Wow, the hat and the trouserstrip looks very accurate. Can you explain me your technics? And by the way, which colour do you use? I tried it also to create some artillery and cavalry caps. I use at the moment Revell Colors, but the result isn't good. The color doesn't cover and hold on the caps.
Hello Bennain,
the trouserstrips are only PVC stikcers
but they do last a long time...my oldest one is probably 3 years and they still look good. (i tried spraying...too much work...like i once did for sargent stripes...masking is painfully slow especially when i have so 9 US & 13 CS artillerymen.
dont worry..you can still wipe off your Revell...
there are 2 reasons for my poor painting by hand.....
1) inconsistency/non-uniform color...i solve that by masking and spraying with tamiya sprays...there are not many colors to pick from(go to their website)
2) painting yellow or white or red over dark colors....i needed about 8 coats of spray...if you can enlarge my artilleryman picture..you'll see that the red paint was quite thick
what i would have done perhaps was to spray an undercoat of white, then spray the red which should stand out brigter (but i didnt because my sprayed on red would have made the cap look like the helmet of a motorbike racer
....i did spray some tamiya bikes and riders when i was collecting them long ago
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(sorry if this sounds like a customising thread)
