Geez, thanks all!
When I get into a project, I tend to lose track of how much time I'm spending on it. A lot of times, I'll just go until I realize I'm starving, or my wife kicks me off the computer!
Are you spraying the Floquil bright silver with a stencil or using a brush? I have never been able to brush paint Floquil enamels because they dry so fast and was wondering how you are achieving such a smooth finish with them without any brush strokes?
SD, I'm brush painting the silver. You're right, it does dry pretty fast, but when I'm painting a section where I have to dip my brush more than once, I try to "feather" the edge. Then when I add more paint, it's easier to blend the areas together. Also, once I put on the first coat, I'll go back over it with more of a stippling action, and that helps to disguise any brush strokes as well.
PROGRESS--Oct 8th:
OK, something a little different as far as pics go. I wanted to show a section of the helmet, and how it progresses as I add the different colors.
I'll show the right mandible, seeing how I needed a break between each color!
First is the Floquil
Bright Silver. I traced the damage areas, then painted them in. I try to leave any small chips within the larger areas unpainted. It gives me a much better visual on where to line up the next color.
While the silver is drying, I trace out my next color application. In this case, Polly S
Lark Dark Gray, just as with my last couple of updates. After I lay down the gray, this is what it looks like.
The third step is to add the darker reddish damage. Again, for this I'm using Polly S
PRR Maroon. This was one alteration Rogue Studios made to his famous color list. And it's much easier than mixing a custom color!
I'll also use this step to go back and touch up any silver that got covered over, or needs to be reshaped due to painting the other 2 colors. Here's the mandible with the maroon added.
*Whew!!* Lots of work for a small section of the bucket. This represents probably around 4 hours of work.
Hope everyone's enjoying the tutorial!