Tips on painting interiors needed

If you're doing an all black interior, what is a good way to differentiate black fabric and leather from plastic and carpet? I have tried using semi gloss for dashes and doors and flat for seats and carpet, but it still looks too fake.

Make your carpet shaggier...

Flocking tutorial by Alex (360spider) (http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutorials/pdf/8.pdf)

Check, have been meaning to check that out. What about gettin more realistic dashes and seats? I thought about not using straight black, maybe 2 parts semi-gloss black to 1 part Dark Sea Grey to get a more natural shade of black.

Originally posted by JDM Evo7
Check, have been meaning to check that out. What about gettin more realistic dashes and seats? I thought about not using straight black, maybe 2 parts semi-gloss black to 1 part Dark Sea Grey to get a more natural shade of black. Your shading experience from Gundam kits should prove useful in this department. You can fake in shadows in the creases with the translucent colors...

And basically what you said, too. Just make 7 shades of black, with various undertones and finishes. (BTW, for the price-minded, I hear Tamiya's flat base is just talcum powder.)

Now, i build gundam too, and while the preshade / max tech is nice looking, i dont really think it suits car models. This technique is used mainly for armor models and 60 feet tall robots.

Originally posted by freelunch
Now, i build gundam too, and while the preshade / max tech is nice looking, i dont really think it suits car models. This technique is used mainly for armor models and 60 feet tall robots. The technique, of course, is toned down in proportion to the increase in scale. ;) The method of "forcing" shadows in a curvaceous interior, though subtle, can be very effective.

I had a link to some pics of a car interior done by a gundam modeler, and they were fantastic. (catfoodv, can you hear me?) Oh, he did it on his S2000 in the gallery, too...

http://www.automotiveforums.com/scalemodeling/catfoodv/S2000.html

Use different glossiness of black for various parts. For example, if instruction calls for semi gloss black for the entire dashboard, use almost gloss black for plastic parts, flat black for fabric etc. If the top of the dash has a texture, you can either use Modeler's Interior Color Black, or prime it with tamiya putty, thinned with GSI Creos Mr. Thinner.
For the carpet, flocking material is probably the best solution.

Speaking of Gundam weathering, anybody got any helpful sites on Gundam weathering? All the sites I've seen are very general. :o

*edit* You just gotta search for the right words. Found this tutorial for Gundam/resin figure modeling, it can definitely be applied to interior shading as well (just scale it down!)

http://www.heavyarmourstudio.com/PaintTip.html

Testors and Polly Scale have different shades of black like Dirty Black, Interior Black, Scale Black, Engine Black etc. Always keep some acrylic clears on hand in Satin, Gloss and Flat to overcoat interior finishes in the correct sheen.:)

Originally posted by daggerlee
Speaking of Gundam weathering, anybody got any helpful sites on Gundam weathering? All the sites I've seen are very general. :o

*edit* You just gotta search for the right words. Found this tutorial for Gundam/resin figure modeling, it can definitely be applied to interior shading as well (just scale it down!)

http://www.heavyarmourstudio.com/PaintTip.html

What type of weathering? I like using pre-shading(subtle ofcourse) and washes. You have to remember these things are huge in 1:1 so t 1:100 or 1:144 you won't see much aside from light dirt and some spots. I have used buildings and construction cranes as my basis for how much to weather. In my opinion the pre-shading done in most hobby japan models is way too excessive! Look at a military transport plane photograph of the same size as a mobile suit photo. Way to overdone on most mobile suits. Also, most mobile suits and all mobil armor are used in space. Weathering, is not going to happen much in space.

What they ^ said.

Plus this:
This comes from those who build model airplanes.

In their cockpits, I think they use the base color on the items that are deepest in the cockpit. Then, as you paint items closer to the opening (like gauges on the sides, radio boxes, wheel cranks, whatever) you use lighter shades of the same color. This way you're not relying on real shadows to create the illusion of depth, you're using color. It works well.

In my Porsche 356 model, I chose colors that were very different, so that I didn't end up having a black void of an interior. I used tan, red, and black.

http://home.earthlink.net/~srooks01/interiorback_sm.jpg

Sean

Originally posted by JDM Evo7


What type of weathering? I like using pre-shading(subtle ofcourse) and washes. You have to remember these things are huge in 1:1 so t 1:100 or 1:144 you won't see much aside from light dirt and some spots. I have used buildings and construction cranes as my basis for how much to weather. In my opinion the pre-shading done in most hobby japan models is way too excessive! Look at a military transport plane photograph of the same size as a mobile suit photo. Way to overdone on most mobile suits. Also, most mobile suits and all mobil armor are used in space. Weathering, is not going to happen much in space.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks for the tip. :)