PERFECT masking, every time (ish)
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- How to avoid common pitfalls when masking your minis!
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I noticed also that that chipped bit looks a lot like a fingerprint, by the way, so here's another tip: don't leave greasy finger prints on your minis!
What tips and tricks for masking do you know?
A masking tip my father taught me: before taking off the masking tape, make a couple of passes over it with a warm hair dryer. Helps reduce the tape's adhesion.
Pre-heat the masking tapes with a hair dryer before peeling it off. It'll weaken the glue.
Ah but what about my amazing effort. You see my bases are from a world where the guys just aint very good at painting lines!
This is the real hack. Why didn't I think of this?!
I'm very happy to have you back! I've dearly missed your videos.
Thank you! :)) 😊
Black with the red stripe makes it look like the 40k equivalent of the A-Team van, i love it when a masking plan comes together. 😂
Silly putty is great for masking, so much so that certain companies sell tins of it at outrageously marked up prices targeted towards scale modelers/wargamers.
I use blue tack as well, but mostly during priming to mask off surfaces when that are going to be glued later if I'm doing sub assemblies. It has a tendency to leave bits of itself behind on more complex surfaces, and can be a pain to remove fully. It also turns into a goopy mess if you get mineral spirits on it.
Ah yeah, me too actually, with the blue tack for priming thing!
I've used the underlying color like this, but clear varnish is always applicable. Good idea.
Thanks!
As soon as you said varnish I legit face palmed. I can't believe I've never thought of something so simple yet so effective
Right?! It's one of those almost too obvious solutions 😂
Great to see the space pixies making another appearance. That panel lining always pops so much! I might give this masking a go on my upcoming wind riders
Look forward to seeing them :)
Usually what I do is I just paint the first layer the same color as what I'm going over and then putting my intended color over that.
This definitely is a good option if you're going over a flat colour, for sure. If you already have shading or multiple colours though, a clear coat will save you a lot of headaches!
You just greatly helped me understand how i'm going to be doing these hazard stripes, thank you!
No problem, thanks for watching!
Great tips! If you want a sprayed camouflage patterning, think WWII German armor, you can use the silly putty or blu-tac, but roll it into little sausages and spray over the edge of the rolled putty.
Good clear tips there, thanks! I've always struggled with clean masking, going to put these into practice next time.
Glad it was helpful!
Such a good tip! Gonna be using this one all the time to paint my titanicus army!
Woop woop! Paint those little stompy robots!
Using silly putty is a good idea. Although I've not used it myself, I've heard museum wax mentioned as a good masking and mounting tool as well.
P.S Nice to see a new vid!
I wonder if museum wax is the same stuff as 'museum putty'? I have that too, but usually use it to hold things together when I'm working with subassemblies or playing with kitbash ideas. Work a look at using it for masking too though!
I'd guess museum wax/putty/gel are all the same or very similar. To me it looks like blutack but that has less chance of pulling up paint when you remove it.
Yeah that sounds exactly like the museum putty I have
Thank you for these masking tips!
You're welcome! :)
I enjoy "greyly" as an adverb. And always happy to see you upload :)
Cheers matey! I'm happy to upload too 😁
great tip! much appreciated!
No problem!
I learned this trick when painting walls in my flat, using the using the colour which is already underneath to "seal" works as well
Yes, that works great too. Generally I find I'm masking over something that's already shaded or has multiple colours, so clear works better, but if it's a flat colour, just using the same colour works great!
Nice simple tip thanks
Thanks!
Brilliant! I will do.
Ah, this is clever! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Great tips
Glad you like them!
The tip about the gloss varnish really made me wanna kick myself! Brilliant idea!
Don't worry, I think we've all been sleeping on this one 😂
Bone-us masking tip 😂
Fantastic video! As a a fellow Brit, can I ask where you get your silly putty?
I just grabbed mine online -- I guess toy shops have it too?
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So, you varnish the mini before and after you put the masking tape/putty?
I mean first time to prevent paint from chipping and the second time to prevent paint from getting underneath the tape. Did I get it right? 😅
Great video, waiting for more! ❤
Yup! Depending on how much you trust your tape and paint, you might be able to skip the first varnish.
I have an entirely different problem with masking, it doesn't stick well. I've tried both the hobby masking tape and a hardware store one, and got the same result. I thought it was the problem with surface, but the tape didn't stick as it should to neither gloss, matt or satin finishes (I've left the to dry about a day before testing to be sure). Any tips on that?
Wow -- that's not an issue I've heard of. Hopefully someone can jump in who has had similar problems, because the only thing I can think of is tape brand...