Many thanks again for your nice nice nice words! ...
Bailaoras? .... all incredibily pretty ... Marta del Sol ... such a dream! ... but be carefull with wine!
In my opinion, the only way to improve our painting skills is painting, painting and painting with RISK. I´ve been making models since 3 years ago and nearly all my works are OOTB kits. Some of my friends make incredibily detailed kits but, when they´re going to paint them, they´re afraid about using new techniques because they do not want to spoil their assembling work, so they never progress!. Who can paint in a challenging way a kit that take more than a year to be finished to the minimun detail, dimension and rivet?. So, my advice ... if you want to improve yor skills, use OOTB kits! Your confidence will grow up! When you have nothing to loose but a OOTB, you´ll be not afraid!-
I´ll be very pleased to participate in this forum. For me, forums are the best palce to show models, learn, talk about kits, and sharing techniques and tips.... but most of all, making new friends!
Regarding the hairspray technique, once applied and finished the result (chipping, scratches, so on), I ALWAYS use a very very fine sand paper (or a hard brush) to obtain a surface soft an clean like a baby´s skin.
To sand softly the surface of a kit is crucial.
I get a kit primed .... I sand surfaces
I get base color.... I sand surfaces (the same with each color of a camo)
I use hairspay ... I sand surfaces
Here are the definitive pictures of the Tiger:
Hope you like it.
Soon, in a pair of weeks I´ll show you my last "SERIOUS" work.... just stay tunned!