Priming advice needed gents

[Guest]

After plodding along with my 1/12 brabham F1 car which is going well , I need a change of scenery I`ve got a M2A2 IFV on the go but waiting for a few figures , so dug this gem out of the stash to have a go at - a verlinden mini dio called stuck , as from the photo you can see its a big old lump of resin , I normaly just use halfords primer for everything including resin figures , but for resin this size I would like any advice ( once washed ) what primer can be or should be used or is it a case of just using what I normaly use ?

any advice is would be much appriciated

Richy

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[Ian M]

I would think that for a lump of resin that size a Halfords rattlecan is the ideal solution.

I rather fancy seeing this come to life.

Ian M

[stona]

I prime resin with good old Halfords Plastic Primer. I'm sure it will work fine on a large and interesting lump like that!

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

You and me both Ian , never tried to make water look real before , could be well out of my depth with this one LOL .. get it ..only joking mate , bottom line is I can paint/ab over it as many times as needed untill it looks ok , box art looks great I but fancy making the water more midnight/dark blue greenish greyish to highlight the sunken sherman , if all goes well it should come together quickly as theres next to nothing to build , he says ?

Halfords primer it is then

Cheers

Richy

[Ian M]

Out of your depth..... Groan! lol

You might want to think a bit about the blue water. I would imagine that a river that has had a tank dropped into it is going to be pretty muddy. especially around the tank and the bank side.....

If you add a figure or two, don't forget to make them wet/muddy as well.

I have looked at a few of these Diorama in a box before and would really love to see what can be done with them.

Ian M

[spanner570]

Richard, as the 'surface' of the water is there already, try this method. I use it and it turns out just fine.

If you want to show the Sherman being there for some time (i.e the water has settled) After priming, dab the surface of the water along the water's edge with darkish green, this simulates shallow reeds ect. just under the surface....

Then dab Dk. green around the rest here and there. Repeat with Dk.brown then black until all is covered, with the exception of the green shallow bits, here just add a couple of dabs of the brown and black to break it up a little. Try and end up with a sort of cammo. effect in the middle (the more black the deeper the water will appear)

If the tank has just been dunked use different shades of brown around the hull, instead of green and black.

When this is dry, get some ordinary household gloss varnish and give all the water several coats until you get a good shine.....More coats the better, but make sure each coat is dry or streaks will appear and will ruin the effect. You will notice that with each coat, you will see the water appears to get deeper and looks almost 3D.

One last thing, go easy on the green in the main part of the river and when you do around the tank, just use black...This will give the impression of depth and shadows and will reflect the tank bob on.

It looks like a very nice diorama and I will be watching it develop. I hope the above will be of some use to you....

I know it's not really ethical to post pictures on someone elses thread, but I thought it might give you a better idea what I'm blithering on about! Mine is is stagnant water, yours should be nice and flat! lol

Cheers,

Ron

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