Custom: Classics Rotorstorm

[Seraphim Prime]

But I want an update nooowwww......

[Doubledealer]

Hey bots, small update for today. Rotorstorm has been primed and will be ready for his first coat of paint next weekend. As I've finally started the ball rolling on this one, updates should be a tad more consistent from now on.

I've said it once and I'll say it again, the Tamiya Fine Primer is soooooo much better than the Mr Hobby stuff, it goes on like an absolute dream with no transparency at all. I'l be using Mr Hobby acrylics for the main paint though, does anyone have any experience in terms of paint/thinner ratio for this stuff or is it still a case of getting the milky consistency? I've heard the Mr Hobby acrylics are pretty thin to begin with so I might just add a tiny bit of Tamiya acrylic thinner. What could possibly go wrong??

Another thing I wanted to ask for anyone in the know, is it best to airbrush the smallest parts first, tape them up (when dry obviously) then do the largest bits last (to avoid having to tape huge sections)? It seems most people spray the whole object in the main colour and go from there, but surely that means they have to go through a lot more tape??

Oh and in regards to the cockpit, I'm going to take i_amtrunks' advice and simply spray it the same colour as the 'blades (hot pink).

[gamblor916]

Nice setup
I think going from lightest colour to darkest would be best in most cases.

[1AZRAEL1]

Looking good so far.

I started to like Rotorstorm after his brief appearance in LSOTW

[i_amtrunks]

Nice setup
I think going from lightest colour to darkest would be best in most cases.

especially with the dark and light blue shades, it'll stop any paint bleeding.

Cant wait for more updates!

[Doubledealer]

Thanks for the tips chaps, makes sense to me! I couldn't wait until next weekend to start painting so I went on a bit of a rampage after work today...Here's another update bots, paint's still drying but I had to show the prettiness.

[gamblor916]

Wow I'm blinded by the pink

[Seraphim Prime]

Even jusgt seeing the base colours on the seperate pieces, I know this is going to be awesome! Definately got the colour choice right!