I spent about 2 hours practicing painting on the spare model. I tried out the different brushes and getting into the small gaps and little areas wasn’t a problem as I have some really fine brushes. The primer is effective as the paint seems to hold and cover the model well. Each part will need multiple layers to get the desired finish. Mixing colours for the clothes isn’t too difficult but skin tones are. I struggled with making skin tones but watched some videos on it and I now understand the theory of it. You start with black, white, red, yellow and blue. Then mix the 3 primary colours to create a base brown and build up on that by adding white, black or more of one of the primary colours. Continue to adjust the colour until you reach the right skin tone. For the painting style I’ll be taking inspiration from is the Marvel action figures that I have as they are around the same size and I’m gonna try capture the same amount of detail.
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