Gunpla Tutorial: How to Airbrush for the Absolute Beginner 

The bug must be going around lol. I havent build a gundam in 20 years and I'm back it!

Me too! I remember building a heavy arms gundam during its popularity in the anime 20 years ago.

It's been about 20 years for me as well. The kits have gotten so much better with intricate designs. I've had to order all the Gundam Wing kits again.

me.. after 8 years....

Feels

También me ayudó mucho... Estoy por terminar un Mg Sinanju Ova

what about grey primer for gunpla? and does grey work for any other colors??

@@femtohimself71 I use grey a lot if I'm doing like preshading stuff, but it also works if you're going for a solid color paint, but it will be slightly dull compared to white

@@femtohimself71 But if you ask what's worst for gray primer, I'd say yellow or orange, red is fine tho

​@@tydshiin5783 could a metallic red work ? all i have is grey primer then i was going to apply a bright gold (either mr metallic gold or tamiya titan gold) then on top use tamiya clear red. is it going to make the red super dull or will the gold shine through the red and make it ok. i tested with a silver chrome and the red is sparkly but bright enough... which is why i'm going to attempt gold

@@femtohimself71 Aight, it will still look okay, but it won't be as pretty as having a black base, but if you still want that you can use like black paint or a really really dark color to bring more shine. But if you're a kinda person who puts like +5 layers of paint, it doesn't really matter a lot for the base

Does the microwave work well?

@@justinhuynh6234 i cant tell if u are joking or for real; u dont insert anything metal into a microwave unless u want your microwave to just.... spoil

Thank you, I just moved to CO so I'm happy you mentioned this

You can but it'll be like that episode of Futurama when they went back in time after putting metal in the microwave

It’s just how I did things. Never could find an airbrush primer I liked. I do now though

@@BoundByGundams Do you mind sharing which airbrush primer you use?

@@KallumMoses I hate people who do that... BTW seeing all that air can primer wasted in the air when it's so expensive and he has an airbrush made me cringe. He's probably rich because each of those tiny cans is like 15$

You ever paint your toy?

if you can't disassemble it, the last option is to mask off the areas where your blue paint is unwanted. very difficult to do since you need to be precise with the masking tape. better not do that next time

I know this is a year late and maybe you already did it but my advise is. Lightly sand the whole thing, prime it with fine tamiya primer use fine layers, paint it all your main color while masking the scond color parts with rubber masking paint and a small brush, let it dry for a while but don't let the rubber sit for hours. After it dries, remove the masking and then do a reverse masking and coper the rest of the figure with paper towels as much as you can and lightly apply the secondary color. Once that's done let it try and apply clear coat. Good luck.

Thanks for the tips, guys. I haven't paint it yet because at first, I couldn't find the materials. Now, I did we are with this whole chaos. But I'm still planning to do it.

Recyclex I generally have terrible time with krylon. Sometimes theyre so grainy even after I gave them a decent amount of shaking

Kris Jou everytime i uuse. Krylon, theres bits of paint everywhere, but its the only thing availible where i live

So y'all know, Rustoleum One Touch works okay. I've never used their primer, though. I usually stick with gloss because of the lack of particles.

I use the cheap etch primer cans from the automotive shops. 13$ for a can 2.5x the size of the tamiya and 2 $ cheaper lol...

Mr Color is lacquer type paint right?

@@GigawingsVideo Yes, Mr Color is lacquer

@@dunetiger thank you.

Lol I’ll have to remove it from this and other videos then. It used to be some weird start up some guy tried to get going a while back that would host tutorials and sell stuff. But that has been long gone haha

Oh they're really nice. I love their Wonder Woman and their Evangelions but I can't collect figures they're so damn rare and expensive. I build Gunplas but even Bandai try to be assholes making all the cool stuff limited P-Bandai for no reason at all but to copy the figure industry.

Tried it. Still can't get it to work. Luckily Gaia notes and mr hobby works just fine. Well i'm still waiting for tuts on how you trim the decal on shining gundam. Damn it looks good XD

i know how to nake a snow effect with a top matt top coat its a joke, dont do it

I used to paint houses... and one day I was going to town, forgot to wear my respirator and open windows/doors, and when I came to I had painted every door knob and towel bar in the house. Fun...

