Anyway, I opened up the the box of 1/700 buildings and decided to make them up as a tester.
It is a Pit-Road Skywave kit, and for about US$7 you get a total of nine buildings. They are very small but superbly detailed.
The thing is, how do you paint the blighters? Do you undercoat and risk covering up the detail, or just paint straight on and risk poor coverage? Any thoughts?
These models look great, Aaron. I think you should start with a light spray coating of black. Then a wash of either black acrylic or black ink to get into the small details. Once dried you could do some light dry-brushing in appropriate colors. I used that technique on some 2mm terrain - Irregular Miniatures Roman Marching Camp. You probably know this already, but be sure to wash the models with soap & water first. BTW, I am interested in seeing what you do in this scale. It's really nice to have side-projects which don't take up much space.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean! I've found another building I can use as a test. After a bit of thinking and reading I might actually go for a light undercoat and then use washes over the top. See how we go...
DeleteFirst off, the models do look great and should make a wonderful addition to any air warfare game, especially a strategic game.
ReplyDeleteAnd now for the jokes...
Repeat after me. "Hello. My Name is Aaron. I am a plastic addict."
Another?
Put the credit card down and step back with your hands up!
OK. Enough fun at YOUR expense. I've been there. I've done that. That's how I have about 100 Gripping Beast Arthurians, and have not played a game with them yet. I should mention, I bought these in 2002 or so. I hope you can get a game organized faster than I did. ;)
lol, I hope so too, John! At least I'll be able to use the buildings with my 6mm figs too, so I'll surely see something happening before 13 years is up! ;-)
DeleteI use a made for miniatures type primer product for use with acrylics. The stuff I use is from a company called Armory and I use there Black and Grey primers. I am sure on your side of the world you have comparable stuff. The trick I use when spraying 1:700 or 28mm plastics for that matter is holding the can at least 6 inches away from target and make sweeping motions over the target (and never lost any detail doing it this way). In other words don't start spraying right at the target. Start from the left or right and pass over it, and rotate the model with other hand. I buy a 200 pack of thin surgical gloves to wear on hand holding model. I also mount what I am going to paint on painting sticks, or whatever, so it makes handling them easier when doing this and later when painting. I've never bothered washing the models and never had any problems with them over the years not doing so. It could be the primers they make now a days or the fact that I also seal my figures/models when I am finished. Depending on how I want the colors to pop I will next give a watered down base coat of black or white. Black is best if you want to do the dry brush technique.
ReplyDeleteI've used my 1:700 I've collected to do Air gaming raids over the Pacific during WWII. You can get quite a nice setup and the larger area the scale affords gives you a good wide sweeping scope of say a B-25 gunship raid over a once quite little lagoon.
OR
Go totally with a Godzilla type theme!!!!
Cheers
Kevin
I should also add, if you decide NOT to prime them, then absolutely wash them as an acrylic paint won't have the primer to adhere to and then washing them becomes all important.
DeleteCheers Kevin, excellent advice. I have some 28mm plastic WHFB figures to do as well, so this is very useful. Many thanks!
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