Hi.I am confused if to use pre or post shading. Does pre shading work with enamel paints? With post shading,If the colour is yellow,you use dark yellow? and if blue ,dark blue etc etc? Regards Andrew.
These are 2 completely different animals. Both, when done properly, are very effective. Personally, I have not quite gotten the hand of preshading…yet. This technique is a bit less forgiving than post shading in that if you put on too much paint in the top coat… it’s all gone. That has been one of my problems due to impatience of my part. Now that I am kind of re-training myself to use 2 or 3 very light coats I may give pre-shading another try. When properly executed, pre-shading can make for some stunning effects.
I have always liked the control you have with post shading. Once the chalks are finely ground, the color can be mixed for different shading and effects. Be careful though since it is easy to go overboard. But it does have the advantage of the possibility of cleaning it off and starting over.
Andrew, you can pre-shade with just about any colour as long as it is darker than the top coat, however most people use black or grey.
Pre-shading generally works best where there aren’t too many decals to applied, as otherwise you are left with faded and shaded paintwork, beneath a pristine decal, which you then have to post shade to match.
AFV modelers often paint the entire subject flat black before applying the top colours in a series of thin coats. The same approach can be used for AC interiors to good effect.
As Marc has already said post shading is generally easier, though again requires a little restraint to avoid over doing it.
This was almost totally post shaded…
Karl
Hi there!!! here is a link to an exellent article… I try this techniques in the same plane (a tamiya´s Gekko) and the results are impressive
http://features02.kitparade.com/gekkogc_3.htm
regards
jeremias