[SG/FMA/??] New Pictures Online - LASERLIGHT's "huh?" question...

Hiya folks,

I passed on the compliments that several of you made regarding Albert Cho's
model photos on stargrunt.ca, and the question about "how he did that" re the
faceplates of his figures.

Laserlight moaned...
> Depressingly nice. I can't figure out, are the NI faceplates actually

Albert responded:

"Wow, thanks for forwarding the nice comments! They're like food for the
artist:)

The NI face plates were first painted silver and then coated with Tamiya Clear
Acrylic (I mixed clear blue and clear yellow, but I'm sure Tamiya has a clear
green). The dark green settles into the recesses and the silver shines through
just enough near the middle. The effect looks a bit better on the actual
models IMHO. For the NAC Power Armor I painted the face plates with gold and
then covered them with Tamiya clear shadow. These clear paints are great for
gemstones as well. A warning though: these paints are relatively thick and
sticky. I wouldn't recommend using your nicer brushes."

Hope that gives you some food for thought.

The pics were at:

<http://www.stargrunt.ca/gallery_modeling/sg2_gal_fsepa/sg2_gal_albertc_
main. htm>

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