Nail Polish Paint Job

Hi!
Nailpolish is a great way to fancy paintjobs. I've used Modelmasters metalizer's as a basecoat and have had no problems with that. As a bonus the metalizer shines through the nailpolish as it often isn't very opaque and you can changes the apperance of the final result by variyng the basecoat's color. There is some really nice and vivid colors out there in the makeup stores. Give it a try, the only drawback as I can see it is that it smells really nasty.

Niclas

Are kidding?
I love the smell of that stuff!!!
I guess it's just me!!!!
As for Airbrushing I picked up a tip that with Wet n Wild you should use 3 times as much lacquer thinner (150% Right?). You can also tone down colors with WnW's Clear polish. Haven't tried it yet. Just what I read!
Cheers

to the FSM forum GreyBoy.

I have never used nailpolish to cover an entire model, but I've used it to paint various sections, and it was absolutely great! Only thing is, make sure you buy your own, cuz my gf had a fit when she found out

My problem is the other way around, my wife is sneaking around my workarea to see if I have some nice shades to put on her fingernails More then one time as i bought me some really nice colors she nicks it. When I get it back she has used at least half the bottle, lucky for me I always buy several bottles of the same shade

Niclas

On a shopping trip with my g/f I discovered the Ulta 3 cosmetics store...they have a really good selection of colors, base and metallic, to say nothing of the "tools" you can find there. Exceptionally fine point tweezers, scissors, brushes, etc. Its a real treasure trove for the hobbyist...vive la femme!...lol