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Beautiful job on this Zaku Warrior! I myself am about to tackle this kit and like you I had to substitute the Aqueous Salmon pink for Char’s pink (great minds think a like)…
I was curious about if you did any pre shading and what color(s) of primer did you use on the red armor parts?
I just used normal grey primer (Mr Surfacer 1000).
The red is a custom mix using Mr Color paints, I used the recommended mix from the manual as a base.
As for preshading, yes I kinda do it but I paint the entire part rather than just the edges first.
Base colour = Russet (75%) + Salmon Pink (25%). I didn’t have Salmon Pink so I substituted it with Gundam Color Char’s Pink.
Highlight Colour = Above mix, but add some yellow, then white
Step 1. Paint entire part with base colour
Step 2. Use the highlight colour to spray the highlight in the centre of each panel (lightened areas)
Step 3. Use the base colour again to post-shade the edges, and lightly mist over the rest of the part to blend in the highlight if desired
Beautiful job on this Zaku Warrior! I myself am about to tackle this kit and like you I had to substitute the Aqueous Salmon pink for Char’s pink (great minds think a like)…
I was curious about if you did any pre shading and what color(s) of primer did you use on the red armor parts?