ZombieHunter26 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 So I tried my hand at shiny builds. Let's just say I am glad I only spent 12 bucks a model on my experiment. I'm not the best at doing shiny. In fact, unless I downright suck at it. In the future, you'll see plenty of aged, rusty, and otherwise non-shiny stuff from me- but no shinies for quite some time. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
lordairgtar Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Would still like to see the shiny you made.
ZombieHunter26 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Well, there's one in the white pond(mineral spirits) and the other I will take a pic of in just a moment.
ZombieHunter26 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 you can't really tell all the blemishes from the photos- but I can assure you it looks bad in person. one more to go... like I said, it looks bad in person. Not so bad in the photos.
Steve Keck Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Shiny doesn't just spring up like a ghost in a cheap movie. It sometimes materializes out of the mist - over time. What I'm saying is two models are not enough to guage your success right out of the chutes. Stick with it. You will see improvement. It's the trend you should be looking for and not immediate success. Besides, it's easy to gunk 'em up later.
ZombieHunter26 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Shiny doesn't just spring up like a ghost in a cheap movie. It sometimes materializes out of the mist - over time. What I'm saying is two models are not enough to guage your success right out of the chutes. Stick with it. You will see improvement. It's the trend you should be looking for and not immediate success. Besides, it's easy to gunk 'em up later. True, but what I was really trying to say is I'm not gonna be posting up shinies for a while- not to say I won't be practicing them, but my main focus will be on what I am good at, which is age and rust. You guys will see shinies in the future, once I 'perfect' (as we all know, we can never be entirely perfect in our own minds, such is the curse of the modeler ) my shiny techniques. I have the problem of being limited in my choices of shine, at the moment I' stuck with spray lacquers and gloss sprays- I'll be looking into urethanes and enamel sprays in the future. I'm slowly breaking my reliance on wal-mart sprays
GrandpaMcGurk Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 No worries Rob, all it takes is a few dozen failures....you can read though all the stuff about painting that's out there, but without the hands on trial and error it's never quite right. BTW........my first attempts at mile deep show finishes looked like they were done with a broom and a gallon of house paint, ocassionally I'll get one that still does.
ZombieHunter26 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 Speaking of mile deep finishes- I've tried to find how-to articles on the multicolored glitter-gloss-and-detail finishes I've seen on some of the rod builds 'round here... I can only imagine the fun I'm gonna have trying to get those right LOL
philo426 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 What do you mean?A good finish ain't no thing!
Dr. Cranky Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Rob, shiny doesn't happen over night. Don't get discouraged, buddy. But it's important that you keep growing as a builder. It's important to keep trying, and learning. Help yourself out by learning from folks here like Donn Yost (and many others) who've clocked in decades perfect their craft. Take it from me, every build, shiny or rusty, is a learning experience, and both types of builds always get my utmost respect. Don't be hard on yourself, and don't get discouraged. Here's a model I built about 15 years ago, after literally ruining dozens of models (thank heavens I could pick them up dirt cheap back when Wal Mart sold kits) and it's a poorly painted and even more poorly photographed model, which I have kept in my collection only to remind myself of the journey all these years. Shiny takes time, patience, and you are going to give up a lot of hair over them, but it's important to do it and learn from your mistakes. If many of us have learned to do it over time, so can you. I don't think I'm the only one here who would tell you this. Hang in there, and HANG TOUGH! Note: the shine that comes through in this picture is all the light working to hide the orange peel, and other mistakes. Edited February 17, 2012 by Dr. Cranky
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