My first attempt at using metal flake...
02-15-2005, 07:35 AM
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My first attempt at using metal flake...
Here are my two latest bodies. I painted the 12th scale body with Tamiya translucent orange and then put on the Parma Fasglitter. I did the same for the truck only i used Pactra candy blue.
02-15-2005, 09:26 AM
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RE: My first attempt at using metal flake...
Good job eh, those turned out very nice! I just did my first attempt with silver metal flake as well over the weekend. Painted a RX-8 body, gunmetal grey ... and it came out awesome ... never been so happy about a paint job. Took some pics, but they don't do it justice, will try to do some better ones tonight. Basically, I am now a big fan of the silver flake!!!
I like the gold [sm=thumbup.gif]
02-17-2005, 01:05 PM
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RE: My first attempt at using metal flake...
mine I used that Pactra silver metal flake, added a little black & white to grey it up, a little thinner, and just air brushed even coats until I ran out ... then backed it with a metallic, gun metal grey color.
02-17-2005, 04:07 PM
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RE: My first attempt at using metal flake...
I like the look of metal flake, but I don't like to use it for painting...dunno why! I use substitutes for it!
02-17-2005, 08:34 PM
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RE: My first attempt at using metal flake...
Thanks for the compliments! All i did to put the glitter on was poke a hole in the cap and shake the bottle and let the glitter fall on the body while the transparent paint was still wet. I did that three times on the truck body and twice on the 12th scale body.
02-17-2005, 09:13 PM
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RE: My first attempt at using metal flake...
OHHHH ... so you used the actual dry glitter??!!! I used the paint kind! Kewl ... oof ... I don't know if I could say that as well! Now I'm even more impressed with yours now!
02-17-2005, 09:47 PM
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RE: My first attempt at using metal flake...
At first I didn't think the glitter would be as evenly applied as it is, but the shaking-method seems to work pretty well! If you want to use the glitter be careful when you open the bottle-when you pull the cap off it has a tendency to "poof" out of the bottle and get all over everything, now my garage floor sparkles in the light.
