Im browsing ron’s website and I chance upon this armor and it is still to be painted by dull coat?
Also gloss paint painted on armors what’s this for?
Dull cote is used to give the model a matt finish. Armoured vehicles weren’t finished with gloss paint.
what do u mean by matt finish? does it mean a worn-out look?
Jedi-mike:
Dull or matt finish means not shiny or not glossy. Probably the best term for paint is “flat” when it is not reflective. Cars usually are painted in glossy or wet look finish. Military vehicles on the other hand are painted in flat or non-reflective finish. This is to avoid reflections that could give away the position of such vehicles when in a camouflaged positions.
There are dull or flat clear paints available for this. You can also mix your own (ex. Tamiya Gloss Clear + Tamiya Flat base).
I have a Gunze Sangyo Flat Clear Acrylic Spray but this is a bit expensive at P299 per small spray can.
Good luck.
just a fun fact
the weird faded look that most tracks ( armored fighting vehicles ) , or at least modern ones have is a CARC paint job. it’s some kinda chemical protective paint that resists the chemicals from a chemical attack? I think the Major might know more about it. I was actually going to try to get some to make and attempt at painting a track with it in hopes it’ll come out really cool?
ok thanks but is dull coating considered as a weathering? Is it only applicable to armored vehicles or it can be used in other parts of dio? How bout a brick wall what combination of colors I can use to simulate a dirty brick walls? thanks again
Jedi-mike,
These might help you from a request in another thread
Painting & weathering
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/other/awpaint/awpaint.htm
Figure painting
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/figures/mbdetails.htm
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/figures/mbheads/mbheads.htm
I have others somewhere. I just can’t find them right now
Good luck
thanks, ill wait for the other sites
Most tanks were factory spray painted and baked (check out the freshly-painted Soviet T-60s being baked) and the process resulted in finish that had a bit of gloss to it. It was somewhere between semi-gloss and flat. You can imitate that by mixing one part semi-gloss varnish and one part flat varnish.
Many fine-pigment modern flat enamels and acrylics are just about right, but Humbrol matt enamels which have very coarse pigment are way too flat . Don’t use them unless the paint is supposed to represent heavy dust or sand weathering-see the SU-85 below.
