Hi guys-
I was looking for a convenient way to detail the nosecone of my Dark Energy without a whole load of masking. I came across a paint pen in my house, which gave me an idea. I ordered a set of fine and extra fine pens from Amazon, and went to town. I did some tests on an old, retired rocket to confirm compatibility.
Here's the starting point. The cone is painted with an acrylic red... frankly I forget which one... from either the Wicked or Auto Air line of acrylic airbrush paints. It's got a couple decals on from the kit.
I started with the white one. I used scrap paper to get the white paint flowing. Then, using the contours of the nose cone as a guide, I made lines.
I kept going, moving over to the black paint pen eventually. These are using the extra fine pens. Turns out the plain "fine" ones would only be good for relatively wide lines, and this task needs fine ones.
You will see numerous goofs... my technique needs work. Some smears and places where I didn't follow the line properly true.
As I continued to work I got better. Fixing mistakes is relatively hard in this case, as I was using a mix of paints that would be hard to touch up. I decided not to stress over it. It will look fine on the pad. Next time I will be more careful.
Basically, these paint pens rock for detail work like this. I don't recall seeing much about them here on the forum so I figured I would share.
Marc
I was looking for a convenient way to detail the nosecone of my Dark Energy without a whole load of masking. I came across a paint pen in my house, which gave me an idea. I ordered a set of fine and extra fine pens from Amazon, and went to town. I did some tests on an old, retired rocket to confirm compatibility.
Here's the starting point. The cone is painted with an acrylic red... frankly I forget which one... from either the Wicked or Auto Air line of acrylic airbrush paints. It's got a couple decals on from the kit.
I started with the white one. I used scrap paper to get the white paint flowing. Then, using the contours of the nose cone as a guide, I made lines.
I kept going, moving over to the black paint pen eventually. These are using the extra fine pens. Turns out the plain "fine" ones would only be good for relatively wide lines, and this task needs fine ones.
You will see numerous goofs... my technique needs work. Some smears and places where I didn't follow the line properly true.
As I continued to work I got better. Fixing mistakes is relatively hard in this case, as I was using a mix of paints that would be hard to touch up. I decided not to stress over it. It will look fine on the pad. Next time I will be more careful.
Basically, these paint pens rock for detail work like this. I don't recall seeing much about them here on the forum so I figured I would share.
Marc
