JMChladek
Sr Member
As a bit of stress relief, I've been working on a Tholian Web edition 18" USS Enterprise kit from Round 2. I want to finish it as an interphase Defiant and keep the glow in the dark bit intact. But I didn't want to just slap the model together either as I made some slight accurizing alterations, such as a resin bridge dome, a shuttle bay observation dome made with Aves Apoxie Sculpt and two triangles on the bottom of the saucer (as well as some slight rescribing on the bottom).
I am pretty much ready to paint the thing, but the American Art Clay glow in the dark paint I bought just does NOT want to airbrush at all. You thin the stuff and it just likes to seperate the liquid carrier from the pigment/powder. I tried thinning it with both acrylic thinners and water (the recommended stuff)and get about the same results both times.
As such, looks like a spray or another brand will be my best options. Krylon makes a spray paint product called "Glowz" which I might try. But I don't want this stuff to glob out all thick on my parts like a couple other glow sprays I've seen. I also encountered another brand of paint that can be airbrushed, but it is more clear in coloring under normal light and I want that funky greenish color under normal lighting when it isn't glowing (to still imply it is an Interphase Defiant). The paint also glows a lot more intense than what I've normally seen, but I imagine it has to also be laid on thick to look like that as well.
Another option I could use is to overcoat a fully painted model with a clear UV glow spray. That way the model would look gray under normal lights until a UV light is turned on to reveal the glow. I seem to recall that Apogee back in the early 80s did that on their studio models so they could film their own matte passes more easily with them. But I don't know what this stuff would do to normal plastic.
So, any sage words of wisdom or advice on this stuff? Thanks.
I am pretty much ready to paint the thing, but the American Art Clay glow in the dark paint I bought just does NOT want to airbrush at all. You thin the stuff and it just likes to seperate the liquid carrier from the pigment/powder. I tried thinning it with both acrylic thinners and water (the recommended stuff)and get about the same results both times.
As such, looks like a spray or another brand will be my best options. Krylon makes a spray paint product called "Glowz" which I might try. But I don't want this stuff to glob out all thick on my parts like a couple other glow sprays I've seen. I also encountered another brand of paint that can be airbrushed, but it is more clear in coloring under normal light and I want that funky greenish color under normal lighting when it isn't glowing (to still imply it is an Interphase Defiant). The paint also glows a lot more intense than what I've normally seen, but I imagine it has to also be laid on thick to look like that as well.
Another option I could use is to overcoat a fully painted model with a clear UV glow spray. That way the model would look gray under normal lights until a UV light is turned on to reveal the glow. I seem to recall that Apogee back in the early 80s did that on their studio models so they could film their own matte passes more easily with them. But I don't know what this stuff would do to normal plastic.
So, any sage words of wisdom or advice on this stuff? Thanks.