Glad this helped and thank you!

Thank you for the opportunity to build it for you and make this video possible!!!

Thank you and im so glad this helped you!

It definitely enriches colors differently. I hope it all works out great for you!

The Gold base is what makes it a Candy Apple instead of normal Candy. Basically Iron Man colors but his mix adds a real cool depth and richness over a standard Candy Apple. Mixing new colors is a fun and secondary hobby within the main hobby ;)

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'll value your subscription for life as well!

Thanks and glad I could help!

Thank you and that should look awesome!

Thank you!

Thank you so much! Im glad it helped!

Thank you so much!

They do. They're a little tricky but worth mastering

People with a different opinion lol

Thank you!!

Awesome and thank you!

Same here. As soon as I had it open I knew I had to paint them.

Thank you!!

Truth lol thanks!

Thanks! I try to get right to the point lol

Thanks!

Glad it helped, thanks

That works too!

Wut? One cup to thin whole jar? Jeez. Do you like to spray sandpaper?

I think he meant the whole lid....

@@Curioventura the wee round raised bit in the middle I got it off that Andy's headquarters video about how much he uses to thin the paint to a perfect spray! Its not much atoll about 5mil or something it looks like all it holds but go check his videos out it's on a few of his as Tamyia paints are like water as they are you don't need much!

Yeah if you're talking about the little clesr part under the lid, that's not enough man.

Im so glad this helped you! Yes, chrome paint bases will work as well but the color shifting wont be quite as dynamic.

Thanks and im glad it helped! Yes itll work just as well!

Thank you!

Thanks! Because as you can clearly see in this video, its not necessary to do a black base coat all the time. 20 psi is perfect

You're welcome and thanks for watching! Glad it helped! As far as primer, use it if you want

It just darkens the colors the more coats you lay on

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

The video comments never die lol! Im always around to answer questions 🙂. 35 psi for clear with a relatively quicker spray application, ill let you know on the nozzle size as i forget right now. You're welcome!

Thank you! I'd say test the colors out on plastic spoons first and be sure to let your cans sit out in the sun for at least 20 minutes to build up the pressure and they'll spray nicer that way

@@Curioventura Thanks for the response!

Thank you! I normally use acrylics and Tamiya has never let me down.

Thank you and yes, it is!

Metallic base would work well but a tinted clear is ok.

Too high of pressure, too much paint, too slow of movement when spraying, paint is thinned too much or the surface you're spraying is not clean and has oils from your fingers on them. There's your list to check off lol

@@THEleatherface24 My pressure was roughly 12 PSI and I wore gloves throughout, so I don't think those are the problems - although candy coating videos have recommended differing levels, as high as 35 PSI, so I don't know what to think. Paint thinness or amount is probably it, but I'm not sure how to remedy that. It looked and felt like a milky consistency, really fluid but still able to leave paint on the side of the colour cup. And I was doing multiple thin coats on my later pieces, after the single heavy coat in this video left me with massive puddling. My airbrush speed is fairly fast, faster than most of the videos I've seen anyway. If I spray as slowly as a lot of these guys are, then I end up with pooling with all kinds of paints, not just clears.

Just its most likely your paint is too thin but I'd recheck the list above until you find what it is. At the very least, you have multiple ideas now to troubleshoot with. Let me know what it is when you figure it out of which I'm sure you will. BTW, thats me but from another account of mine lol

Thank you so much and im so happy this helped you! No i didnt prep the spoons at all but i never touched the parts that i painted with my bare hands either before painting them. I suggest you start with the spoons, then Cheap SD kits. There will be plenty more videos of different techniques to come so please stay tuned and share these vids😊

Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely practice airbrushing with spoons to start. SD kits don't interest me much, so I need to learn how to fix my building mistakes from the 2 HG 1/100 kits I have (ie. badly cut parts from sprues and covering seem lines). I'll definitely be tuning in for more vids like more painting and finishing techniques (the candy colors are definitely eye catching, so hopefully more videos on other finishes such as matte, metallics or a combination of both)!

Thanks man and theres a lot of techniques that arent really necessary to get great results as many would swear on. Try tamiya aluminum for the base. Youll get some good vibrant blue out of that as the base

You can. I normally just clean everything down with either alcohol or dishwasher soap and water, then I dont touch the areas to be painted again with bare hands so I dont get any oils or contaminants on the piece

Thank you!

I wouldn't use water with Tamiya paints. Citadel paints are meant for hand brushing, not air brushing

How did it turn out?

Lots of questions lol. They don't need to be thinned anytime soon. I have some unopened jars for years that are still just fine. If you're mixing pre thinned paints, make sure they are thinned the same and you should have no issue. Mixing new paint with prethinned will require you to thin the paint further. Can't say with the Mr. Color thinner. Try it on a little paint and see how it responds.

Glad this helped you and yes

Thank you! That would work great! You may have to do a coat or 2 more to get the shade of blue you want but itll be worth it

@@Curioventura ah okay, thanks for the reply! Will priming be necessary though? Still quite new to painting 😅

@@aioc9522 you can if you want. No harm there!

Practice practice practice!

It should work just fine. I normally use Tamiya clear but Alclads awesome. Do the spoon sample and try it out. Lmk how it works for you

@@Curioventura Cool! Thanks for such a quick response

Yeah or just under it. The metallics i dont thing quite as much. A tad under the brim. Too thin and itll be quite opaque

@@Curioventura thanks 🤙

Theyre good enough on their own.

The tinted clear is the topcoat. Im so glad this helped you and thank you!

@@Curioventura thanks! Wasn't sure if the red clear coat would protect the paint too. For regular paints do you recommend a matte coating or clear coating, or gloss coating?

