PredatrHuntr
Master Member
This is basically a walkthrough for how to paint a Predator model. Always wash your pieces in warm water with dishsoap to prep it for being primed.
We begin the pics with the kit glued together.
I glue all of my kits right off the bat so I can see what it looks like, balance, stance, etc. I use Flash cyanoacrylate thick super glue. Then I quickly put the two pieces together and spray the exposed glue with Flashtac Accelerator. This spray liquid basically solidifies the glue immediately so that there is no waiting for the glue to dry.
I then use a Dremmel to grind down the imperfections. Make sure you wear a filter mask to avoid breathing in the resin dust. Eye goggles are a must as well in case your Dremmel cutting disk breaks and goes flying everywhere. Any resin kit will need to be looked over with a very keen eye to notice where all the flaws are. Some kits are better than others, but all you need to do is mark the areas with a marker so that you know what needs to be worked on. I also used my Dremmel to make the axe smaller. I didn't like the oversized one that came with it, so I just made it smaller...
I also use putty to fill in any pinholes and airbubbles in the resin.
Once you have glued it together you are ready for the next step...priming the kit. Its easy and fast. A hint I got from Casey is to use Walmart's flat black spray paint. Its cheap and does the same job as automotive primer.
Why use primer on the kit? Primer will stick to the resin, plastic, vinyl, etc whereas paint just sprayed directly onto the kit will sometimes not adhere and eventually flake off.
Now that the primer is on, I start painting by hand. I don't use an airbrush simply because I don't have one, but use whatever works for you. Think of paint as going on in layers. I always begin with light colors and then add darker colors as I progress. The first layer is a light white parchment on the Pred skin...
Next I put on an orangy later...
Then a darker brownish layer...
And then lastly the spots...
We begin the pics with the kit glued together.
I glue all of my kits right off the bat so I can see what it looks like, balance, stance, etc. I use Flash cyanoacrylate thick super glue. Then I quickly put the two pieces together and spray the exposed glue with Flashtac Accelerator. This spray liquid basically solidifies the glue immediately so that there is no waiting for the glue to dry.
I then use a Dremmel to grind down the imperfections. Make sure you wear a filter mask to avoid breathing in the resin dust. Eye goggles are a must as well in case your Dremmel cutting disk breaks and goes flying everywhere. Any resin kit will need to be looked over with a very keen eye to notice where all the flaws are. Some kits are better than others, but all you need to do is mark the areas with a marker so that you know what needs to be worked on. I also used my Dremmel to make the axe smaller. I didn't like the oversized one that came with it, so I just made it smaller...
I also use putty to fill in any pinholes and airbubbles in the resin.
Once you have glued it together you are ready for the next step...priming the kit. Its easy and fast. A hint I got from Casey is to use Walmart's flat black spray paint. Its cheap and does the same job as automotive primer.
Why use primer on the kit? Primer will stick to the resin, plastic, vinyl, etc whereas paint just sprayed directly onto the kit will sometimes not adhere and eventually flake off.
Now that the primer is on, I start painting by hand. I don't use an airbrush simply because I don't have one, but use whatever works for you. Think of paint as going on in layers. I always begin with light colors and then add darker colors as I progress. The first layer is a light white parchment on the Pred skin...
Next I put on an orangy later...
Then a darker brownish layer...
And then lastly the spots...
