Okay, it is my first time ever colouring gundam parts with paint !! mmm this is because my curiosity to make my 3 kingdom SD Gundam look better^^ and also my Shin Musha MG Gundam. So, I began searching in the internet to find the best paint for it, then I found out that most people use Tamiya Colour Paint with Code X12 Gold Leaf!! But how disappointing that I cann't find this paint !!!!!!! I already search in some shops in Jakarta and almost all hobby shops in Bandung!! -___- .In my despair, I bought a super metalic gold paint from Mr Colour, but again the result of the paint is disapointing because it is too dark for a gold colour althougt it is a metalic gold. Then, yesterday I read one of my friend's blog Fermul, he said about a hobby shop called Zero in Bandung. Of course, I searched this shop and find it ^^ BUT again there is no gold leaf paint, then I asked the shop keeper, how can I paint gold colour in 3 kingdom SD gundam without X12 gold leaf. Then he recomended me using the clear yellow colour of tamiya paint colour, above the layer of part that has already been painted with a metalic colour!SO here is the result, it is quite satisfying,wuahahahaha. THANK YOU, Sir !!
BUT I wanted to try and experiment a little more because I also bought a X31 Titanium Gold.
I ran some experiment, and I can say that Mr Colour paint has a better quality than Tamiya paint colour. Because, Tamiya's paint can easily turn from liquid to emulsion because its tinner dry faster, but the pait itself need a long time to dry. After it has dry, the paint can easily torn off, if you scratch it ( happen on a non-clear paint). Mr Colour's paint doesn't has those problem and work beautifully !!
BUT in the end, I'm not really sure because I only used 3 kind of paint Titanium Gold and Clear Yellow from Tamiya and Super Metalic Gold from Mr Colour ( and the super metalic gold paint is a waaaay more expensive than the usual Mr Colour's paint or Tamiya's paint ).
Okay now for the conclusion of my experiment :
1. Titanium Gold is a reaaaaaly2 pale metalic gold
2. Super Metalic Gold is quite like dark copper metalic gold
3. Titanium Gold + Clear Yellow is a bright and a little pale gold, hmm quite near the 3 kingdom gundam's gold colour we all hope ..
4. Super Metalic Gold + Clear Yellow( 1 layer ) is like the colour above(no 3) but not pale and more yellowish ... I prefer this one^^
5. Super Metalic Gold + Clear Yellow ( 2 layer ) is just a little darker and more orange colour than colour no3 ( the picture you see above ), hmm I think this is a very good gold colour, but it is not quite ideal for 3 kingdom gundam
So thats all, mmm I still experimenting a little to find the best result, hehe ^^
Hope u find the ideal gold colour for your model kit also ....
2 comments:
What's the real difference between those two types of paints ??
Is it their material or just the hand-made-differeces,. :)
I don't really know about their materials, BUT every paints that produce with different company have their own uniqueness. For these paints I used, one is produce by Tamiya Company and one by Mr Colour Company. Yet, both of them is an arcrylic type of paint that usually used to paint a model kit.
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