First Resin Kit
Wed 2011/03/16 21:27 JST
i have been thinking about doing one of these kits for a while now and now i have one :P i jus hope i don't balls it up lol
this is hopefully what it will look like when i am done :P lol it's gonna be hard i tihnk
if anyone has any advice for what to use when assembling/painting i will glady accept it
well good luck on your first resin kit. I botch up my first resin kit.
Can't wait to see it complete (^^)
I found this site
http://www.isp.ca/sylvan/modelling.htm#Painting
when I was looking for the best way to assemble my Bayonetta. It might have one or two useful tips for you.
The e2046.com Forums (the site where I got my first resin kit) also have a few sections about assembling, glueing and painting resin kits.
hmm i will have a look on there then,
Good luck! I'm thinking of getting into kits soon too, they seem like a lot of fun. I have no idea how to get started though....^_^
jus do what i did find a figure u like then buy it lol jk but seriously e2046.com is a decnet place to buy resin kits they are fairly cheap there
It's a lot of work actually ^^; and I've blown so much money into getting all the tools I need. I'm not a very patient person when it comes to building such things so I am frustrated every time I build a kit but when I have it finished at last I'm so motivated to do another one xD
e20 is cheap if you compare their prices to the original kits... but given how much time you need to spend to make a GK figure awesome it IS cheaper to just get a PVC figure. I don't think my GK skill has reached the quality of a mass produced PVC just yet :|
And I forgot to mention it in my post below: BE CAREFUL WITH RESIN, SAND UNDERWATER OR OUTSIDE! RESIN IS NOT HEALTHY WHEN INHALED!
Yeah, I can only imagine the amount of time it takes all together. I really like making props for my cosplays so I think I would enjoy the building and painting of kits, even with all the headaches I'm like to get with them as well!
Buying a kit is cheapish I've seen so far, but then to add in the cost of tools and paint...>.> and oh god, yeah, an airbrush!
I think you might be in luck because I got an airbrush and a compressor that I brought along with most of the necessary tools to start your very own GK that I brought about a year ago. The best part is that I haven't used anything yet, even the limited edition paints that I brought are still unopened, I guess you can blame it on a new job that took too much of my time that I wasn't able to start what I wanted to do. So everything is still in it's original boxes unused, if you're interest I'll give u a discount if you wish to buy the total package. My lost is your gain ;)
You first decision is whether you want to airbrush or hand brush the kit. I painted my first one by hand and got an airbrush right away D: ..
Prime your kit or it will be hard to paint it. I'm using white primer for cars (those in spray bottles). Get model kit colors, I like those from the Games Workshop (Citadel colors) or Vallejo colors. Thin the paint before applying it otherwise it won't get smooth.
But actually painting is one of the last steps. >_<" Why did I start explaining that one first? (I'm working on a GK guide for ages know and have pages listed with tools and instructions..)
Before you do anything, wash the kit in soapy water to get rid of the oil that's left from the casting process. If you have a side cutter, that's perfect for cutting off the excess resin (or you can use a normal cutter). File and sand down the rest until smooth.
Try whether the parts fit together well. If not, consider pinning it. That means, drill a hole in each of the two parts and connect them with wire. It's hell to make parts hold together with glue alone when they don't fit well.
ah now if it is anything like building warhammer resin kits this will be a peice of p155 lol jk
now as for paints i do have nearly every GW colour a remenant of hobbys gone by D:
I also quit wh40k a few years ago, but I'm still using some of the stuff I bought back then for other things :P
But whenever I take a look at all the paints which are almost completely dried out I die a little inside, thinking about all the money I spent on them.
lol i got that every time i saw a dried out pot too... funny thing is im reluctent to buy WH paint now it's summin like £3.50 a pot
where did get it? this is very tempting for me to get
*did you get
e2046.com, i would suggest you hurry up if you want one theres only 1 left in stock
The joy of having completed your first kit is amazing.
I sugest reading Cdoy´s tutorial (http://codyscoop.com/howto.shtml), it helped me a lot.
Soak in soapy water (dishwashing liquid works here) for a while to remove mold release agent, remove the nubs/flash with a cutter or a knife, prime kit with grey primer (grey color helps you see the imperfections better), use sandpaper and sanding tools to sand away any imperfections like seam lines and excess resin. For holes and bubbles, fill with putty then sand. Get a drill or pin vise and drill into the joint sockets, use either a tooth pick + putty or brass rods and create "pins" that the parts connect to. This is a must.
After sanding is finished, reprime the kit with WHITE primer, repeat: WHITE primer. Or at least a white basecoat. If you don't the colors ontop will come out extremely dull and dead. Use an airbrush and paint, don't forget to mask off lots of areas and etc. You can handbrush too, but really, thats the least effective method of painting a resin figure.
I learnt all this from my first resin figure, which I was lucky enough to not go so far to ruin it yet, haha. I just stripped the paint and took it apart again, luckily.
That's gorgeous! Good luck! I would get super nervous!
Good luck, I am quite keen on the result