The coating is up to you and what you like. If its a flat coat, be sure not to touch it much with oily hands as it could stain the finish

Indeed I do and thanks!

A follow up video isnt out of the question. Ill do one on the future :)

@@Curioventura Awesome! After watching this, I want to paint my Proto Zero using only candy effects. I look forward to future content.

@@Fr0sTy327 Awesome! Be sure to shoot me pics on Instagram when you're working on it!

Will do and thanks!

Will look forward to it :)

Try food coloring

Same as the rest of the paints; 50/50

Thank you! Theres no need at apply anymore clear as yes, the red does the job as top coat

@@Curioventura thanks for the quick reply! learned so much from this. Definitely got a subscribe from me.

@@Curioventura If I wanted to panel line with the tamiya accent panel line, since its enamel, would that eat through the clear red coat?

Thank you!

All I did here was wipe the spoons down with alcohol before I painted them and you saw how they came out. You be the judge lol

You could but dont expect it to look as good as actually airbrushing it.

Curioventura alright cool that’s what I figured, thanks for the response 🙏🏽✌🏽

Thank you! I use Tamiya semi gloss clear. I use that mostly and yes, that was X-10 gunmetal 😉

@@Curioventura Thank you!!

Resin kits, yes. Regular polystyrene kits, sometimes. Ill mostly do it when I'm changing from a dark to a light color like red or black to white but that's so i dont blow tons of paint. As long as the surface is super clean and mildly sanded, you'll be fine with no primer

You dont need to prime at all really. I didnt in this video and you saw how it turned out lol

@@Curioventura yeah I saw your video and you helped me quite a lot because I just got my airbrush kit and right now I'm trying to organize in order I know what you did you show us you show on the bill what you did but aren't even till this down which step process first because of a cuz I'm still very new today and I saw what you did and you did really good

Thanks for the sub and yes i did! Sorry i didnt clarify that!

@@Curioventura brilliant. I'll try this out soon. Hopefully it'll turn out great. Thanks!

I used non in this video and rarely use any in the first place unless I'm going from a dark color to light one in order to do less coats of the lighter color

If you thin Tamiya paints with a 50/50 91% or more alcohol, the paint dries within minutes of not seconds. The gold leaf will give a more vibrant finish which is good lol. Metallica take a little longer to dry. Figure turn on a fan and in about 3 minutes they're dry.

@@Curioventura Thanks buddy!

Anodized finish. I've made a video on it

Do it! They actually come like that from the kit if i recall correctly. The horns were 2 beam sabers that I heated, bent and carved. I did the non metallic base and pre-shaded with 2 reds and black. All flat so when the red clear goes on, it makes all of the base colors super rich and vibrant. Ask away! Thats what im here for!

Curioventura Thanks so much! I liked and subscribed! Would it be ok if I top-coated it with gloss and painted it with the gold+black on the outsides+clear red combo? As i am wondering how you get that nice shiny type of texture on the red warrior

Also did you panel line it? If so which did you use (eg tamiya accent wash)

Thanks! The tinted clear is the top coat. I didnt sand anything in this vid

@@Curioventura oh, gotcha! thanks man! more power to u!

It should in theory

You're correct; the clear coat, colored or not is the top coat. If you don't want a glossy look, you can throw matte clear or semi gloss over the colored clear

ok cool! thank you very much!@@Curioventura

Anytime

Dries faster for me while still maintaining proper atomization of the paint but some prefer the lower psi. Just My preference really

You could do that. Black is the darkest you could go so youll have to use very dark grays, blues, purples etc. to get the effect

You could do that. Black is the darkest you could go so youll have to use very dark grays, blues, purples etc. to get the effect

When brush painting with any metallics, use paints that are primarily for brush painting. Otherwise the metal flakes will not be uniform and tend to puddle

You can use any alcohol based thinner. Even denatured alcohol for fuel will work but make you have GOOD ventilation and you wear a mask

Curioventura thanks for the reply ! One more question does this paint need to be thinned ? It’s looks already airbrush ready or is it just so it dries faster ?

It needs to be thinned. I usually do a 50/50 mix but depending on the paints you use, you'll wanna check what the manufacturer suggests

Thanks!

Never a stupid question lol. You can with brush paints but it will not look anywhere near as good. Thank you!

Ive stored them for months without use with no issues as long as they are mixed thoroughly before spraying them

@@Curioventura I see. Thanks

Yup

Spray cans do work for this technique but yes, airbrushing is what its meant for. Congrats on your new airbrush! A whole new world is open to you now! Yes I thinned the clear as well, same ratio as the other paints.

If you mix them with 91% isopropyl alcohol, they dry in about a minute to 2 minutes. Metallica dry in about 5

@@Curioventura that's pretty awesome actually. Thank you very much, I hope to see lots more good work from you.

Resin kits yes, regular kits, sometimes

X10

Yup

Shouldn't be a problem with either

So are you!

Depends on the type of clear you use. The thinned Tamiya dries enough to clear over in about 5 mins with a fan blowing on it. The final top coat I leave with a fan on it for about 7 hours and it's usually try enough to the touch by then but I wait a day until I start to assemble everything so it completely dry

Thank you very much!! I love your videos, are very helpfull!! Thanks :)

It can be. The results will not be exactly the same but theyll still be good depending on your technique 👍🏼

@@Curioventura thanks for the info! Just tried it on a spoon and had some serious pooling issues lol

@@johnsmak1787 hold the can about 8 inches away and move quickly. That should help greatly

It won't look as even but yes, its possible

Just use a little less of the 99% as its stronger. Add little by little until you get that water/milky consistency and youll be fine. Dont mix straight water and alcohol as it doesnt mix well. The paint is different. Thank you!!

Yes as all i mainly use is Tamiya

Thank you!