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You might be surprised how approachable it is to use! It's so nice to be able to put the ready-spray right in your airbrush and just go....

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I think the part that was the scariest is aiming to preserve the base vinyl a bit to keep that sofubi soul. Meaning, you likely won't...

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Everything @SpectralNight is good advice. For some cheaper paint to experiment with I recommend something like Tamiya or Mr. Color....

Smotemotem replied to the thread The fugliest toys you have seen while collecting..

I kinda like the Garamon, but what's the base color vinyl? Black? A principal I learned early in this community is "let the base vinyl...

Smotemotem liked doomboy's post in the thread The "What you just got in the Mail" Thread.

Zahzan is very G.I.D. , Nuppeppo is by Lisa Kaiki [IMG][IMG]IMG_202404 by i thorn, on Flickr

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I agree with everything mentioned above. But, I'd also add: paint. Some paints (enamels for instance) can chemically react with the...

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Vinyl paint is the only way to achieve a true chemical bond. It's formulated to basically act like liquid vinyl. So, if you prep the...

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Yeah, I was looking at Vinyl Wonder paint, if I did decide to go forward with this. I’ll probably get cold feet again…but I’m still...

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I haven't experimented with the blanks I have for the same reason. I don't really have the time to paint right now anyway, but at one...

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Yep, traditional application is what I'm curious about. I just don't want to ruin perfectly good blanks with novice application. I want...

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Any amount of color theory helps so that should carry over. The techniques however are vastly different. Even if you use an airbrush...

Smotemotem How hard is it to transition from painting Warhammer to painting Kaiju? For personal collection, not to sell... »

Smotemotem liked Roger's post in the thread New Bullmark/ Marusan.

Mechanikong will never be reissued due to Toho not having the rights to grant licenses for him. And so far there have been no reissues...

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Thanks for the responses, buds. These are gorgeous. That’s such a faithful color scheme for Mothra, for collectors who care about that....

Smotemotem liked XVivaHateX's post in the thread Silver and Gold- Blow molded knock-offs.

Back from the dead. Nothing too new in here but I took a group shot of all the minis that I thought looked cool. I have a bunch of color...