Nice tot karl, its good to see video's like this as it really help explain things.

I am one of those who have modifyed this method useing colours suited to the scheme. And i am glad you have mentioned that.

Great,thank you,it's always good to see techniques demonstrated,will be helpful I'm sure.

Yeah, thanks bunches Karl. I'm still not that good at this technique so I'll be checking this out this weekend.

Thanks so much!  Very helpful to just watch someone doing it.  I will definitely be doing this soon...

A couple of questions:  What were you using for thinner?  I'm thinking it was turpentine and i assume this is okay over acrylics or enamels.

Second, what kind of dry time are we looking at and when can I apply a clear coat over the oils.

Thanks in advance!

David, just to jump in here and answer one of your questions. No, you can't use this straight over enamels. What ever you use to thin oils will attack enamels. I use White Spirits myself, what in the US i believe they call mineral spirits.

You will need to put a protective clear coat over enamels first. But you will be able to do it straight onto Acrylics. But as Karl mentions, its best not to have a flat finish before applying this method. He does it on a semi gloss finish, i prefer a gloss one.

Hey Karl,

 It's great that you've posted this for everyone, I'm
sure it will be a big help to many.
                            cheers!
 If a picture is worth a thousand words well - for a
modeler, this video is priceless.



                                                               

RudyOnWheels

Good Video Karl, thank you for finally demystifying it for me! I had only seen it in print, and never seen it played out on screen. That clears up a lot for me. Rudy

 

David2080

Thanks so much!  Very helpful to just watch someone doing it.  I will definitely be doing this soon...

A couple of questions:  What were you using for thinner?  I'm thinking it was turpentine and i assume this is okay over acrylics or enamels.

 

Second, what kind of dry time are we looking at and when can I apply a clear coat over the oils.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

I was using Testors' thinner for this, and you can use regular mineral spirits for it as well. I cannnot vouch for turpentine or any other thinner, as I only have ever ALWAYS used either one of thoes two.

I would NOT recommend doing this over enamels, as the thinner is the same. I mean, unless you really sealed the heck out of them, but make sure that you use either an acrylic or lacquer sealant. You do NOT want to try this without sealing the enamels.

Over acrylic----no problem at all.

Bish

David, just to jump in here and answer one of your questions. No, you can't use this straight over enamels. What ever you use to thin oils will attack enamels. I use White Spirits myself, what in the US i believe they call mineral spirits.

You will need to put a protective clear coat over enamels first. But you will be able to do it straight onto Acrylics. But as Karl mentions, its best not to have a flat finish before applying this method. He does it on a semi gloss finish, i prefer a gloss one.

 

disastermaster

Hey Karl,

 It's great that you've posted this for everyone, I'm
sure it will be a big help to many.
                            cheers!
 If a picture is worth a thousand words well - for a
modeler, this video is priceless.



                                                               

 

Thank you for the replies.  I'm using acrylics almost exclusively.  I've been using them almost exclusively but on occasion will use enamals.

I don't knownwhy I was thinking turpentine.  Thanks for refreshing my memory on mineral spirits  I plan on trying this on a tank and on a PT boat.

Samurai

Thanks, That's a very comprehensive tutorial. You wouldn't happen to have one on Filters as well?

 

Yep great vids Karl

I used my handy "like" and "subcsribe" tools on Youtube so I can go back and reference them.  I want to try your method for the dot filters technique on my current build. 

I am curious who your videoographer was