gloss will preserve the yellow and also make it easier for the tape to be removed.

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