Candy Effects with Alclad II tutorial

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Another quick tutorial, painting Candy Effects with Alclad II :

http://www.ghostofzeon.com/diy/painting/candyalclad.html

This is one of the ‘must know’ techniques if you want to get that brilliant shine on your models.

Let me know your thoughts. :smiley:

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I did an El Camino for my daughter doing that with Tamiya clear blue. Looks cool.

I sprayed some gloss black one time after using Alclad. I had done a bad job of rinsing out the Alclad. The black had a nice metal flake look. Maybe worth some expermentation there too.

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I discovered this effect accidentally when doing a P-47 Tbolt. The front of the cowl was to be painted red along with the spine leading to the rudder. I painted the cowl and the body of the plane using Alclad aluminum but not the spine. The red on the cowl had a distinct metallic look and was much brighter than the red on the spine. The cowl, while beautiful, was incorrect. I learned to allow for this effect when painting NMF.