Gundam Barbatos Lupus: Handpaint + Weathering Tutorial

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Gundam Barbatos Lupus

Handpaint + Weathering Tutorial


Gundam White
Beautifully hand painted white models are always impressive and highly coveted but what pain and personal anguish
must we endure? Endless thin coats only to have all our mistakes so highly visible? Fear not, it is a challenge but you
are now prepared! Follow these easy steps and Observe, Learn and Practice and you too can master the Esoteric Art
of Hand painting White Gunpla!!

1. Using the same brush as for Priming and with


a slightly thinned paint, carefully brush it onto the
primed areas. Please resist over brushing.

2. Focus on panels and flat areas to stop your paint 3. Switch to a smaller, sharp brush for detail areas. If
pooling and paint away from details to keep the paint you are feeling more confident, try leaving patches of
thin. Once dry, come back with another smooth coat. Primer visible for realstic “chips” to your white armor!

4. Painting white is not easy but not impossible either! 5. Even for me I wonder if this will ever end but on the
2 to 3 light coats will give you enough coverage to third coat, it looks fantastic, solid and beleivable. At
look good, nice and even. Take your time and enjoy it! this stage, don’t go too far. Preserve some shadows!

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Panel Lines
Once we have all the colors on our Gunpla looking right, it’s time to start the Weathering Process. In my mind, Panel
Lines is the first step and probably the most important. Why do them? There are many reasons, the first is that they
really do make the Gunpla look much, much cooler! Why is that? Our eyes crave detail! More specifically, our brain
really enjoys to see the added depth and apparent reality and dark panel lines really help make our Gunpla “pop’!

1. Using Black for high contrast, here we can use thinned


paint with a sharp brush to detail the panel lines and add
depth and detail to our model, here it starts to “pop”!

2. Here the Transparator really helps in letting the paint


flow nicey into the details and give us a much slower dry-
ing time. Organise in neat piles on a paper palette & mix!

3. Before and After! Panel Lining is the easiest and fastest


way to bring a Gunpla to life. I’ve also added a little Black
Brown here to bring a little variety and “dirty” effect.

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