Hi all,
thanks for your comments and support.
Last w-e I was in a show so I had a lot of time to spend. So I painted all the blue parts of the seats and doorpanels.
I made step-by-step pics to explain on another forum my technique of oil paints. I always paint my interiors with oil paints , like Winsor&Newton, to give it a used or leather look.
I'll also explain you. :-)
1° Preparing the parts
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I've put all the parts on handles to easily hold them. The panels are visible in the previous pics, they were held on a card with bluetac.
2° Preparing the paint-mix
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With oil paints, more you mix paints more your paint will be mat
(hoop you understand).
Here are the 4 colours I used.
Here is my stock of oil tubes.
And here is the mix I did. I added just a small part of red and 'crimson' to keep my colour blue.
3° Painting the first coat
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With a soft brush, paint all the primered parts. The part MUST be painted with a coloured mat coat first. This first coat will 'hold' the oil on the parts. Here, all my parts were primered with Valejo acrylics (airbrushed).
There are still some brushmarks in the paint, but don't worry, those will be removed in the next steps.
Let the parts to 'dry' for +/- 20 minutes. This delay will help the oil to 'attach' the base coat.
4° Removing the excess paint
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With another large/flat/soft brush, carefully pass it on the fresh paint. Each time, wipe your brush on paper to remove the paint from your brush. Repeat this operation as long as the paint is not clean. The base coat will also appear through your oil paint.
I hoop you can see it in the pics.
And the paper after all the wiping.
5° Lights
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Take a new soft/large/flat/clean (
) brush , take some white oil paint with this brush and wipe it on paper. Like if you did a drybrush. Remove all the paint from your brush, even if you think there is no more paint in it there is always enough to make your drybrush.
Slowly pass this brush on all the edges, perpendiculary to the parts to avoid putting white in the hollows. The blue is still 'fresh' so the white will mix with the blue and lighten the edges.
6° Shadows
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Mix some black oil with your paint. Take a fine brush and put some dark mix in the hollows. Take a flat brush and 'push' the dark in the hollow. It will automatically mix the dark with the blue.
Thats all for the basic steps. I hope you're not too bored.
The oil paint takes 3 days to dry so you can still make lights and shadows the day after.
Now, I only have to paint the fine line of the seats with white, and put some BMf on the panels accesories. And the interior will be finished.
I also bought some accesories during this show.
Some hinges, basicaly for RC boats but they will be placed on my beetle's door.
And some brass profiles.
If you have any questions or if I forgot something, don't hesitate.
Xav