Jesse Clary nice thanks for the reply I finally got my airbrush kit in the mail and now I’m waiting on my spray booth I can’t wait to get started!

From my personal research (I also bought an airbrush recently): 1. Although you can use lacquer paints in an airbrush, you need to consider the consequences of it: the vapour created by the airbrush can be dangerous if you breathe it in - not like is fine to breathe in the acrylic paints but, while is safer to use acrylics in you house where you eat and sleep, it is not recommended the same for other type of paints. In any case, good ventilation is needed and masks, spray booths, even cleaning gloves are recommended. Better safe than sorry. 2. Honestly, search videos with cleaning the airbrush, here on youtube, or even google, you will get an idea. Shortly, use water (distilled recommended but not necessary) between colors and thinner when you finished a session and you will not paint that day anymore. Always clean the airbrush after a session, because, again, better safe than sorry. Also watch out for what thinners do you use, because some of them can eat up rubber components inside the airbrush, if you leave the airbrush too much soaked in them. The newer airbrushes tend to use silicone based components nowdays, so maybe this will not be the case, if your airbrush is a new model. 3.If you want transition between the colors, leave the old color in and mix the new color with the old color and spray a layer otherwise rinse the airbrush with water until the old color is cleared then put the new color.

No it does not

If you’ve ever tried it you’d know. The marker’s ink just does not agree with paint. It either doesn’t come out, is uneven, or the nib scratches up the paint.

A top coat is just a protective clear layer you put on at the end to protect to paint underneath. There are different finishes of top coat. So applying a glossy top coat will give the final appearance a glossy look. There are several finishes like matte, semi-gloss, satin, etc. but it’s all top coat. Just depends how you want the final finish to look like.

Jesse Clary yeah I kinda worry about the dusts tho, but I figure its such a short duration to airbrush its probably fine

All airbrush ready paint is just diluted paint. I don't think anyone is denying that. Thinning Tamiya paint is the same as using airbrush ready paint albeit with higher quality paint. I'm not sure where you're finding Tamiya paints for cheaper but you gotta take into account the cost of the thinner too since you cant just use water. I don't mind paying for the convenience of having my paints thinned and ready unless I need a specific color. Also each type of paint (metallic, clear, etc.) requires experimentation to get the right ratio. I find with most Tamiya paints a 2:1 thinner to paint ratio works, but metallics take more thinner

bruh he said it in the video.

Byron Pocock hell yeah dude

Jesse Clary usually, how long you wait the paint until it cured and then assemble again?

Infernal Monolizer yes

you will want a lacquer most likely, lacquers are stronger than enamels and acrylic therefore if you use enamel thinner it shouldn't smear the lacquer coat as long you let it cure

fire rabbit thanks! No I don’t. I’m honestly ass at preshading

Iwata Neo for the airbrush and any cheap compressor on Amazon

I just stick some masking tape with the part number on the alligator clip thing so that I know what part it is and then build it from that

Azalea yup check my channel

Gloss coat is just a clear paint, it's used to protect the underlying layers search up Mr hobby GX100, you will want something like that

Rizalf Noir if you keep your model out of direct sunlight it shouldn’t discolor

@@BoundByGundams how about the painting can i paint it again after coat it? To keep my gunpla looks nice and all

Vicent Reyes are you just trying to layer because you need a gray base? The base will determine the shade of you top layers. So if you prime with white, colors on top will be brighter. Gray is neutral. Black will be the darkest. You can layer paint how you wish so yes what youre asking will work. Just be sure to let it dry but just know that the primer doesn’t HAVE to be grey.

@@BoundByGundams I do a sort of effect of darker edges around the panels so that it looks like the gundam is weld together. I couldn't get my hands of grey primer so I was wondering if white primer and a darker base acrylic would do the trick. I think it's just layering colours but its my very first gundam build so I'm really confused lol

gundam meister as long as the area you’re working inside is well ventilated then you can stay inside. I would crack a window. But if you want to be safe, take them outside.