Paint For Scale Model Figure Painting

To paint a nice figure, you will need high quality enamels, water-based acrylic or oil paints. The enamels and water-based acrylic are used to paint the clothing and accessories. The face is painted by using acrylic paints over a prime coat of enamel or water-based acrylic paint.

The reason to use oil paint for the faces is because it does not dry up as fast as enamel or acrylic paint. You can still correct your painting on the faces if you feel that the color is not correct. Also, the face is normally oily, using oil paint is more realistic in a way as it will exhibit a slight gloss on the painted faces. I usually use acrylic or oil paint for painting the faces.

Painting of the clothing and accessories are more straight forward. Usually Matt enamels or acrylic are used. The brand i used are Tamiya water-based acrylic paint, Humbrol or Testors enamel paint. For the faces, i used Rowney Cryla Artists Acrylic colour.

Scale Model Figure Painting Introduction

OK. A lot of people have problems with scale model figure painting. If you have knowledge of the materials being used, painting a figure should not post much of a problem to you.

You do not need to be an artist to paint a scale model figure well. What you need to have are:

• 1) Patience
• 2) A steady hand
• 3) A clear understanding of the materials and tools being used to paint the figures
• 4) A lot of practice. I do mean a lot. It is not a 2 to 3 days painting job.

Sometimes, i paint and repaint the face of the figures again and again because the color shades are not right. It is challenging but fun! I do not make perfect scale models but i try my best to make them look more natural. What is most important is that i enjoyed the building and painting process.

Next time, i will post some information on the materials i used to paint the Verlinden German Sentry scale model figure. I will share about the various brands of paint and tools i used to built my scale models.