tamiya acrylic on top of future

Unfortunately you want your cake and be able to eat it too. If you use any detergent on Future it will lift off. You'd have to seal with an enamel or lacquer based product to protect the underly paint from lifting off if you need to 'clean up' any mistakes using the Tamiya.

You need to find another method of protecting the area surrounding the places you are going to be painting over with the Tamiya. Or...don't make any mistakes.

If you could explain exactly what you are intending to do, we could probably provide you with guidance to better accomplish the tasks with minimal issue. 

novice111 wrote:

Couple questions about future. How amenable is future to tamiya acrylic painted on top of it?

Perfectly amenable.  No incompatibilities.

novice111 wrote:

I want to cover part of the model with future to act as a protective coat so in case if I mess up, I can just wipe away the new layer of paint without damaging the underlying old paint.

This is not completely practical.  Future is a clear acrylic finish and anything that will dissolve Tamiya Acrylics will also take out your Future.  If the Future is totally cured (perhaps a couple of days depending upon climate and humidity), presumably you could wipe off mistakes with water, but as soon as the Tamiya acrylic paint has dried to the point of needing a solvent like amonia to lift the paint, it would also attack the future. 

novice111 wrote:

Which brings up another question, what should I use to wipe away the new paint with if I am using tamiya acrylics? Once I used windex, but I think it lifts both the future and the underyling paint.

Amonia or alcohol, although either would likely attack Future.  What you would need in this situation is to use an enamel based clear like CrystalCoat (I believe made by Floquil) or ModelMaster laquer based gloss.  After fully curing, they should be safe against acrylic solvents, although you might want to do some experimenting on scrap first.

 

 

 

 

HawkeyeHobbies wrote:

If you could explain exactly what you are intending to do, we could probably provide you with guidance to better accomplish the tasks with minimal issue.

Hi

 Thanks everybody for your input. I am painting a 1/6 figure. I am done with the flesh tone and others and am now proceeding to paint the eyes. Since I had little experience in painting it, it might take a couple tries to get it right (I am afraid it might look cross-eyed , who knows). Lacquer and enamel overcoat seems to be a good suggestion, but I want to use future since I can control the amount of shine by adding tamiya flat base and it doesn't smell that bad when airbrushed. I supposed if I flush the part before the paint goes dry, I should be fine right?

Thanks!!!

I would strongly suggest in the future getting the eyes correct before completing the face. I lay a coat of my base flesh mixture then lay in the whites with a very pale flesh then add the irises. When they are satisfactory, I go back with my base flesh and shape them. This is followed by shading and highlighting. One trick in doing eyes is to look at them in a mirror to determine their alignment. Also, consider investing in real figure paint, such as Andrea and Vallejo. They are designed to be brushed on and thinned with distilled water (though tap water will work, too.)